I blame an outbreak of herpes zoster on my poor math skills ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's been so long since I've had a proper update ( Read more... )

When Graham told me about MCA's passing, I was genuinely pissed off. I mean, totally. I remember hearing about the cancer a few years ago. I remember thinking, "aw fuck," when I heard that the Beastie Boys were on hiatus for awhile, but I totally thought it was something that was beatable. I mean, salivary gland. How hard is that to pinpoint ( Read more... )

I have a silly horoscope sent to me every day. This was yesterday's:

Slow down and do things your own way today. Think of it as a revealing test -- those who get too frustrated with you are the people you need to avoid working with as much as you can.
I tried as hard as I could to avoid that guy, but it wasn't enough ( Read more... )

There's a really interesting discussion on The Incidental Economist, which I think is one of the best health policy blogs out there. Austin Frakt sort of gave the general reading audience something to think about with regard to end of life care. Mr. Frakt is a healthcare economist, and he's the primary author of the blog.

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(Crianza was 10 months old in the icon picture. Relampago was 11 1/2. I turned 31 that day ( Read more... )

So, on Saturday, things were grim-ish. Crianza's leg was really swollen from the fluids, and she was having trouble walking and didn't like me touching her. But as the day went on, she started feeling better about things ( Read more... )

I have a little time now to focus, so I can write this all out. Most of you who follow me on facebook know that Crianza has gotten very sick over the last few weeks, and we don't know what's wrong. I just picked her up from the vet, and she's not particularly happy with life right now, but the vet thought she'd be more comfortable and less ( Read more... )

Until this tooth was pulled, I had no idea how much I used it for every day chewing. I'm on day seven of soft foods now, and I don't really see an end in sight. Yesterday, I moved away from soup towards old fashioned Kraft mac and cheese. Anything else I've tried that involves actual chewing has not really rendered good results. My antibiotics ( Read more... )