• Mini-Posts

    About Arlington Cat Clinic

    Arlington Cat Clinic in Arlington Heights,  IL has been a full service feline veterinary hospital in the NW suburbs since 1988. We understand the special role your pet plays in your family and are dedicated to becoming your partner in your pet’s health care from kitten hood to its senior years. We specialize in preventive health care including vaccinations, dental care, diagnostics and surgery.  In addition, we offer behavioral consultations, grooming and boarding services. The clinic also carries effective flea products and special diets, as well as cat toys and gifts. Via Arlington Cat Clinic

  • All Things Interesting

    The New Normal For Us And @MrRileycat_Esq

    Our cat Riley has been diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and we’re about to embark on “the new normal” with him. He seems fine but his weight is down since last year and his white blood cell count was high, so our vet Dr Esbenson of Arlington Cat Clinic sent a sample on to the feline oncologist. So in a small scale we’re experiencing some of the fear and uncertainty that anyone with a cancer diagnosis faces. It’s the chronic form, slow to develop, and depending on how this chemotherapy and steroids regimen works out, he could be happy and…

  • Hot Off The Presses - SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    Southwest Pilot Holds Flight For Man Rushing To See Dying Grandson. Kudos! @SouthwestAir

    Big WIN for WN on this story – it’s a terribly sad story, but this pilot’s exemplary actions make it easier to take. My condolences to Mr. Dickinson and his family. CNN — Time was running out, and Mark Dickinson wasn’t sure whether he’d get to see his dying 2-year-old grandson one last time. A long line at Los Angeles International Airport’s security checkpoint had kept him from getting to his gate on time. His grandson Caden would be taken off life support in a matter of hours in Denver, Colorado, with or without his grandfather’s presence, according to CNN…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 12th – January 13th

    Lymphocytic Leukemia Orcinus list of eliminationist rhetoric from 2007 http://webkit.dailykos.com/stories/2011/1/11/935418/-Arizonas-extremism-in-the-spotlight.html Reminder of the shooting by a conservative of Mary Rose Wilcox: "I shot her because the radio told me to." Terror in Arizona: Just another ‘isolated incident’? Funny how that list keeps mounting | Crooks and Liars Useful list of violent incidents from the past 2 1/2 years committed by wingnuts http://webkit.dailykos.com/stories/2011/1/11/935395/-Mental-illness-expert:-Yes,-ask-whether-political-climate-was-a-trigger-for-shooter.html Refudiates latest comment

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Making Light: Babylon 5 Rewatch

    Ooooh. A worthy topic, will enjoy following this. In the world of science fiction TV, Babylon 5 is generally considered the first of the modern* story-arc series. It’s a genuine departure from the “Wagon Train to the Stars” paradigm that Old Trek created. I don’t think we’d have had Buffy The Vampire Slayer and the Battlestar Galactica reboot without it and Deep Space Nine to convince the studios that genre audiences had long attention spans and an appetite for moral complexity. For me personally, Bab 5 was the the TV series of my mid-twenties. I watched it as I settled…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 3rd – January 9th

    FOX News cuts away from ‘Giffords vigil’ when Sarah Palin’s name is mentioned | Crooks and LiarsWhy did Shepard Smith urge viewers to stay tuned for the press conference coming up, only for FOX to cut away abruptly in mid-sentence after they showed a man at the vigil invoke Sarah Palin? DonationsPossible ethics violation, attending fundraiser on Capitol grounds and specifically calling it “swearing in” Social Security 101 | Crooks and LiarsNeed to listen to the Crazy 8’s song “Johnny Q” NPR.org » New Medical School Model: Adopt A Family To TreatHeard this story, like the concept of community medicine.…

  • Blogs Wot I Read

    Whiskey Fire: Wingnut Rhetoric Got Us War, Torture, Economic Failure, and Science Denial Too

    http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/whiskey_fire/2011/01/try-to-be-nice-and-look-what-it-gets-you.HTML Yes, wingnut rhetoric is dangerous and irresponsible and loony. But worrying about whether or not wingnut rhetoric is responsible for the Tucson nutjob, well, that’s like worrying about shutting the barn door after the horse has been shot and fucked and sold for glue. Surely: this shooting was horrific. But then, wingnut rhetoric has directly led to mind-boggling numbers of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan; it’s ruined the American economy; it’s made torture routine; it has succeeded in preventing the nation from taking effective action to prevent environmental catastrophe.

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Guns and Violence = Eyeballs and Ratings — True Grit Tops Box Office

    Guns and violence are proven ratings winners in the news and at the movies. As it happens, I saw “True Grit” Saturday while the Tucson shooting news was still developing. It’s a great movie, with lots of guns and violence. I’ve often wondered why we find fictional violence, and real violence, so compelling. Why does a crowd gather at a schoolyard fight? Why do people watch wrestling? And yet, when Rooster Cogburn hollers “Fill yore hand!” it’s a thrill, I can’t deny it. Box Office Mojo: True Grit True Grit claimed the top spot, ending the reign of Little Fockers…

  • Episcopal - Hot Off The Presses

    Chicago Episcopalians pray for peace in Sudan – Chicago Tribune

    Unfortunately, we didn’t do anything at St Nicks to mark this, as the energy at the time the Renk partnerships were starting was around keeping our own programs (and doors) open. This was all pre-merger with Holy Innocents and we all had other things on our minds. Note at the bottom, Manya Breachear never fails to mention Teh Gay Bishop controversy. When Bishop Katharine visited St Nick’s in 2007, she was asked ONE question about gay clergy, and it was picked up by the Trib and the other papers and made headlines all over. For nine years, Episcopalians in Chicago…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 9th – January 10th

    Warning: Subject to New Politically Correct Language Police Censorship (3) Even the sports metaphors, in response to criticism of the crosshairs graphic, are about war, weapons, and violence. She's like a tormenting queen bee rather than a bully, seeing how much she can get away with. Print Yes, Jared Loughner was ‘crazy’. That doesn’t exculpate the milieu that unhinged him | Crooks and Liars Don’t Get Demoralized! Get Organized! Take Back the 20! (3) Sarah Palin's Facebook note still shows target/crosshairs graphic though website page was taken down. Whoever posts at Facebook doesn't know it's still up and being commented…