Well, we got word back today… my cat (PC) has oral cancer. It is spreading pretty rapidly and close to his trachea. He’s doing OK at the moment… no pain or anything and it’s going to stay that way. We have an appointment at 16:00 today to put him to sleep. For the first time…

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A few thoughts at the moment… because I am awake. I know I blogged like 3 hours ago… but here I am again! The crucial thought of the night…  What would Tyr Anasazi do? If anyone has any idea why I compulsively reveal my thoughts here on this weblog, let me know 🙂 Because it…

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Short update: I would say it is a 85% certainty that PC (my cat) has a fairly advanced cancer. We will know more Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I hope for the best but it is starting to look like we will have to put him to sleep. Our landlord seems to have generously granted…

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Well, it’s Tuesday 🙂 At 10:00 am this morning we have a meeting with some investor types. it won’t be immediate money but I hope it goes well. Speaking of money, an incredibly cool ‘source’ of ours (OK, a friend!) fronted us $1,000 today. That means we are only $500 short on rent if we…

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Well, I had a cool entry for you with a lot of links to stuff… but I accidentally closed my editor without saving so you are out of luck. I’ll clue you in more tomorrow… but a quick run of thoughts: I am not yet the man I should be… and it is hurting my…

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So the post before this one related to you, my adoring public, the story of Thursday (yesterday even though I haven’t been to sleep) and how much it sucked. I spoke a little bit about why – and how I felt about all that. It’s a post I am not sure I will ever take…

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Well, we took PC to the vet and so far it looked OK. The possibilities are: Tumor (but it didn’t seem likely at this time) Thyroid (but the little lump seemed to be too high) Infected/blocked saliva gland or lymph node (blood test will show) So they did a full blood thingie and we will…

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Ok, time for sleep. I have been working on some stuff tonight… finally got a chance to do some modeling and rendering. Tomorrow (today) at a glance: PC goes to the vet at 14:30. With any luck at all this may just be a thyroid problem. I got some email to that effect and the…

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Here is a little gem for you; it seems that some researches may  be able to trace the "religious experience" to some fairly specific changes in brain activity that happen when you pray or meditate. Here is an excerpt: "The SPECT images also reveal that there is reduction of activity in the parietal lobe, at…

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