A friend brought up Charlie Sheen and his epic meltdown, and I was trying to think of anyone who even came close to that crazy, public, and publicized. And realized, he is a new yardstick for Hollywood histrionics ( Read more... )

After six weeks of being a staggering cripple, today I get to wear shoes. Six weeks of wearing the post surgical boot thing, with a shambling gait because my feet were at different levels. My neck, back, hips, and knees hurting and off kilter, losing my balance at times, all because of the different heights on my shoes. Six weeks of no dog walks ( Read more... )

Zach Weiner creates the web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, which is on my daily reading list. An anti gay marriage group stole one of his comics. They were dealt with appropriately.

Details to be found at The Weinerworks.

Today, we went out and got LED lamps for the music room, to illuminate the hammered dulcimers. After that, Half Priced Books, where I found 15/18 of the Tony Hillerman Leaphorn and Chee mysteries, plus a handful of others off the bargain rack. Then to Monsoon East for dinner with our friend Melissa, and then across the street for pastries and ( Read more... )

As some people knew and a lot didn't, I had bunion surgery on Friday. Since last year I've had more and more foot problems, and it was getting to where a short walk left me in tears ( Read more... )

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I couldn't get to sleep until very late, and then had those aggravating college dreams. You know, where you have no idea what classes you have and can't find your dorm and realize as you walk past the professor that you're starkers? Yeah.
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Getting blood drawn is an ordeal for me. This isn't "Ooh I'm a delicate princess, treat me extra special!"
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My marriage is now old enough to be drafted.

While cleaning, I found a jingle bell necklace thing I got last year at the tree lighting in Duvall. I attached it to Kenneth's harness, before we went walking today ( Read more... )