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Oct 12 My Friend

The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson Another day passes. My dying cat hangs in. I have to carry her to the litter box and wait. I didn’t one time. For about 4 minutes, she was trapped beside the litter box and wall. Her back legs do not…


Oct 10 Moonraker

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. James Cromwell I spent the day with my dying friend. One back leg has stopped working. I have to carry her to her food and water. I don’t mind, she has been a very…


Thanksgiving

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer. Muhammad Ali It is Thanksgiving morning here, 9 AM. Just having a cold brew coffee. Soon I will be trading that for hot. Colder days and nights are coming, along with snowfall. So today I am thankful that winter has not arrived yet. My…


Oct 8 Designing Starships

HBM I’m not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though. Matt Smith I played a little Starfield while my generator ran. I wanted to learn ship designing. I learned instead I build large minivans. With guns. I wanted to build a Firefly, but thats been done. Mass Effect Normandy been done, Star…


Oct 7 Never

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius I am still suffering the side efects of the contrast scan. Kidney pain, foul poop, pain in my lower right leg. Breathing is difficult but not impossible. Fatigue is literally tiring. It is possible that these symptoms have nothing…


Oct 6 Still Bonded


Oct 5 Side Effects

While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary. Matt Bevin   Everything I wrote below is not for the contrast dye that was used during my CT scan. Mine was Iodine based. But I kept the post because it was a great list of symptoms. The hunt continues.I just read…


October 4 Right

I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right. Elon Musk The ugly picture is the end result of a contrast dye injection for a CT scan that was done yesterday. The CT scan consumed all of my energy, and caused a lot of pain. Walking through Walmart  after the two hour ordeal was…


Oct 2 3AM

Bondtober continues with From Russia With Love. I woke at 3 AM. I couldn’t get back to sleep. So the Bond movie is playing. What is amazing is back in the 60’s they were putting out a new Bond movie once a year all without computers and CGI. Now we are lucky if it is…


Oct 1 Bondtober

“Bond, James Bond.” It’s October, tradition here is to watch one 007 everynight in order. Since I am awake after having some random chest pains, I am watching Dr No. I was 5 when I first saw this movie at a drive in. And yes I think Mr. Connery was the best Bond.