Archive for July, 2008
Fadtastic Blog Renovations
Yes, I’ve re-decorated the blog.
Actually, I’m trying out this WordPress theme. It’s called Fadtastic, and it’s one of the free themes. Once I get my horse blog up, I plan to use this theme until I can afford some blog-designing artiste to wave the magic mouse and transform it into a unique virtual place.
Until then, [...]
Good Kitty Sam – Update III
Sam’s heart murmur now has a diagnosis. It’s the same as his pal Max’s – cardiomyopathy, which is a disease of the heart muscle. Both cases were diagnosed via echocardiograms. The pictures shows slight thickening of cardio tissue.
Fortunately, they both have mild cases of it because we caught it early. Each cat gets half a [...]
Dr. Horrible: DH’s Favorite Musical
(See post below for image.)
Up until this week, my husband’s all-time favorite movie musical was “Joe’s Apartment” with its singing and dancing New York City cockroaches. He does like “The Producers,” too, but only watched it because of its great reviews and Mel Brooks’s cred.
As usual, he was dubious about “Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along [...]
Part of a Entertainment Distribution Revolution?
As part of the fallout from the Writers Guild of America strike, some entertainment content producers are using the Internet to reach their viewers directly.
Among them is producer/writer Joss Whedon (of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly). His upcoming mini-series “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will be releasing in installments over the Internet. For [...]
More tips from the seminar
The Good Bye Sign isn’t the only concept I learned at the communications seminar I attended several Saturdays ago. I learned several other tips, as well, about subtext in conversations and precision in the use of language.
One thing the seminar leader told us is that “but” cancels out the words that precede it. Think about [...]
Good Kitty Sam – Another update
Good news! Sam’s lab results are in, and everything is within normal parameters. Not bad for a 10-year-old cat.
However, he still has the heart murmur. We’re setting him up for a kitty echocardiogram soon. Not sure when. The vet will call back to schedule it. And, because he’s a house call vet, he’ll come pick [...]
