Read this article and please take it to heart:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/03/ep.doctor.visits/index.html

Seriously.  If every patient I saw in the ER came equipped with at least items 1 and 2, medical care would be a whole lot better overall.  (The "I take a yellow pill in the morning..." comments really strike a chord with me.  Then the ( Read more... )

Yes, I finally loaded the update.  It includes the new underwear project, as well as my maritime medicine stuff that I finally put into html.  Which was as much of a painful mess as I expected.  More needs to happen but the way work is exploding, I figured I'd get it up as is and add more later.

http:\\alina.wasteofbandwidth.info

Even if you have no ( Read more... )

New rabbit management plan:

1)  Identify which bulbs the rabbits chew to bits.
2)  See which bulbs come back the following year despite their culinary repurposing.
3)  Plant more of those.

It's just easier that way.

DtG was great.  The St Catherine's tourney was well worth the effort as the judges had clearly expended a lot of effort evaluating our documentation.  Way cool.  But that's not the main point of this post.  The main point of this post is morning court.  Now, you see, the powers that be had the very intelligent idea to delay court until the large ( Read more... )

 I've been remiss in not posting about KASF, but I started getting sick right near the beginning of that day and have kept right on being sick up until now.  So I feel less than eloquent.  I will summarize quickly:
1)  Fun trip with 
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I am sitting here in my hotel room in the middle of my 36 hour visit to the Resort at Squaw Creek, CA (net time travelling: 24 hours, time at resort: 36).  Now that my presentation is over and I no longer feel like clawing someone to death just because of their proximity, I actually noticed the scenery.  This leads me to the following proclamation ( Read more... )

The flu is here.  In my office.  2 out of 8 coworkers out today.  I got a flu shot, but it's not particularly effective this year.  This would be a really bad time for this nonsense ( Read more... )

On the side of the box of kitty litter I bought last night:

"Veterinarian Approved:  Safe for use around pets!"

Really?  You think?

I wonder if us poor lonely comcast customers will ever get the Merry Rose back.  Despite frequently deleting it, I feel kinda left out.

Twelfth Night was fun.  I had a defined task and stayed put in one place all day. Sometimes, you need that kind of an event.  :)  While watching the A&S displays I managed 6" of blackwork, which was really excellent as I was having a really hard time over the last month motivating myself to do it.  Now that I can see some progress, I feel more ( Read more... )