I'm adopting two kittens from the same litter. Picking them up Sunday.
36 thoughts on “June 16, 2017: Twins”
"Minor Details" will not appear today. If all goes according to plan, it will return tomorrow.
in the best half-bakef tradition.
According to espn.com, the Twins' starters for the four-game series against Cleveland are Turley, Mejia, Wilk, and Gibson. I hope they don't blow out Chris Gimenez' arm.
this is the real reason to have three catchers on the roster. One must always be the reserve groundskeeper.
This morning I was just reminded how awesome cats are as mine was sitting on the work documents I was trying to look at. Everytime I moved them, she moved back on to them.
My cat has earned the name "Newman" because she's always coming in the door to whatever room we're in and doing something stupid. She also excels at knocking anything on a table or shelf onto the floor.
Our cat is still named shithead. She's losing a ton of weight, and will only eat wet food. I'm hoping that she'll gain a bit of weight back now that it's unlimited fancy feast at the slaughterhouse.
Wouldn't that be Kramer?
Heh, you would think so, but for some reason, she just seems to be a Newman. It's just natural to say "Newwwwmannnn" and glare at her whenever she appears.
We're convinced that our cat knocks things onto the floor just to see what the dog will eat.
Though this is outside our normal purview, it's an interesting development:
Link Appears broken, but this works for me.
Also, note the date: 14 October 2015. That duck could be enjoying Dave Brubeck concerts by now.
Heh. Buyer beware.
Woke up at 3:30 or so, trying to either cough something up or swallow. Went into a frantic panic attack. Turns out I have uvulitis; my uvula is so swollen, my throat is treating it as something that must be swallowed or expunged. I ended up getting a shot a couple of hours ago that's helping, but I'm still swallowing constantly to try to keep from coughing it out, which is much worse.
I home this anti-inflammation stuff works quickly. I've been in far worse pain than this, but it feels like a handkerchief is caught halfway down my throat every second, and it's driving me crazy.
I would rather experience god-awful pain than any feeling of suffocation.
If I ever inhale the smallest amount of saliva or mucus, my throat immediately constricts and I have to stop and calm myself down to be able to breathe. It is a horrible feeling. It's basically a mini panic attack. It also happens sometimes when I have a bad coughing fit.
I've had an issue where after getting something caught in my throat, my gag reflex kicks and and won't let me swallow anymore for hours and hours. The first time it happened, I was traveling for work and couldn't sleep until early in the morning because I couldn't even swallow saliva. I was worried I'd have to bring a spitter on the plane. It happened again at the worst possible time and I missed out on thanksgiving dinner. I had to go to the ER because I was getting dehydrated after not being able to drink for 36 hours.
Going into the biggest series of the season so far, the Twins starting pitchers are Nik Turley, Adalberto Mejia, Adam Wilk, and a question mark. Molitor's strategy must be to make Cleveland hitters overconfident.
If I had the extra cash, I'd be buying stock in Kombucha Tea right now.
Happy f-day weekend. Git a call from my mom last night that my dad is in the hospital. A-fib issues. Hoping to get his heart to reset. Didn't happen yesterday. Trying a new drug today. Next step might be ablation. Oy.
Best of luck on the home front, bS.
What Bo said.
Best wishes to your dad and the family, bS. Interventional cardiology can do amazing things. It's pulled my butt out of the fire twice, none the worse for wear.
Thanks, all. He's been dealing with A-fib and blood pressure issues for years. Unfortunately, he's never really found the willpower to do the lifestyle modifications necessary to help control them (lose a bunch of weight, improve his diet). But he's 83, so what are you gonna do?
Nothing you can do but be there for him and love him, as I'm sure you are and do. Your dad is in our prayers.
sorry to hear it doc. Best wishes.
Just talked to him. He got released at noon today. Took a nap, then felt good enough to walk the 150 yards or so up hill to his garden.
"Minor Details" will not appear today. If all goes according to plan, it will return tomorrow.
in the best half-bakef tradition.
