....< sigh > That moment on Tumblr when you just have to accept someone is irrational on a topic, is going to move the discussion goalposts so they can continue to believe they're not being irrational, and is probably not going to be good to engage with on a regular basis, despite their otherwise entertaining and intelligent blog with cute bird ( Read more... )

This appears to be the morning of Free-Roaming Priests -- I passed two different groups (one outside my El stop up north, one on the edge of Daley Plaza) with stoles and robes and signs saying "Ashes Here" or the equivalent. I approve of the community outreach, but I'm also amused as hell (so to speak). Apparently some churches are offering ( Read more... )

We have a cat (well, 6-month-old kitten) at the shelter right now who I have decided is the feline incarnation of Derek Zoolander. He is so so so pretty -- medium-long white hair with perfect patches of jet black and meltingly cute eyes -- and he has about three brain cells, of which he uses no more than two at a time. Example: I hooked a pipe ( Read more... )

Wow, so much. I finally got my MRI -- still boring, but at least so much shorter than the ones for my brain. And in the list of everything the PA said it might be (differential diagnosis, FTW!), the answer is -- all of the above! Partially torn bicep tendon with associated tendonitis, rotator cuff tendonitis, and something about bony overgrowth ( Read more... )

I feel like someone sent out a damn memo that declared today Let's Do Things That Upset Perri Day. (Hush, Dad, there are lots of things that don't upset me.) Between Bud deciding he doesn't want food for the last two days (and becoming a snot factory, back to the vet we go), getting the runaround from the insurance company this morning (inaccurate ( Read more... )

On the medical front: PA I saw thinks my shoulder is definitely some bicep tendonitis, with the root cause either arthritis or a rotator cuff injury. < sigh > We're doing the rest/ice/anti-inflammatories thing for 10-14 days and then it'll be an MRI, if the insurance company will approve it without making me do physical therapy first, which they ( Read more... )

ZOMG, Neil DeGrasse Tyson just replied approvingly to one of my tweets, supporting Badlands NP! Eeeee! < dies >

(Hey, the world is dark and cold and right now, I'll take giddy glee where I can find it!)

As everyone who follows me on Twitter knows, I was at the Chicago rally this weekend. (Although my tweets are misleading; they didn't get to the server until 45 minutes after I sent them, as we managed to completely overload the data capabilities of the nearby cell towers.) No one was at all prepared for the turnout -- the CTA was overloaded almost ( Read more... )

We had a thunderstorm roll through very early this morning, which normally I would enjoy, but it brought with it a massive pressure drop, so I woke up with ice picks digging through the front of my face. :P Also, Jack apparently decided that after 11 years of not caring about thunderstorms, they suddenly make him nervous, and he required nose ( Read more... )

In happier news, in 2018, Jeanette Eppes is going to be the first African-American astronaut aboard the International Space Station! I am chuffed beyond words for her -- I met her briefly at KC Worldcon, and she was so kind and outgoing and visibly delighted to be included in our weekend of sf madness. There could not possibly be anyone better ( Read more... )