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* "Tripoli Residents Protest as 80,000 Rare Books in Lebanon Torched by Salafis:" http://www.juancole.com/2014/01/tripoli-residents-torched.html
* Greenwick found, "South Koreans Show Outrage Over Rodman's Pyongyang Trip:" http://www.voanews.com/content/south-koreans-show-outrage-over-rodman-pyongyang-trip/1826864.html
* I am aware of events in Turkey, but I am too scattered right now to write anything intelligent on that subject, especially as I haven't time for proper research. I think this is one to watch.
* "About that Country you Destroyed: A Letter to George W. Bush:" http://www.juancole.com/2014/01/country-destroyed-letter.html
* I got all excited when the BBC mentioned the town of "Embarrass," but it was one in Michigan instead of the one named after an ancestor of mine in Wisconsin.
* They considered the dangerous toxic spill so unimportant since it only harms ordinary human type people, that they didn't report it or warn the people drinking it. "Don't drink the water (in West Virginia):"
* If you think the spill in West Virginia is bad, check out what the Air Force has done. "The Environmental Disaster Youve Never Heard Of: Albuquerques Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill:" http://alibi.com/feature/45896/The-Environmental-Disaster-Youve-Never-Heard-Of.html
* I am finding the argument disgusting that the woman in Texas as a paramedic clearly didn't have enough medical knowledge to give informed consent to a DNR. After all, the Republicans imply, her tiny woman brains couldn't possibly understand the medical realities she faced on a regular basis at work. It's vile and it makes me all stabby. She knew exactly what she was consenting to. Her paramedic husband also has a realistic idea of what prolonged oxygen deprivation might have done to a fetus, what his wife's opinions were, and what he as the now working single parent of a small child can or can't handle as far as taking on another future child. The paternalistic claims that "no woman would ever agree to abort a fetus" under these conditions is flat out bullshit, reductionist, misogynistic, ghoulish and indefensible. It seems to me that the State has no business doing this terrible thing to a grieving widower with so much to deal with already.
* Among the people held up in the Christie Administration's Vengeance Traffic jam were police trying to find a missing four year old child. I bet that really taught that four year old not to cross Chris Christie.
Oh, and they knew the first day that they were literally endangering the lives of innocent citizens and chose to continue persecuting the towns people anyway, not caring how many people might day. They were gleeful about potentially killing people for partisan political gain.
* "I Corrected a Misinformed Conservative About Obamacare. What Happened Next Will Neither Surprise You Nor Restore Your Faith in Humanity:" http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/i-corrected-a-misinformed-obamacare-critic.html
* "Would the 'first conservative' recognize today's right?" http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/opinion/frum-conservative-burke-today/
* The implications for language learning are interesting. "Want Perfect Pitch? You Might Be Able To Pop A Pill For That:" http://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-you-could-pop-a-pill-for-that
* "Year in science: Old bones yield new revelations about kings and genes:" http://www.nbcnews.com/science/year-science-old-bones-yield-new-revelations-about-kings-genes-2D11811558?ocid=msnhp&pos=4
* "Books, bodies, bangles and boats: The top ten archaeology discoveries of 2013:" http://www.culture24.org.uk//history-and-heritage/archaeology/art460305
* "10 truly bizarre Victorian deaths:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25340525
* Utah is refusing to recognize legal marriages of same sex couples.
* It was clear the amoxecillin had no chance against this infection by the third day in. I did make gains in my breathing for a while, but tonight even that started rolling back. I haven't even quite finished the course of treatment. Between the exhaustion, my grief over Mache, and the pain being such that my right leg isn't really load bearing any more, I didn't even come close to achieving what I meant to last night. I kept having to rest. I did do some crucial phone bureaucracy, though I forgot somethings. I did make progress on breaking down the tall twenty and a variety of smaller tasks, but my ambitious plans for getting shit done got fundamentally vetoed by my body. This happens. It's why I can't work for a living any more after all. I've been running to close to the margins and I'm hitting the wall now.
