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Book 12 of 2025: On Tyranny - Timothy Snyder If you only read one book this year, make it this. It's short and to the point, and I read it in about one hour. * Timothy Snyder is one of the most celebrated historians of the Holocaust. In his books Bloodlands and Black Earth, he has carefully...

Book 11 of 2025: Paladin's Strength (Saint of Steel Series #2) - T. Kingfisher I read the first book of this series last year and loved it. It made me realize that there are fantasy novels out there that I can read. I've rejected the fantasy genre out of hand ever since I attempted to read...

The patient is home. With a ton of meds. She has a follow-up appointment to check liver values next Wednesday. And she was totally filthy and stinky. So unfortunately we had to have a B-A-T-H. It was not appreciated. I'm wetter than the dog.

Maggie's liver values have decreased even more and she is ready to come home. Apparently she's raising all hell at the vet :rolleyes: Mr. Zog will fetch her after work. 😊

MAGGIE UPDATE Tuesday evening, 18:30 here. Just talked to our beloved vet (and I mean that sincerely - she is the best and we trust her 100%). Maggie's liver values are coming down, she is responding to the steroid treatment. All other lab values look "great." She said Maggie is "feisty" and...

This is the situation. The vet will test her liver values again this afternoon. If they have improved, she can come home with low-dose steroids. If there is no change or the values have worsened, we will have to let little Maggie go. The only other alternative would be gallbladder removal. A...

Know when to give up and have a margarita. Or two. Or three. Last year, after going to Germany to see my family, I decided that I have to go once a year. My mother isn't getting any younger (last month was her 75th birthday), and she really misses me. So Thursday evening I tried to find a...

We're ok. We're going through some trials and tribulations... Mr. Zog's phone died and he had to get a new one. A few days later mine died (what are the odds). I had to get a new one. More money we don't really have. The doggies are giving us heartaches. Maggie is 16 now. She's half blind...

What he said!

Thanks... I definitely don't want anyone to know that I'm ordering laundry detergent.

Not quite... 😁

Book 10 of 2025: All Fours - Miranda July Whoa Nellie... that was a wild ride. 😁 * A semifamous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to New York. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript...

Maggie is starting her weekend early... TGIF everyone, we made it, again! 🍻

Book 9 of 2025: Galatea - Madeline Miller It feels like cheating - it's a short story and I read it in 20 minutes. A retelling of the Greek myth of Galatea and Pygmalion. * In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most...

Book 8 of 2025: Orbital - Samantha Harvey (Library) Poetic, lyrical, and haunting. This should be required reading for every human on the planet. * A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men...

Book 7 of 2025: The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden (Library) Not what I expected at all, in a good way. And a big plot twist! * It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in...

As it turned out, the cops never showed up... I guess it wasn't important enough. :rolleyes:

I just called the cops on the neighbors diagonally across the street. It's a story for another day. TGIF everyone, another week down the hatch! 🍻

Not AI. Chinese author... Mad respect for writing research papers in a different language and script, but yes... Chinese authors drive me crazy. Chinese manuscripts are always very bad and take forever to edit. Usually I have to re-write vast portions of them and it's "best guess what they are...

One of my manuscripts today is about a new type of sonar. One of the figures is a schematic explaining the concept. It tells us that there are many fisheries in the ocean...