Archive for May, 2009
Nielsen Family
The Nielsen Company has asked ME to be a “Nielsen TV Family”. I’ve been randomly selected. They even sent a $5 bill to encourage me to fill out the questionnaire. Ok, so it’s a questionnaire “to become a Nielsen TV family”. I’m not [Read More]
Daily discomfort
I missed work today, and I don’t know how to go about describing the overall state-of-being that kept me in bed most of the day. It’s all very frustrating, as my state-of-being, overall, is not going to improve. Some way, some how, I manage to get past this [Read More]
Insight into an irresponsible mind
I like my new car, but I’ve been in no mood to celebrate it. I’ll be blunt and inelegant. I can’t afford this new car. It’s a “mid-life crisis” purchase. I got the car that I can’t afford that I’ve been thinking about getting [Read More]
Tales from the Recession
No more free Crystal Light Lemonade at work.* *There are a few remaining packets of Raspberry Ice. [Read More]
Prius Mortis
Toastie’s Prius July 29, 2002 – May 19, 2009 117,800 miles I was told there was an electrical short. It would have needed a new inverter and catalytic converter. I don’t pretend to understand how all that stuff works. I had to believe the diagnosis from [Read More]
Senior Pet Update
I’ve got a 12-year-old cat whose diabetic and a 13-year-old cat with hyperthyroidism. Today, I took my 9-year-old bordador to the vet to try to figure out what’s he always groaning about. I know he’s got the pretty typical hip dysplasia that older dogs get [Read More]
Dialysis Another Day
I saw my nephrologist today, and we decided I’d hold off on dialysis a bit longer. For the benefit of anyone reading this who’s here mostly because of my occasional PKD/kidney disease/dialysis post, my creatinine today was 6.8, which is the “best” [Read More]
