Well I'm bummed. ND and I were supposed to go down to meet laga and her family tonight for a concert in the park, but now we can't. Totally not anyone's fault, just bad luck. ND had a 10AM meeting down in Costa Mesa, so he had to fight his way through rush hour traffic to get down there. The meeting went long, and then he had to drive back up to Universal Studios to pick up plans for Halloween for another long meeting, and then he had to fight his way through rush hour back home. He got home less than twenty minutes ago, and neither of us felt that jumping back into a car for another 90 minutes to two hours to drive back down through rush hour to Garden Grove was the best idea. So. Plans have been falling through a lot lately. Ah well. We shall have to find other entertainment tonight.

Nicole, insent.

Kristin, I hate when traffic gets in the way of meaningful fun. :(

Yeah, that's what people say when they know you have a point. You know at least a few buffistas who love what they do. Off the top of my head, our librarians, KristinT, Fay, javachick, lori... It's true. He knows it. He's changing the subject.

Yup. Love my job. Though today can bite me in the ass with dentures.

Oh, by the way, NYC Bitchistas....

I heard last night on NPR (As It Happens, Canadian show) that a city councilwoman from Brooklyn is trying to pass a symbolic resolution against the use of the words "bitch" and "ho." In the interview with her, she was inarticulate, and seeming incapable of seeing how using the word "bitch" in particular, for comedy or affection, was acceptable under any circumstances.

The whole interview I kept thinking I knew several women in the city who actually self-identify with that word in a very positive way.

I also kept thinking that people who cannot pronounce the word "ask" correctly should not be setting public policy about language usage.

I also kept thinking that people who cannot pronounce the word "ask" correctly should not be setting public policy about language usage.

Axe her no questions, she'll tell you no lice?

Happy Birthday, Aimee!!!

Thanks guys, I should have done something about this before, but I haven't so I am now.

Oh! and there's a Minra Loy and William Powell movie on TCM and another after that so I'm cheered up.

Oh, ugh, askye!

So, um, I finished the other quilt, which I basically started this afternoon. I'm zonked. There be pictures here: [link] and a close-up here: [link]

Go vw! You are clearly in the quiltmaking zone.

Just came across this COMM in the BRQG and felt the need to share:

Miracleman: Sheesh, try to hand the woman of your dreams the entire world and she screams about a damn dromedary.

The time I stay offline for a day and a half....

((((Sammie and family))))

Windsparrow, high creatinine is a classic sign of feline kidney failure. You want creatinine to be 2.5 or under -- 2.5 what, I'm not sure. BUN (which I think stands for Blood Urea Nitrogen) is another key kidney value -- you want that to be under 25 -- again, I'm not sure 25 what. If Sammie's in the early stages of kidney failure, the primary treatments are subcutaneous fluids and low-protein diet.

When Teddy was first diagnosed with kidney failure, we managed to make sure he, and neither of our other two, got his low-protein food by close supervision at meal times. Max especially had a much better sense of "my food" than "your food" or "let's share the food." But after a while, everybody either got the picture or got into the habit of eating from the plate set before them.

On the other hand, we only supervised at feeding time. So it was fairly easy for anyone to eat from someone else's plate an hour later.

I'm the last person to be saying this, but your vet should be able to show you how to do sub-Q fluids. It's definitely a two-person job, and three is ideal.