I love that the dog is named Fenway.

Too bad "AT&T Park" doesn't have the same um...ring.

I suspect that the vet will tell Pete the same thing, but afaik, bee-sting allergy symptoms in critters are much like they are in humans; in other words, if there were a problem, you would've known pretty much right away thanks to more-than-local swelling and distress.

Yep, that's pretty much what the vet said. Apparently Tzepesh is gamboling around the kitchen, and only occasionally stopping to lick at his paws. So it sounds like he didn't actually get stung, thank goodness. But Pete is going to keep a close eye on him for the next hour, because the first 45 minutes or so are when the reaction would set in.

Silly hunter cat. Bees are not toys. Go hunt the spiders in the basement or something.

I love that the dog is named Fenway.

Fenway has two sisters, owned by my sister and my mother: Sox and Durgin. I have a daydream of getting my own Boston and naming her Yastrzemski (calling her Yas).

doesn't The Scarlet Pimpernel end with him having been whipped and her having bloody feet,

I remember for sure that you are half right, and probably 100% right.

The Pimpernel is disguised as a "dirty treacherous Jew" betraying the Pimpernel.. When he fails to find that "damned elusive Pimpernel" (himself) he is whipped for failing to deliver. The casual antisemitism of the author's attitude stuck in my mind. I can't answer on the other half cause I don't remember another thing about the SP. I'm afraid I found it pretty boring when I read it (which was at ten years old - probably too young). But I'll bet you are right about her too.

I watched Medical Investigations mainly because McDonough was on it, but a little bit because Jake (2.0 who is now Henry) was, too.

Those were confusing days. MI and House and I think something else had so many similar plotlines, I couldn't always tell if I had seen a particular episode or not.

MI is definitely the less-good predecessor for House -- they both have the same story line everyweek. Is it this? Is it that? No? OMG! Wait -- I got it!

Ah yes, Typo Boy, that rings right. Maybe that's why they left it out, then. Still wish they'd tried something to approximate it, though.

In allergy news, I am recklessly using my nasal spray more often than the label recommends. Not a LOT more often, I don't think. I have trouble thinking when my sinuses are full of gunk and remembering when I am supposed to use it next requires thinking, seemingly more than I can really manage today. I hope my head doesn't explode or anything.

OK, this could not be any more random, but I can't remember who I was having this conversation with out loud, so I'm going to share it with you people. Years ago, I caught some of the summer Paralympics on TV, and was amazed at the one-legged high jumpers. Whoever I was telling about it recently absolutely would not believe me. But it's YouTube to the rescue! [link] Freaking incredible.

Now I have to decide if I should send that link to everyone I've had a conversation with in the past month, just in case.

If only they'd made McDonough meaner and maybe gimpy.

I don't mind shows being formulaic at all, as long as they are interesting within the formula. Knowing that this treatment can't possibly work because it's only half-past is A-OK, I still want to know how it goes wrong and what they're gonna do to fix it. If that gets to be too much the same all the time, there may be a problem.