I LOVE this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sUL0KCIc48

Going to spend my usual Thanksgiving with friends in a town about 30 miles away from my house. They have a big family, which I am lucky enough to be an honorary member of, and Thanksgiving is always a very fun event which goes on way into the night. Normally, I have to leave early because part of the drive is a twisty 2 lane highway with no ( Read more... )

Because I developed so many foot and leg issues in the last year, I am finding more and more that the only shoes in which I am truly comfortable tend to cost a whole lot more than the $30-$50 price range I used to be accustomed to, so I have become an expert in finding sales, ebay offerings, etc. As it turns to winter here, and I have to switch to ( Read more... )

The normal sleeping arrangement at my house is me on my back in the middle of the bed, with Angel stretched out on my left and plastered against me from just below armpit level to about my knees, Laika curled up in my right armpit, and Jazzy by my right knee. Sometimes Duncan the big cat joins us on the bed, normally curled up by my feet ( Read more... )

For when our knees give out completely.

Be sure to check out the Getting Started page.

[My knee is almost well - I've signed up for agility classes for Angel and Jazzy starting Dec 27. Can't wait to get back into it!}

http://www.klezmonauts.com/index.html

Be sure to listen to the samples.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/wallace.kennedy.obama/index.htmlRead more... )

You pay off the last one in the morning then in the afternoon out and buy a new recliner to replace the one you have that's 17 years old, fabric mostly shredded, and padding completely compacted ( Read more... )

It's morning and he's still winning. I am so happy - this is the first time in years that I've voted for someone I believed in, as opposed to voting against someone I didn't. I also feel a pride for the USA that I haven't felt for a long time, for showing that quantum-leap change is possible ( Read more... )

Got a letter with the results of my "tubes at both ends" procedures - everything looks normal. No ulcers, no Barrett's Esophogus, and the various smorgasbord of removed polyps were all benign. Too bad there's no profit in bodily lumps - I'm a veritable factory.