July 2010

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Symptoms of being a horse person

I found this online a while back. I originally got something like this when the “you know you are a horse person” emails went around. I can certainly relate to most of the things in the list. Variations on this theme are on quite a few web...

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Game on! The Guild music video

The Guild is a web series about people who play an online role playing game and belong to a guild called the Knights of Good. (The game is based upon World of Warcraft, but the game itself is never named.) Every now and then the cast produces...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Stella, the 21 year old cat, is playing Guild Wars with me. She plays with the characters on screen as they move around. # Heat index is 111F (~44C). Not going out. # Very hot today with a heat index of 108F (~42C). Spa day for the...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

I gave away my size 14s. Finally going to go buy "real" clothes in a size 6. Yay! (happy dance) # Oh look. More rain. # Pretty. Precious. Want. // Dell M11xR2 Review: The World's Smallest Gaming Laptop Goes i7 http://bit.ly/aOepRP # Funny how when you take...

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Update from vet visit with Isis

The vet said that the lumps on Isis’ sides might be three things: allergic reaction that turned into hard bumps, sarcoids, or lymphoma. The vet gave Isis a local pain block so the lump on her right side could be biopsied. The test results should come back...

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Older kitties: joys and pains

Stella’s eyes are changing. Today her eyes are not very responsive to the light. When she opens them, the pupils stay wide and are slow to adjust to the light. The vet warned me on Friday that Stella might end up with detached retinas from the hypertension...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

How to Run Mac OS X in VirtualBox on Windows.. http://digg.com/d31WPz3 # Off to the barn to play with the horses. Joy! And then — more cleaning! Joy. (bleh) # The best thing about cleaning is when you've finished. Otherwise, it sucks. # Miffed kitty coming home...

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Isis feeling good

Last weekend the weather was gorgeous and Isis, who has trouble dealing with the heat, was feeling frisky. I free lunged her in the big ring and after a few minutes, the tail came up and she started snorting. The snort, the prance, and the bounce in...

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Lumps and bumps on Isis’ skin

Isis has always had skin issues: rain rot, fly bite allergies, scratches, etc. For the most part, these things last a little while, are treated, and then resolve. For the past two months or more, Isis has had lumps under her legs, right where the girth goes....

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Bragging rights on the Bay Wonder Mare

I’ve been trying to ride my mares more often. Today was a 2.5 hour trail ride on Prize. We baby sat my friend’s four year old gelding. He’s been ridden about the same number of times as Kasane, although is training is farther along. Here is Sylvana...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Leaving work and going to the barn. Yay barn! # Check this out to WIN A FREE APPLE iPAD / CARBON FREE http://foodforthought.greenearthappeal.org/winanappleipad/ @greenearthapp # Excavations at the Mamertine Prison Find Evidence of Pre-Chr.. http://digg.com/d31VcEK # Conjure One has a new single out! #conjureone # Lovely. Bomb...

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A good feeling

I originally started this blog to write about the issues I’ve been having with my various medically challenged animals. Initially it was Basette with diabetes and Isis with insulin resistance. Over the years, I’ve written about every animal I’ve had because they have all had some kind...

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[2003] Dew poisoning on Isis’ legs

Just before I started this blog in 2004, Isis had a record year for Bad Things. Okay, not as bad as later years, but up until that time it was Bad. Laminitis, rain rot, sprained tendon, and dew poisoning. A reader asked a question about Isis’ February...

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Kasane’s first trot in the ring

Kasane now officially knows how to trot. 🙂 She picked up the cue immediately. We worked briefly in the round pend and then in the big ring. She was good for two times when I asked her to trot. On the third time, I asked her to...