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Yes, I know his eyes look painful. But other than those and a mild upper respiratory infection, he’s really quite happy. And no, he isn’t mine. I just participated in a rescue, and held him (in quarantine) in my house overnight Sunday …and smuggled him into my office Monday, until I could deliver him to…

Thanks to Charlie Chaplin for this one. Now, I like to think of myself as well read. I like to believe that, if it is a work of classic literature, I’ve at least heard of the author, if not the book itself. I don’t claim to have worked my way through all of Shakespeare, nor…

An actual line from an email I received this morning: As an initiative to define areas of expertise, ownership, communication, team work, reduction in redundancy, and responsibilities, we would like to develop a flow chart for all the areas of our responsibility encompassed by [insert department name here]. Unfortunately Babelfish doesn’t have an English-to-English option…

I’ve been listening to a lot of PRI radio these days. I go through phases of it. Eventually I get tired of listening to music radio, especially when none of the recent new releases grab my attention, and I’ll drift over to Terry Gross and Todd Mundt and Marty Moss-Coane. Then the time will come…

Today started off quite slowly, and has managed to stay that way so far. I woke to the sound of rain against the windows of the bedroom. Checking the time, I was amazed to find it was 12:30 in the afternoon. I had a fair amount of sleep to catch up on, but I don’t…

I worked until midnight last night, then had to be up and moving at five this morning. I was due in at Big City Hospital at 8:30 this morning for the ninth of my annual post-transplant check-up. All went well, and they’re talking about cutting down the amount of immunosuppressants I’m taking. It’s hard to…