* Fish Update: I saw Hephestia the pleco feeding today. Either Eliza or Constantine (whichever of them the surviving cichlid is. I couldn't get a good look) was Hephestia's new favorate hide with zim this morning. The floating pellets disappeared while I was out, so I have hopes that the fish is eating, but it was back in the hide again when I got up. I have only spotted one oto feeding, but that's not strange. The corys are fine and behaving normally. Both Achilleus III and Niran II seem happy enough in their new digs and were swimming about normally and happy to gobble their pellets. (I accidentally did in the platys and guppies a couple months ago. I hope to restart the colonies once we're completely moved in and settled).
* Cat Update: Squirrel decided to keep Little Miss with him, so she will go over when he does after game. While I was out last night, Mache figured out that she really can use the ottoman to get out of bed, and has been going up and down just fine on her own. They have made the bed their home base and have picked out spots on it analogous to the ones on their old bed. Mache, though not best pleased to have to move again is almost completely acclimated. She's got a standard whole apartment patrol pattern and is already getting used to the new set of sounds like water through pipes in the walls, neighbors walking by, other people's appliances, and the particular creaks and hums of the place. Her energy is good and I am letting her have extra soft treats while she can still swallow them. Tonight I got two each of what looked like a nice brand of rice and real meat gourmet goosh and the sort of yoghurt the vet recommended when she had the infection. We'll see which flavors she likes in the coming week. I want her to really enjoy her food and want her to have good nutrition so she can be as active as possible. She has lost a little weight since she started having trouble eating, but not enough to be obvious to someone who doesn't know her well. I'm hoping to slow that. She doesn't seem to be in any extra pain beyond that of winter arthritis. I'm experimenting with the heaters to try and find a level that's comfortable for them without being too hot for me. They have vents to bask in front of if they get chilly. Hector's anxiety level is understandably high, but he's already doing better there than he was the last two days he was here. He's gone from hysteria and panic attacks to "hates to have me out of his sight." Trust me, this is deescalation. He's still experimenting with places he can jump and what makes good hiding places, nut already has some favorites. He would like to go in the dryer, but the evil human won't let him for some reason.
* I got the best sleep I had in ages. The bed is the most comfortable thing I've slept in ever. It doesn't transfer movement and is firm enough to let me feel stable, but sucks me in and cradles me. It is incredibly kind to my hip joints and damaged sine, to the point where I don't have to move much to keep the pain down. We had pttins and cat naps while I finished the delightful "Coldest Girl in Cold Town." Then I got up and did useful things around the new apartment, like sorting/putting away laundry in the deliciously wood smelling new bed drawers, reorganizing wiring, tending fish, and sorting boxes and such in the living room. This involved putting things away here and there, but mostly, I'm just trying to figure out what's where. I was supposed to tackle the massive amount of boxes in the kitchen, but there is so much in there that it's hard to put anything away because I can't really reach the pertinent drawers and cabinets. It's daunting. I've decided if I can sort the living room boxes out, I will then have room to sort kitchen boxes into the empty spaces thus making it possible to put things away and use the washing machine and sink.
Tonight's old apartment tasks are laid out for me. Sigh. I really want this move to be over.
* Asian Film Festival Continues. I forget which of you recommended "Tuya's Wedding," but I wanted to thank whoever it was. It was relevant to my interests and has given me things to mull, but I am hard put to make sensible sentences explaining how and why it was interesting. "The Audition" was not to my taste, but neither are the english language equivalents. "Three Extremes" unfortunately froze in the middle of the second short film. "Dumplings" was well done but not relevant to my interests. The half of "Cut" I saw before the DvD froze looked interesting, and I didn't get to see any of the third, so I can't give a real review. "Lady Vengeance" my sort of dark humor.
