Mostly for the KC folks, Shawnee area: a friend of my sister's has lost her dog ( Read more... )

I've lost about 14 lbs. The bad news is it took a couple of nights in the hospital on IV antibiotics and staying on a low-sodium diet. Yup, cellulitus returned, this time on the lower leg. The reason for the low-sodiumm, and keeping it propped up all the time (edema). This round was an ugly one but I will spare you all the description ( Read more... )

So someone figured out they could put the live streaming video of the World Cup games up on a big screen in one of our conference rooms.

At least I know where to find the greater majority of my faculty during a game :).

No, not me, but our little Tuxedo cat, Strumpet. Story behiind cut......... ( Read more... )

for the United States (I see and east/west treand):


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When the crocodile head is in the reflecting pool..... long update behind cut ( Read more... )

So I'm getting ready for work this morning and hear the birds going absolutely nuts outside in the backyard. With the days getting longer they've been waking up earlier (and we have a bird feeder right outside the back door) but this was not the usual morning birdsong. Took a quick look outside, didn't see anything. Weather was nice so I stepped ( Read more... )

Since this is probably only going to interest the other stitchers here, going behind a cut.... ( Read more... )

Made it into work today, only an hour late. Since I now have dependable, reasonable access parking (ie; the garage right next to my building) I took advantage of the inclement weather policy which essentially gives non-essential personal (We are a medical center, essential personal are the medical staff) a two hour grace period to get to work. It ( Read more... )

This was soooo not how I had planned to usher out the old and welcome in the new... cut for probably length and a little self-indulgent whining
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