Well, boys and girls, it’s that time again…time for our yearly review! 2008 did have some rough spots, both personally and in the world at large. On the other hand, compared to 2007, The Year That Will Live In Infamy, I pretty much strolled through 2008 with choirs of seraphim strewing rose petals and small unmarked […]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Yaaaay! Smokey was in the attic after all! Four days, and we’d started to give up hope–figured he slipped out of the house somehow and was long gone. Kevin had a trap in the attic, which remained unsprung. There was no response to calling and food looked nibbled, but not attacked, so I was suspecting mice. But […]
Dropping by the mall today to pick up some extra large pants, suitable for layering, for upcoming trip to parents in Upper Peninsula Michigan. (Got stupidly good deal. Ahh, after-Christmas shopping…) Along the way, I passed the Hallmark store. Something caught my eye, and I nearly gave myself whiplash with the double-take. Emperor. Palpatine. Christmas ornaments. […]
Well, it’s nearly midnight here, and I’m headed to bed, so– A very Merry Die Natalis Solis Invicti to all, and to all a good night!
EEEE! Squeeee! My Little Ed
Also! If you missed Kevin’s column on Christmas shopping–and you probably did because we kinda smacked the server, so it got pulled down–it’s now put up in the feature slot at Intrepid Media, hopefully with more bandwidth! Christmas Shopping
Ben is obviously feeling better–very snuggly, and he plowed into his food like a trooper today. Mind you, he was sitting on my lap, and Kevin had fluffed up the wet food on a dish and brought it in to him–might as well have a sprig of parsley on top–and I held the dish for him […]
Poor Ben had to go in for a steroid shot today to clear up the kitty herpes. (Yes, I know, he’s on lysine already. Unfortunately he’s not eating enough this last week to get the stuff inside him in any great quantity.) The steroids are supposed to work very well, but long-term steroid use is not […]
The extinction of the horned gopher is the greatest tragedy I only just learned about. I felt this noble creature needed to be memorialized in the traditional fashion (i.e. with a small balloon.) Ceratogaulus
It’s been a weirdass up-and-down day. Good news, bad news…just weird. Some of it’s not mine to share–there was some nasty bad news in there from a friend–but among the bits I can: I got my first quarter royalty statement for Nurk, which has earned out half the advance (this is doing GREAT for a book that […]