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Spring may actually be coming. I know the year is young, and the mild spell we’re experiencing now is simply lulling me into a sense of false primavera. But it feels good to go out in a light jacket and not have my body’s core heat immediately sucked out of me. It feels good to…

We’ll get the medical stuff over with early – feel free to skip if you’re getting as tired as I am over the latest medical updates. I got the follow-up mammogram this morning. Of course, as usual, there was a problem. Turns out that some undesignated “someone” at the radiology office went and returned my…

Hmmm, doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. Fifty-nine degrees, and raining heavily out, with thunderstorms predicted for this afternoon yet. It isn’t exactly Christmas weather here. Good thing I come pre-shrunk. The Socialist is off to the West Coast with the Matrix’s hatch full of wrapped gifts and the front seat full of…

I saw the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day this morning (taped from last night). I was a bit worried about it, since the BBC show has teamed with STARZ and I’d heard they’d Americanized the show a bit. Since Torchwood is a remote spin-off from Dr. Who, and since Dr. Who has a large…

The date clearly says 14 Feb 2005 in the Entry Date fields, but the updated entry shows for 23 June 2005. I’m too tired to report the FUBAR to DD’s admin. I assume that so blatent a bug has already been called to his attention anyway.

This has not been one of my better days. The paracentesis went poorly. They only got five and a quarter liters out of me, and the anesthetic block wore off before they were done. Dr. Liver tried to reposition the needle to get a better flow going, but it didn’t work and he had to…