Stella got fluids today — and had some good news! She lost a few ounces last week. Today she was back up to 5 pounds. It’s a gain of one or two ounces, but that’s a lot for a little cat. Stella has been surprisingly good for her fluids. She knows we’re trying to help her. She isn’t happy about it, but she doesn’t fight when she has fluids either. She plays like...
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Stella eating more
Finally. Stella had her fluids on Friday and then didn’t eat much… but today she started eating again. (Yay!) A friend of mine at Phydeaux pet store suggested a trial size of Call of the Wild no-grain cat food. Stella’s pickiness has rubbed off on Ambush. For the first time ever, Ambush is refusing to eat his dry food. He prefers Stella’s Fromm to his own Indigo Moon. He even snubbed a new...
Continue reading...A Digital Eye of Horus for Archaeologists
As technology evolves at an increasingly rapid rate, the study of ancient sites is aided by some of its developments. One such tool that has leaped into the hands of Egyptlogists and Archaeologists in recent years is the satellite. A great boon to any study of a site is the ability to view an area from above. read more | digg story Related Images:
Continue reading...Getting Stella to eat
Getting Stella to eat is not an easy task. This weekend she didn’t want to eat much of anything. I’m not sure what to do. She is drinking well, but she doesn’t want to touch the wet kitten food, her Fromm dry food, Ambush’s food, the tuna cat food from Trader Joe’s, or the other various things I’ve tried. She hasn’t touched anything that I’ve seen since Saturday. She’s tried to eat Ranch...
Continue reading...Catching up
A lot has happened in the past few weeks. I’ll write some posts to catch up. Here’s the brief list: New horse: Kasane is the primary reason why I have not been posting much on here. I’ll write a long post about here with pictures. Stella: She has been fighting a urinary tract infection and appears to finally be over it. She’s also getting one pill per day for her high blood pressure....
Continue reading...Dalek Christmas tree
Someone had a lot of time on their hands and put it to good use this holiday season! The tree at right is the creation of x Plastic Neurospasta who posted picture on Flickr. Any fans of Doctor Who will instantly recognize the Dalek, complete with blue orbs and glowing eye. If you look carefully between the branches, there is a white tree underneath. The picture, and several others of the tree, are...
Continue reading...Stella doing better
Stella finally seems to be doing better. After two courses of trying to give her Clavamox antibiotic twice per day (and her successfully avoiding it 25% of the time), the vet gave her an injectible antibiotic that lasts for two weeks. The dose is determined by the cat’s weight, so it has the potential to be expensive. At five pounds, Stella’s dose was cheaper than one run of Clavamox. Every few weeks, Stella...
Continue reading...Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, Happy Sol Invictus, Happy Hanukkah… Seasons greetings, no matter which holiday you honor. Related Images:
Continue reading...Translation fail: Out of office oops
A friend of mine sent me this picture of what happens if you expect a translation and instead get back an automated email response. We’re in the middle of getting some documents translated at work, so this was extra funny to me. see more pwn and owned pictures Related Images:
Continue reading...Sadness: Majel Roddenberry passes
From a Yahoo news article: The ever-present voice of the computer in Star Trek television series and films passes away just two weeks after completing her voice over work for J.J .Abrams upcoming Star Trek film. Mrs Roddenberry may be remembered best for her role of Nurse Chapel in the original Star Trek series. She also gave voice to the computer on most of the Star Trek series and movies. She played Lwaxana...
Continue reading...Ganked from my friend’s LJ
I took the test… and was surprised. 🙂 I suppose being classified as a sorceror is better than a succubus, right? Which creature of the night are you? Your Result: Sorceror Control is the name of your game. You are a studied tactician and scientist and you seek a kingdom where things make sense, damn the morals, even if you have to create it. You are cold, calm and calculating. Cthulu Spawn...
Continue reading...New Theme, New WordPress
Every few months I find a new theme I like and change things around. This theme is called Lyrics, designed by ThemeRama. I like the layout, but I’m not crazy about some of the features. It would be nice to have a tab for each page (like archives and photography). I may try to tweak it and see what happens… I’ve also just updated to version 2.7 of WordPress. New sparkly. Yay. Seems...
Continue reading...Seleukid coin with mare and foal
My friend Nantonos owns a Seleukid coin depicting a mare and foal.
Continue reading...Cat vs Printer: Cat wins!
A friend of mine sent me a link to this cute video of a calico cat attacking a printer (and winning). The cat’s eyes are hugely dilated. How cute! Related Images:
Continue reading...Inauguration
The Inauguration entry from the Online Etymology Dictionary: 1569, from Fr. inauguration “installation, consecration,” from L. inaugurationem (nom. inauguratio) “consecration, installment under good omens,” from inaugurare “take omens from the flight of birds, consecrate or install when such omens are favorable,” from in- “on, in” + augurare “to act as an augur, predict” (see augur). Maybe January 20th will bring a good change, a more positive era–and mark the end of an error....
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