I was reading "The Moon By Whale-Light" which has a section about the incredible service bats provide, not just as insectivores, but as pollinators for a whole host of species* and the immense destruction they suffer because of misinformation and general idiocy, plus a lot of largely inaccurate hyperbole about rabies. (My favorite tidbit was that […]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Ben is recovering nicely! Still not terribly into food, but he’s now wandering around like a cat with a sore mouth, not like an invalid, and managed to sink his claws into Kevin’s ass during medication time this morning. So that’s good! (Except for Kevin, of course.) I have been prowling the various reef-tank boards, and discover […]
I have possibly the most tragic Ben ever. He’s still waking up from the anaesthetic, a process slowed by being heavily drugged with some narcotic painkiller or other. He can barely walk–his back end doesn’t work terribly well at the moment–his pupils are huge, and there’s blood on his chin. His face looks narrower somehow–I don’t […]
Ben was just starting to wake up when I called, so I get to go get him in an hour. Yay! I’ll talk with the vet then and get marching orders. I am somewhat relieved. I’ll be more relieved when I’m sure this has helped! Just spotted a male goldfish who’s obviously starting to molt […]
Well, Ben’s off to the vet for his tooth extractions. I’m fretting much more than I should. It’s not so much the teeth–he’ll be fine, he’s a tough cat, he’ll gum those pesky ninjas to death if he has to!–it’s just vague neurotic worries that he’ll be the approximately one in a thousand that dies […]
Two new things noticed in the tank! The first is probably another tube worm (and thus GOOD!) It’s a different color than the others, having tricolored fronds–they have pale green tips, a hard white ring about halfway down, and then are blood red at the base. It’s very pretty, for something incredibly tiny. I say "probably" […]
It snowed last night. Despite the weather service warning of COMING ARCTIC APOCALYPSE, and the resulting major run on French toast supplies, toilet paper, and chicken, we only got between one and two inches. Which is sitting over top of mud,like white cream-cheese frosting on undercooked chocolate fudge cake. …I should really start eating breakfast BEFORE I […]
New issue of EMG-Zine up, with a new Wombat Droppings column! Also, speaking of, Ellen has a snazzy book out on the business of fantasy art, which I’m a contributor to. Check it out!
A dark soaking wet day. The rain is pouring down. Through the trees, I can see the low area of the woods, which is currently an inland lake. I’m told that in late spring, it’ll be a temporary marsh crawling with frogs. This makes me unbearably happy. Unfortunately, at the moment it’s just…rain. The little birds […]