[personal] Babies ahoy!
Just heard from
Go them!
Posted: 4:48 am Tue July 28 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad wakes up in the land of Tuesday with a lot to say
Good cancer news: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
A reader reacts to Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon thb
Amazon Kindle doomed to repeat Big Brother moment — Legal angle on Amazon’s recent Orwell flap. DRM FTW!
Criggo is on a roll with the classic sexist advertising here and here — Wow. Mid-century kink. Who knew?
Bathing in the Casino: 1889 — Shorpy with a photo of how the other half used to live. Wow.
Galactic Life in Context — Centauri Dreams with some very mind-expanding stuff on treating the evolution of life as a galactic phenomenon rather than a planetary phenomenon. All you hard SF types, word up.
A Supernova Blossoms In A Neighboring Galaxy, And The Shockwave Is Aimed At Earth — As
Science Is in the Details — Religion at the NIH. (Snurched from Pharyngula, who explains this much better than I can.)
More stone cold bastard GOP moralizing hypocrites — Remember kids, character counts. That’s why we always vote Republican. [And because some of my conservative readers seem to consistently misunderstand my point, I'm not twitting the sex. I know all about Clinton, Edwards, Kennedy, etc. I'm twitting the hypocrisy of building a political career on publicly condemning the immorality and sexuality of others, while privately being just as fallible.]
?otD: Where did Lefty get the bread to go?
7/28/2009
Body movement: 10 minutes of meditation and stretching, 40 minute suburban walk
This morning’s weigh-in: 224.4
Currently reading: Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Posted: 4:44 am Tue July 28 2009 | Comments(0) |
[cancer] More optimism, less caution, no chemo for now
Oncologist visit went very well today. Based on last week’s CT scan, she is deferring chemo, and we will re-image in late October. At this point, given the lack of growth, she feels this is possibly not cancer. If it is, the cancer is sufficiently slow-growing that a wait-and-see approach is not particularly.
The October scans will let us assess further growth in the liver and lung sites, and recheck the lymph. At that time, if growth is detected, we’ll visit the surgery and chemo questions again.
I’m not off the hook, but the hook has gotten a lot smaller and less immediate. And of course, the colon issues continue. But I feel much, much better. The optimism has become less cautious. My mental and emotional state this afternoon has been interesting, to say the least. This is quite something to parse.
Among other things, this means that
Posted: 6:19 pm Mon July 27 2009 | Comments(11) |
[cancer] Off to the oncologist today
Oncologist appointment this afternoon. This is supposed to be the chemo prescribing appointment, but last week’s scan may cause us to postpone that step. As I said to
Posted: 4:51 am Mon July 27 2009 | Comments(1) |
[photos] Your Monday moment of zen
Your Monday moment of zen.
Photographed by me at Nuevo Rancho Lake in Portland, OR.
Posted: 4:42 am Mon July 27 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad wanders into another Monday
A reader reacts to Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon thb
Strange Maps on heartlands and homelands
Interrupting Gelastic Jew asks one of the smartest questions I’ve seen in the healthcare finance debate so far — I know which side I fall on.
A Vaccine for Colon Cancer — Sigh.
Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide — No wonder my conservative friends contend there’s no solid evidence for global warming. Their own leaders have been hiding it. Meanwhile, back in the reality-based community, the ice caps are melting.
?otD: Who put the “gist” in “oncologist”?
7/27/2009
Body movement: n/a (overslept)
This morning’s weigh-in: 223.4
Currently reading: A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Posted: 4:38 am Mon July 27 2009 | Comments(1) |
[politics] The cost of things
Long term cost of Iraq War: $2.4 trillion, $650 billion spent in Iraq to date.
Long term cost of Obama’s healthcare reform: $1 trillion, $0 spent to date.
Which of the above do conservatives support absolutely, and which of the above will they do anything to stop? Which of the above will do more for you and your family?
Posted: 7:31 am Sun July 26 2009 | Comments(2) |
[photos] Your Sunday moment of zen
Your Sunday moment of zen.
Photographed by me at Taos Pueblo.
Posted: 6:38 am Sun July 26 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad for a hot (non-fudge) Sunday
Random House digs in over e-book rights — Hmmm. (Thanks to
Language Log discusses the singular “they”
Fascinating ancient maps — (Snurched from Dark Roasted Blend.)
If I had super strength, could I squeeze coal into diamonds? — One of the funnier Straight Dope answers I’ve seen in a while.
?otD: Where’s my hat?
7/26/2009
Body movement: 30 minutes on stationary bike, 10 minutes of meditation and stretching
This morning’s weigh-in: 224.2
Currently reading: A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold; Stupid Quest by C.S. Inman
Posted: 5:32 am Sun July 26 2009 | Comments(0) |
[travel] Seattle
Our drive to Seattle yesterday was best described by Leonard Cohen in his song “The Future”:
There’ll be phantoms
There’ll be fires on the road
Six hours to cover what is a two and half hour drive on a good day and a three and half hour drive on a bad one. Including a median fire, a miles-long backup for a wrecked RV, a miles-long backup for the detour from the wrecked RV, doubling back, and eleven separate occasions where traffic on the Interstate came to a dead halt. Enough said about that madness.
Once we got to Seattle, all went much better. The University Books reading was fabulous. Many friends and acquaintances and total strangers attended. I was so worn out from six hours of white knuckle driving that
The party was very nice. Saw David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, this week’s instructors. The usual wide ranging cast of Seattle writerdom and friends. My wiped-ness kept me a bit on the stupid side, and eventually I retreated to
Drive home, not so evil, just the usual annoyances. I’m off shortly to cook Tibetan for my family, as my brother is visiting from the DC area and we are all getting together. And
Posted: 1:22 pm Sat July 25 2009 | Comments(5) |