I just found out that two days ago, Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, died ( Read more... )

Casey's blood work turned out normal, which means there's no infection and no apparent signs of foreign object having been injested. His murmuring heart is fine and there's no sign of congestive heart failure. An x-ray with barium showed that his intestines are fine, but revealed signs of lesions in his stomach, indicating that he has gastritis ( Read more... )

My mother had two small dogs: a west highland white terrier named Baxter and a shih tzu named Casey. They were her companions for her remaining years and were at her bedside when she died nine years ago ( Read more... )

I drove up to the summit of Mount Evans today, at 14,258 feet. Thankfully, after more than two years, I had adjusted to the thinner air of Colorado. The air is 40% thinner than at sea level ( Read more... )

I really dislike such people. Prior to moving to Colorado, I had a furry roommate once, who came to stay with me, promising that he had a job waiting for him. After 2-1/2 months with me, he still didn't work and just stayed home playing computer games. I later learned that he had been evicted by the previous fur for not paying rent for a whole ( Read more... )

Today was my 50th Birthday. It's a bit hard to believe on some level, and was not a birthday I was looking forward to. Truthfully, can any person look forward to this landmark day? Still, I decided I'd not let it stop me from celebrating, and attended FoxTrot ( ( Read more... )

I just returned from what was the best Megaplex experience ever. It went off to a really good start when I arrived Thursday night and KP showed me the "Wanted for Questioning" poster that was created for me. I had not even realized I'd be getting one. Apparently, it was because I was one of the first 20 super sponsors to pre-register. I did not ( Read more... )

Many of you have seen me wear the pine marten fursuit. The fact is that that fursuit is OLD now. I've worn it for nine years and at this point it is quite worn out, especially the bodysuit. So I am retiring it and will no longer wear that fursuit. However, that does not mean that I've retired the character of Travis Sebastian. Look for the new pine ( Read more... )

I am really getting sick of hearing about these security breaches where personal information is stolen, like at Target not too long ago. This recent incident though is too much. The United States Office of Personnel Management was hacked into and 21.5 million records from government contractors were stolen: Read more... )

This past Friday, I had my Aviation Medical Exam and can now resume flying. That same day, I drove to Centennial Airport (https://goo.gl/maps/DVeYJ) and joined the Aspen Flying Club (https://www.aspenflyingclub.com/Read more... )