The Cat In The Hat (2008/02/03)
Molly, it turns out, was indeed not yet spayed. She is now. However, she is the sort of cat who nibbles at stitches, and she now has a nasty-looking incision that went a little septic, but looks to be improving with treatment.
[read more...]The cat is dead. Long live the cat! (2008/01/19)
In 1990, or maybe 1991, we got a kitten. He was small and grey; my parents wanted to name him Shadowfax, but I insisted that Greystoke would be a better name. It stuck okay. He turned into an unusually large black and white tuxedo cat, and for the last seventeen years or so, was one of the most fascinating animals I have ever encountered. He was exceptionally tame; not servile, like a dog, but he acted as though he sort of understood that we were the ones making things go. He trusted humans, and put up with a great deal of stuff. He earned his own parody of a verse from Particle Man:
[read more...]Ian Renert wants me to take down some "defamatory" pages. (2007/11/03)
So, I used to run an ISP, and I still let a couple of the former “customers” keep files on my machine.
[read more...]New house! (2007/09/14)
We bought a house! We are moving to Northfield, MN, a small town where they have an annual celebration of the last recorded homicide, a tad over a hundred years ago.
[read more...]Support the troops! (2007/09/07)
So, I’ve been talking of late to a friend who is in the military, and talking about things like Afghanistan (did you know that the US is involved in military action over there?) and Iraq (you probably heard about that one).
[read more...]Very Silly Party (2007/08/18)
I get comment spammers. Mostly I just nuke them. This one was spamming some site, but the name was great. This was the spammer’s “user name”:
[read more...]Woah. (2007/08/01)
Local bridge collapses, during rush hour. I don’t yet know of anyone I know who was there at the time, but it’s still pretty scary.
[read more...]It's funny, but is it a cat macro? (2007/05/27)
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Why didn't they make us sing this in school? (2007/04/27)
The Fúfumal is an epic tale of magic and heroes.
[read more...]The man knew how to throw a party. (2007/03/17)
I went to a funeral today.
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