On Friday afternoon, Ross, fine that morning, was suddenly extremely lethargic. He had runny nose and runny eyes, and we suspected he caught a cold. We called the vet and they said to keep an eye on him tonight, and to bring him in the following morning. His lethargy progressed to being almost limp. He wouldn't eat or drink. We called the ( Read more... )

Reiterate is the correct word. It is not a bastardized form of iterate that has crept into our language. Reiterate was actually used in English first. Both words are descendants of Latin words. They do indeed mean exactly the same thing. But reading the dictionary is not the same thing as understanding language. Iterate is more commonly used in ( Read more... )

My coworker Shannon, a former teen mom herself, today: "Why didn't you ever tell me? All this time I could have been making TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS a year ( Read more... )

I have had an entire day to myself, getting my hair cut and shopping and reading, and just generally enjoying myself ( Read more... )

So I've been seeing job quotes recently, for Bechtel, Ivanpah SolarWhich it turns out is a HUGE solar plant in California ( Read more... )

I read this article with some interest. Memphis is full of historic buildings going to rot downtown, treasures I had never known existed until I started researching the empty and refurbished buildings for a story. I didn't even know these buildings had names most times. My favorite, and one of the largest empty buildings downtown, is the Sterick ( Read more... )

So I ended up needing to upgrade my soda order anyway, because their first shipment got damaged, and it turns out their 24 packs ship from Illinois, which is closer, and they sustain less damage in transit. So Friday arrived a large box containing 6 of the 7 flavors in 4-packs ( Read more... )

When I saw the news from Japan today, I clicked through a photo series on MSNBC.com, I sat for a while, slumped at my desk with my hand cupped over my mouth, staring at the image of a fire burning through a vast plain of wreckage that had been homes. Someone walked by and I unfroze and realized how I was just sitting there and not working. I went ( Read more... )

Patrick and I started out doing a little house cleaning this morning. I completely underestimated my energy level, and I was feeling so frisky that I managed to turn it into a 5 hour event, complete with oven-cleaning and pantry reorganization.

We cleaned all the things.

Except the ferrets. There's just no point. Nasty little buggers.

I got an email today from the nice people who make the soda. It invited me to upgrade to the 24 pack, which has a flat $10 shipping rate. So it would be TWICE the soda, at only $1.83 more ( Read more... )