according to the ultrasound we got of her gut last night. They had to sedate her because she was being a bit unruly with other animals within sniffing distance, which made it hysterical last night when she got home cause she couldn’t stand up for more than a few seconds. Didn’t even have the energy to hold her tongue in her mouth. Poor doggy.
So she could have IBS, or something completely else. Food allergy is still on the table. The only way to test for IBS or other is to do a GI biopsy. Awesome. Lemmie tell you what we’re not going to do right now: GI biopsies. Why? Because it’s $87 just to walk in the damn door at the place.
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and is now on as many pills as Melinda. Awesome! ‘Specially when the pill gets stuck on Kona’s tongue, cause then she drools and slobbers everywhere. For like a half hour. Awesome x2!
Melinda and I are going tent camping this weekend. A year back when this reservation was made for a spot at Devil’s Lake, Melinda assured me that she’d been tent camping before, so she knows what to do and stuff. I have also been, as I was in the Boy Scouts for many years and have my share of eventful tent-camping memories (none of which involve hanky-panky with scout masters or other scouts). I’ve set up tents, started fires, cooked over a campfire, etc. While setting up the tent this weekend, Melinda was all about reading the instructions verbatim and stuff. Me, not so much. I glanced at it, but that was about it. If you’ve set up one tent, you’ve set up every tent. Put the poles together, slide them in the slots, stick them in the ground, add tent steaks where necessary. After the third dumb question about setting the tent up, I asked her, “Have you ever set up a tent before?” To which she replied, “No, but I have been tent camping though.” “Um, ok. Correction: you’ve slept in a tent, you haven’t been tent camping. There’s a difference.” So I guess what I’m saying is that this weekend is going to be awesome …something.
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Just waltzed right into my local Best Buy at lunch today and they had 10 Wii Fits sitting there. Granted, while I was in line, a woman in front of me and two people behind me all had copies in hand to buy, so I’m guessing they won’t last much past 2 pm. Being as how the Fit (not from Honda) has already been out in Japan for a month and in Europe for a week or so, there are already people charting their progress with it. This is probably the most popular one. I sure hope I keep up with it, but the first step is to move my Wii from the home theater downstairs to the much-more-accessible living room tv. No more widescreen Smash Bros 
…until I take it back downstairs. I’m just lazy. I may track my progress, but I doubt I’ll blog it here like the dude at the previous link.
Here, I’ll say it. I miss my truck. A lot. But I like my car. I’ve joined Audizine (if that last link wasn’t clue enough), and it’s full of people with mostly common interests, and there are quite a few people on there in my area. I missed the last meetup by about 3 days; hopefully I’ll be able to make it to the next one.
Oh yeah, after picking up Wii Fit, I had a Grande Soft Taco and a Cheesey Gordita Crunch at Taco Bell. Healthy.
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Yep. With Melinda not driving much at all, we have no need for two vehicles. And, with gas cresting $4/gallon, my truck is just too damned expensive to drive full-time. I pretty much refuse to drive a FWD or RWD vehicle in the winters, so that means all-truck, all-winter, camry sits in the garage.
Well, bunk with that. We’re trading both for a new one of these. Engine is a 2.0L inline-4 with a turbo, spun through a 6-speed tiptronic auto tranny into Audi’s Quattro. And yes, thank Jesus, it’s got paddle shifters. Other bells & whistles included, of course. It’s the only Avant (wagon) within 50 miles of me, and it just got unloaded on Friday. It’s the first A4 Avant at this dealer all year, and we had a hold deposit on it the following day. We’ll be completing the transaction on Saturday, after a Left On Sunset show.
Man, I’m gonna miss my truck. Thanks, dad.
In other news, I love my new job. w00t! (’cept for those two days spent in Assembly…)
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Lovely. Can’t wait to drive home tonight. Pretty much all the schools are closed in SE Wisconsin, and I’m at work. I wouldn’t be, but my darling wife needed to send a fax. From work. That she can’t do at home. My work is close enough to her work that I might as well work this time instead of taking time off.
Week and a half off: I’m ready for you.
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My writers are on strike.
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Melinda and I went to Devil’s Lake the first weekend of October. We hiked about 2.4 miles, half of that was up & down a 200 foot bluff. It was hard, but still fun. We took plenty of pictures, and if I ever get around to it, I’ll post them online.
We got a dog! Her name is Kona. I put up a few pictures and a couple videos here.
My projector bulb blew out a couple weeks back. Right in the middle of a show. I had to order one from Japan over ebay, and it was still $400. Ick. Then again, how much does a 144-inch plasma cost? Exactly.
I’ve been thinking of doing a weekly comic using Comic Life. Thoughts?
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Yesterday was Haloday. The end of the Halo trilogy was released upon the world. I bought it, but I didn’t stand outside a store at freakin midnight to get it. No, I waited until 10 am (which was when the store opened), then went home with it and played the ever-living-hell out of it. Beat the single player campaign last night around 8:30. The end of the last chapter is definitely right…but it just keeps going. And I swear: one of the waypoints is there to screw you for a good 5 minutes of trial and error. The final boss was a bit of a letdown – I didn’t even die once – considering how many lives I threw away trying to finish the 8th chapter. On the other hand, ignoring pure difficulty, the final boss was extremely satisfying. Anyone who’s played the first Halo (…and if not, what are you doing playing 3? Go back and play 1 & 2 you slacker.) will take so much joy obliterating the final boss.
If I keep going, I’ll be writing spoilers. I’ll finish by saying this is the first game in a very long time that I’ve beaten without aid of cheats, walkthroughs, or any help more than a cursory glance through the manual not on the easiest difficulty. Awesome.
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My 360 arrived in Dallas yesterday, but M$’s site still says “Empty box shipped to customer”. Roo mentioned that after M$ extended their 3-red-lights-of-death warranty to 3 years, the repair wait time went from a few days to a few weeks. Poo.
Apple updated iLife & iWork. iLife 08 brings a brand spankin’ new version of iMovie…but people are bitching that it’s too easy to use, so Apple is now allowing purchasers of iLife 08 to download iMovie 6 HD. I’ve only played with iPhoto, and its updates are pretty slick. The “event” idea is a good one, and the splitting/merging of events is really simple. If you don’t like “events”, just hit “Photos” in the left column, and it’s back to the old iPhoto view. iWork’s Pages & Keynote got expected updates, but new to the iWork package is Numbers – Apple’s fledgling spreadsheet app. It’s missing certain basic functionality, but it’s a very slick app. One of those apps for OSX that makes me wish I was back in school to use spreadsheets again.
I’ve gone back to my SLVR. Greg will be happy. I just got fed up with carrying the BlackBrickBerry around.
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Well, mainly project. Singular. I’m building myself a racing cockpit for Forza 2 & Dirt. I’ve got the Xbox 360 Racing Wheel, which is a damn fine piece of technology. For seating, I picked up one of these on sale. I’ve got some plywood and 2×4s left over from my workbench build, so I don’t think I’ll need to get any more lumber. In the design area, I was able to figure out how to make both the pedal & seat positions adjustable, but vertically adjusting the wheel was getting complicated. Enter the local Gander Mountain moving sale. They had an adjustable seat pedestal for a boat half off. It’s perfect! After testing the height, I realized I need to redesign the pedal mount a bit, but construction might be able to begin this weekend.
I just have to wait until the empty box shipped by Microsoft (step 1 in warranty replacement of a 360) to show up after a week of 3-day shipping.
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