Eddie the Greyhound suddenly died this morning. He was standing there, then suddenly went down to what I thought was a seizure, but it must have been a massive stroke. He was gone in seconds ( Read more... )

So my husband has decided to abandon his year-long quest to have a mane.

He went from this:

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Well, another year has gone by ( Read more... )

We live in such a stupid world.

I had a couple of dreams last night that I’m still processing ( Read more... )

I heard something interesting today. Someone online said that “the right is weaponizing the things that make the left strong, then using its weaponized strengths against it” (paraphrasing here ( Read more... )

Aaaand now it’s happened again ( Read more... )

I find myself these days having two simultaneous adjustments to make ( Read more... )

We got home from London on Sunday afternoon and were tired AF but managed to stay up until almost normal bed time. The ride home in the van (CT Limo) was pretty wretched ( Read more... )

Phase 1* of Vacation Mania is complete! We have returned from London!

Every year, my friend and co-conspirator Rob (huskyprof here on LJ, but he doesn't use it much) teaches a Study Abroad course in the early summer. In 2011 and 2012, this brought him to Italy, and in the years since he has been going to London, where he teaches American students from ( Read more... )