According to espn.com, the Twins' starters for the four-game series against Cleveland are Turley, Mejia, Wilk, and Gibson. I hope they don't blow out Chris Gimenez' arm.
this is the real reason to have three catchers on the roster. One must always be the reserve groundskeeper.
This morning I was just reminded how awesome cats are as mine was sitting on the work documents I was trying to look at. Everytime I moved them, she moved back on to them.
My cat has earned the name "Newman" because she's always coming in the door to whatever room we're in and doing something stupid. She also excels at knocking anything on a table or shelf onto the floor.
Our cat is still named shithead. She's losing a ton of weight, and will only eat wet food. I'm hoping that she'll gain a bit of weight back now that it's unlimited fancy feast at the slaughterhouse.
Wouldn't that be Kramer?
Heh, you would think so, but for some reason, she just seems to be a Newman. It's just natural to say "Newwwwmannnn" and glare at her whenever she appears.
We're convinced that our cat knocks things onto the floor just to see what the dog will eat.
Though this is outside our normal purview, it's an interesting development:
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
They should have rounded it up to $14 billion for charity.
Well, thank you to my dad for buying me Whole Foods stock a while back. (Not unrelated: June's FKB post will be up shortly.)
SELL! SELL!
Elder Daughter is an employee, training to be a buyer. She has mixty motions.
Of whole paycheck or Amazon?
Not something you see every day.
You beat me to it.
Dido
Link Appears broken, but this works for me.
Also, note the date: 14 October 2015. That duck could be enjoying Dave Brubeck concerts by now.
Heh. Buyer beware.
Woke up at 3:30 or so, trying to either cough something up or swallow. Went into a frantic panic attack. Turns out I have uvulitis; my uvula is so swollen, my throat is treating it as something that must be swallowed or expunged. I ended up getting a shot a couple of hours ago that's helping, but I'm still swallowing constantly to try to keep from coughing it out, which is much worse.
I home this anti-inflammation stuff works quickly. I've been in far worse pain than this, but it feels like a handkerchief is caught halfway down my throat every second, and it's driving me crazy.
I would rather experience god-awful pain than any feeling of suffocation.
If I ever inhale the smallest amount of saliva or mucus, my throat immediately constricts and I have to stop and calm myself down to be able to breathe. It is a horrible feeling. It's basically a mini panic attack. It also happens sometimes when I have a bad coughing fit.
I've had an issue where after getting something caught in my throat, my gag reflex kicks and and won't let me swallow anymore for hours and hours. The first time it happened, I was traveling for work and couldn't sleep until early in the morning because I couldn't even swallow saliva. I was worried I'd have to bring a spitter on the plane. It happened again at the worst possible time and I missed out on thanksgiving dinner. I had to go to the ER because I was getting dehydrated after not being able to drink for 36 hours.
Going into the biggest series of the season so far, the Twins starting pitchers are Nik Turley, Adalberto Mejia, Adam Wilk, and a question mark. Molitor's strategy must be to make Cleveland hitters overconfident.
If I had the extra cash, I'd be buying stock in Kombucha Tea right now.
Happy f-day weekend. Git a call from my mom last night that my dad is in the hospital. A-fib issues. Hoping to get his heart to reset. Didn't happen yesterday. Trying a new drug today. Next step might be ablation. Oy.
Best of luck on the home front, bS.
What Bo said.
Best wishes to your dad and the family, bS. Interventional cardiology can do amazing things. It's pulled my butt out of the fire twice, none the worse for wear.
Thanks, all. He's been dealing with A-fib and blood pressure issues for years. Unfortunately, he's never really found the willpower to do the lifestyle modifications necessary to help control them (lose a bunch of weight, improve his diet). But he's 83, so what are you gonna do?
Nothing you can do but be there for him and love him, as I'm sure you are and do. Your dad is in our prayers.
sorry to hear it doc. Best wishes.
Just talked to him. He got released at noon today. Took a nap, then felt good enough to walk the 150 yards or so up hill to his garden.
Thanks again for the supportive comments, all.