* "13 Famous Authors' Mugshots:" http://flavorwire.com/432567/13-famous-authors-mugshots/
* "The Great Brooklyn House Snooping of 1978:" http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/01/08/the-great-brooklyn-house-snooping-of-1978/
* "Alexander Skarsgård Reenacted That Infamous True Blood Scene At The South Pole:" http://www.refinery29.com/2014/01/60313/alexander-skarsgard-naked-south-pole
* Greenwick found, "South Koreans Show Outrage Over Rodman's Pyongyang Trip:" http://www.voanews.com/content/south-koreans-show-outrage-over-rodman-pyongyang-trip/1826864.html
* I am aware of events in Turkey, but I am too scattered right now to write anything intelligent on that subject, especially as I haven't time for proper research. I think this is one to watch.
* "About that Country you Destroyed: A Letter to George W. Bush:" http://www.juancole.com/2014/01/country-destroyed-letter.html
* I got all excited when the BBC mentioned the town of "Embarrass," but it was one in Michigan instead of the one named after an ancestor of mine in Wisconsin.
* They considered the dangerous toxic spill so unimportant since it only harms ordinary human type people, that they didn't report it or warn the people drinking it. "Don't drink the water (in West Virginia):"
* If you think the spill in West Virginia is bad, check out what the Air Force has done. "The Environmental Disaster Youve Never Heard Of: Albuquerques Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill:" http://alibi.com/feature/45896/The-Environmental-Disaster-Youve-Never-Heard-Of.html
* I am finding the argument disgusting that the woman in Texas as a paramedic clearly didn't have enough medical knowledge to give informed consent to a DNR. After all, the Republicans imply, her tiny woman brains couldn't possibly understand the medical realities she faced on a regular basis at work. It's vile and it makes me all stabby. She knew exactly what she was consenting to. Her paramedic husband also has a realistic idea of what prolonged oxygen deprivation might have done to a fetus, what his wife's opinions were, and what he as the now working single parent of a small child can or can't handle as far as taking on another future child. The paternalistic claims that "no woman would ever agree to abort a fetus" under these conditions is flat out bullshit, reductionist, misogynistic, ghoulish and indefensible. It seems to me that the State has no business doing this terrible thing to a grieving widower with so much to deal with already.
* Among the people held up in the Christie Administration's Vengeance Traffic jam were police trying to find a missing four year old child. I bet that really taught that four year old not to cross Chris Christie.
Oh, and they knew the first day that they were literally endangering the lives of innocent citizens and chose to continue persecuting the towns people anyway, not caring how many people might day. They were gleeful about potentially killing people for partisan political gain.
* "I Corrected a Misinformed Conservative About Obamacare. What Happened Next Will Neither Surprise You Nor Restore Your Faith in Humanity:" http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/i-corrected-a-misinformed-obamacare-critic.html
* "Would the 'first conservative' recognize today's right?" http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/opinion/frum-conservative-burke-today/
* The implications for language learning are interesting. "Want Perfect Pitch? You Might Be Able To Pop A Pill For That:" http://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-you-could-pop-a-pill-for-that
* "Year in science: Old bones yield new revelations about kings and genes:" http://www.nbcnews.com/science/year-science-old-bones-yield-new-revelations-about-kings-genes-2D11811558?ocid=msnhp&pos=4
* "Books, bodies, bangles and boats: The top ten archaeology discoveries of 2013:" http://www.culture24.org.uk//history-and-heritage/archaeology/art460305
* "10 truly bizarre Victorian deaths:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25340525
* Utah is refusing to recognize legal marriages of same sex couples.
* It was clear the amoxecillin had no chance against this infection by the third day in. I did make gains in my breathing for a while, but tonight even that started rolling back. I haven't even quite finished the course of treatment. Between the exhaustion, my grief over Mache, and the pain being such that my right leg isn't really load bearing any more, I didn't even come close to achieving what I meant to last night. I kept having to rest. I did do some crucial phone bureaucracy, though I forgot somethings. I did make progress on breaking down the tall twenty and a variety of smaller tasks, but my ambitious plans for getting shit done got fundamentally vetoed by my body. This happens. It's why I can't work for a living any more after all. I've been running to close to the margins and I'm hitting the wall now.
