So we took the cats to the vet today. Yes, that’s right, three cats in the car, and we made it there and back again in one piece. Does that qualify us for some kind of medal or something?
Anyway, apparently Slate has hypothyroidism, and the doctor gave us three treatment otions: medication, surgery, or radiation. [...]
Why I don’t like Bush, Part IV, Environmental Policy (Part I, Part II, Part III)
As I mentioned before, being an “environmentalist” is how I was raised. It’s part of the respect that I was raised to have for others. But as I don’t see how someone can live on this planet and not be an [...]
Erin has an interesting and thoughtful post on violence, specifically rape, in fiction and comics.
It’s an interesting, although disturbing, concept to consider. I know that Marion Zimmer Bradley typically would not accept rape and revenge stories for Sword & Sorcoress (among other story types she avoided) which is something for which I was grateful. But [...]
I’ve been mucking about with Movable Type. It’s possible I broke something, in which case, please let me know.
From a response I made to Erin:
Bovine is Cow. Ovine is Sheep. Caprine is Goat.
ADDENDUM the First:
Gina doesn’t think the sheep I found are cute.
Humph.
Just got an e-mail from my dad’s cousin, Anthony Bogdan, that his geneaology pages are back up and have been updated.
He has a very nice file with the history written out, not just names and dates, but a little something about that part of the family if he knows it. The bits on my [...]
Received this today via my work e-mail:
2) Bookstore manager seeks faculty recommendations for book titles
The WVU Bookstore is working to improve the title selection in the general book department, and seeks faculty input for a new section called “WVU Faculty Recommendations.†Send recommendations of titles that should be part of an academic college bookstore [...]
Ran across this as I was wandering around. This is the BBC ‘Top 200′ Books from their Big Read (books nominated as people’s favorites.)
The books I have read are in bold.
1. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. [...]
You must read this. Really, you must.
http://www.teemings.com/extras/truelife/scylla6.html
I’d quote some to draw you over to read it, but I can’t, really. You’ll just have to trust me.
Go there now.
(found because it was nominated for a Most Humorous Post award. The other posts nominated are nowhere near as funny as that one is, unfortunately.)
Must. Keep. Eyes. Open.
It’s painfully boring here. An entire day of sitting in the hall, except for the brief period of opening the lab up during lunch.
Mostly it’s because we got all excited about the weather, hoping that buckets of snow would fall and everything would close down and we’d get to stay home [...]
Dire Possible Weather! Stay Home! Snow is Predicted!
Whatever.
We haven’t had any snow fall since yesterday morning.
Had a lovely time yesterday–went to Fairmont to have a New Year’s dinner with Kim and Mike. Nothing big, just take-out from the Great Wall, but it was very nice since we hadn’t seen Mike since before Christmas. Came [...]
Lots of SNOW!
It started last night right about when I left work, and it’s still snowing just bit now, but now enough to count.
Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix Glenn Yeffeth ed
We’re not going to discuss my somewhat obsessive interest in The Matrix. Let’s just say it’s one of those things and move along.
Obviously, this book is not of interest to you if you did not like The Matrix or are not interested [...]
As I mentioned earlier this month, I read quite a few books over the break. Here are a few:
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
The initial book, ‘The Golden Compass’ is set it a world that is similar to, but yet unlike our own, where a person’s soul resides in [...]
Instead of firing bullets, the Taser gun shoots out two metal barbs tethered to long wires. As soon as the barbs find their target, the wires transmit a 50,000-volt shock – enough to floor the most aggressive of individuals. The victim recovers when the current is turned off.
Taser International’s government affairs spokesman, Steve Tuttle, claims [...]
Why I don’t like Bush, Part III (Part II, Part I)
The apropriate follow-up to my last post is of course religion. Get all those things you’re not supposed to discuss in public RIGHT out in the open.
First things first, although I currently am at loose ends theologically, I was raised Catholic. Being raised Catholic means, [...]
Check out my Morality! 68% liberal, 32% conservative
Happy Year of the Monkey!
Sent the e-mail cards out early, posted late. Go figure.
Why I don’t like Bush, Part II
This is going to be slightly more contentious than Part I (Politics of War), since the subject is a bit more volatile.
First things first, I despise the Bush administration’s agenda pushing abstinence as the only sex education that should be taught in schools. Apparently these people were either [...]
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