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Something positive in an otherwise fairly shitty day... When I went to Germany in May, for the first time in 14 years to see my family, I re-established contact with my cousins Anya and Mikhail, we grew up close like siblings, and it is so nice to have them back. My cousin Sabi in particular...

It's all fun and games until someone ends up at the urgent care... :rolleyes:

Book 39 of 2024 - A Natural History of the Senses - Diane Ackerman I enjoyed the historical bits, but the science is extremely outdated - the book was written in 1990. If you enjoy Barbara Kingsolver's nonfiction, you will probably enjoy this. She writes in a very similar style. * Diane...

That is why we have several steps: Desk review (acquisition - do we actually want to publish this thing?) Peer review (other authorities in the same field) Pre-production editing (used to be a person but now AI) Copyediting (me) Proofreading (eliminated to save money) Proof stage/revision...

I found it funny because these two lines have to be very specific, like "X-ray crystallography data for samples 1 and 2" or "Patient demographics for the study cohort and the control cohort." It reminded me of one of those infomercials... "buy this coffee mug and get a lid absolutely free! But...

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Hahaha, yes you do! It's a full-contact "sport," as are most forms of self-defense.

In case you think I do nothing... This morning I went to the wholesale club (like Makro) and purchased some cheap non-slip carpets. Sammy is flailing on the tiles, and then he does a starfish and can't get back up and hurts his hips. So the whole house is now covered in a patchwork of area...

Book 38 of 2024: The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality - Amanda Montell (Audiobook) Not what I expected - which was a dissection of biases and paradigms. Instead, it's disjointed, part memoir, part short essays, and seems... rambling aimlessly? Meh. At least it was...

Well I had the virtual meeting with the Heart Association people. They are going to give me a trial manuscript to do, and we go from there.

Maggie would - no doubt. One bite and done. Sammy is a gentle soul. If he kills something, it's because he wants to play with it and bites too hard - not intentionally. When we still lived in Pretoria, one day we had someone's escaped pet parrot in our garden. Sammy caught it and carried it...

I had to go to the vet today to return the unused insulin and syringes. I very nearly came home with two ducklings... :oops: The vet had them running around the back of the clinic. Such is the relationship with our vet that we usually just go into the back part of the hospital and sit and chat...

I have a virtual meeting via Teams with the people at the American Heart Association on Wednesday. I am fairly confident that I am getting a job offer. I will take it if it happens, no matter what the pay. Bollywood is stressing me beyond belief right now. And Sammy's illness, and Zog Jr...

Festive feelings at Orlando International Airport

Zog Jr. has arrived safely. He did miss his connection in Atlanta but was transferred to the next flight one hour later. No problem.

Guess who is 16 years old today? 🥳🎂 Maggie had a lazy birthday, lots of snoozing... she's getting older, you know. Overall, she's doing great for her age. She's gotten a little deaf and her vision is not so great anymore (her peripheral vision is going), but she still gets the zoomies and...

Yes - we call them pill pockets or tricky treats. (y)

Sammy Update Sammy is doing fine. He gave us a bit of a scare last night. He is very good about waking me up when something is wrong, and he woke me up whining and crying at 3:30. He did not look well - panting and restless and drinking lots of water. I took him outside and he made a wee and...

Nope, Sammy is alive and well! Unlike our bank account...

In humans, Eltroxin has no max dose recommendation because it depends on different factors like age, body weight, heart health, diet... usually you start with a low dose and increase until you get the smallest dose that has the desired effect. Normally, you start with 50 mcg and work up.