* Fish Update: I saw Hephestia the pleco feeding today. Either Eliza or Constantine (whichever of them the surviving cichlid is. I couldn't get a good look) was Hephestia's new favorate hide with zim this morning. The floating pellets disappeared while I was out, so I have hopes that the fish is eating, but it was back in the hide again when I got up. I have only spotted one oto feeding, but that's not strange. The corys are fine and behaving normally. Both Achilleus III and Niran II seem happy enough in their new digs and were swimming about normally and happy to gobble their pellets. (I accidentally did in the platys and guppies a couple months ago. I hope to restart the colonies once we're completely moved in and settled).
* Cat Update: Squirrel decided to keep Little Miss with him, so she will go over when he does after game. While I was out last night, Mache figured out that she really can use the ottoman to get out of bed, and has been going up and down just fine on her own. They have made the bed their home base and have picked out spots on it analogous to the ones on their old bed. Mache, though not best pleased to have to move again is almost completely acclimated. She's got a standard whole apartment patrol pattern and is already getting used to the new set of sounds like water through pipes in the walls, neighbors walking by, other people's appliances, and the particular creaks and hums of the place. Her energy is good and I am letting her have extra soft treats while she can still swallow them. Tonight I got two each of what looked like a nice brand of rice and real meat gourmet goosh and the sort of yoghurt the vet recommended when she had the infection. We'll see which flavors she likes in the coming week. I want her to really enjoy her food and want her to have good nutrition so she can be as active as possible. She has lost a little weight since she started having trouble eating, but not enough to be obvious to someone who doesn't know her well. I'm hoping to slow that. She doesn't seem to be in any extra pain beyond that of winter arthritis. I'm experimenting with the heaters to try and find a level that's comfortable for them without being too hot for me. They have vents to bask in front of if they get chilly. Hector's anxiety level is understandably high, but he's already doing better there than he was the last two days he was here. He's gone from hysteria and panic attacks to "hates to have me out of his sight." Trust me, this is deescalation. He's still experimenting with places he can jump and what makes good hiding places, nut already has some favorites. He would like to go in the dryer, but the evil human won't let him for some reason.
* I got the best sleep I had in ages. The bed is the most comfortable thing I've slept in ever. It doesn't transfer movement and is firm enough to let me feel stable, but sucks me in and cradles me. It is incredibly kind to my hip joints and damaged sine, to the point where I don't have to move much to keep the pain down. We had pttins and cat naps while I finished the delightful "Coldest Girl in Cold Town." Then I got up and did useful things around the new apartment, like sorting/putting away laundry in the deliciously wood smelling new bed drawers, reorganizing wiring, tending fish, and sorting boxes and such in the living room. This involved putting things away here and there, but mostly, I'm just trying to figure out what's where. I was supposed to tackle the massive amount of boxes in the kitchen, but there is so much in there that it's hard to put anything away because I can't really reach the pertinent drawers and cabinets. It's daunting. I've decided if I can sort the living room boxes out, I will then have room to sort kitchen boxes into the empty spaces thus making it possible to put things away and use the washing machine and sink.
Tonight's old apartment tasks are laid out for me. Sigh. I really want this move to be over.
* Asian Film Festival Continues. I forget which of you recommended "Tuya's Wedding," but I wanted to thank whoever it was. It was relevant to my interests and has given me things to mull, but I am hard put to make sensible sentences explaining how and why it was interesting. "The Audition" was not to my taste, but neither are the english language equivalents. "Three Extremes" unfortunately froze in the middle of the second short film. "Dumplings" was well done but not relevant to my interests. The half of "Cut" I saw before the DvD froze looked interesting, and I didn't get to see any of the third, so I can't give a real review. "Lady Vengeance" my sort of dark humor.
* "13 Famous Authors' Mugshots:" http://flavorwire.com/432567/13-famous-authors-mugshots/
* "The Great Brooklyn House Snooping of 1978:" http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/01/08/the-great-brooklyn-house-snooping-of-1978/
* "Alexander Skarsgård Reenacted That Infamous True Blood Scene At The South Pole:" http://www.refinery29.com/2014/01/60313/alexander-skarsgard-naked-south-pole