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[FJL]

Hugs to Danise and Bear

[FJL]

Jane - It's great when the elevator is empty.  But when the elevator fills up, people tend to pile on and push others back without regard for the dogs.  I find that very wearying.

[Jane]

Thanks to the detective prowess of MBarnum, I just had a great thirty minute conversation with my former literary agent, Doug Brodax, who now lives in Ohio, but still represents a handful of people, while doing a different kind of day job (I think he's had it with this town and who can blame him).  He was always one of my favorite of all the agents I've had, so I'm sending him a big package of books on Monday and we're going to see if we can work together on trying to get them to the right film people, especially the Kritzer and Hofstetter books.  

 

[Jane]

DR Danise,  If is helps at all, if I had all the money in the world I doubt I would treat him if it returns.

I would try prednisone.

[Jane]

DR Elmore. Because of your email I have decided to get a McCain/Palin yard sign.  

ROTFLOL!

[Jane]

Jane - It's great when the elevator is empty.  But when the elevator fills up, people tend to pile on and push others back without regard for the dogs.  I find that very wearying.

I guess when you are as big as Sherlock they don't push.

[TCB]

DR Elmore. Because of your email I have decided to get a McCain/Palin yard sign.  

I didn't know that DR elmore was a supporter of McCain.

[JoseSPiano]

...Here's an article from yesterday's NY Times, Dining & Wine section which I think many DRs may appreciate:

Instead of Eating to Diet, They’re Eating to Enjoy

[Cillaliz]

I didn't know that DR elmore was a supporter of McCain.

    If it says so on the internet it must be true

[S. Woody White]

Hi folks,

I hope everyone is doing well.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of even more bad news but here it is.  I got the results of Bears tumor.  It was a Mast cell tumor grade III.

Rapid clinical growth is usually observed. These areaggressive malignancies frequently recur after surgery, and have moderate to high metastatic potential.

Additional diagnostictests may be required and will determine which therapeutic option(further surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) is best suited for Bear.  

I know I can't afford any of that.  If the tumor returns, I'll have to have him put down.  

I thought the surgery was going to take care of the problem but I guess it was all for nothing.  

I just read this aloud to der Brucer.

"No," he replied.  "Doing the best you can is not 'all for nothing.'"

And I fully agree with him.

You have loved Bear ever since he came to live with you.  That is not 'all for nothing.'  You and Bear have shared something that has been wonderful.  And I am very sure he knows that.

The very hard truth is that we humans have longer lives than those of our animal companions.  Well, maybe not if we choose to share our lives with a tortoise or two, but they're not nearly as much fun on walks.  And it hurts when their lives come to an end.  I know, because der B and I have been there six times since we've been together.  It hurts every single time.

And I would not change that, I would not give up the love that we've shared with every one of our companions, not for anything.

It is the journey of love that matters.  Your journey with Bear is not yet over.

With a plentitude of hugs for you both - S. Woody.

[Cillaliz]

DR SWoody, your post to Danise is very touching, kind and true.

[MBarnum]

Oh, now you guys dont' want to give poor Elmore a coronary! LOL!

[MBarnum]

Dear Danise, I am so sorry.  

[S. Woody White]

Been working on the layout of the LACCTAA newsletter.  I wrote this piece and thought it of a perfectly normal length, but in the current layout it takes up three full pages, three columns each.  That's weird to me, but I think I've figured out a way to get it to two pages.

Oh, that's a simple enough problem to solve.

Just use a smaller font!






 

[Jane]

...Here's an article from yesterday's NY Times, Dining & Wine section which I think many DRs may appreciate:

Instead of Eating to Diet, They’re Eating to Enjoy

DH Keith says he doesn't diet, he eats healthy & exercises.

[George]

Well, I'm leaving work early.  I drove to work this morning and went home for lunch, but I walked back to work after lunch. But it's getting dark and totally overcast.  It's not supposed to rain until this weekend, but it looks like it's going to rain right now.  So, I'm off.

Until later!

[S. Woody White]

Der B is watching Kitchen Nightmares, with chef Gordon Ramsey.

It's billed as "a very special episode."

What the #&*@ do they mean by that?







 

[George]

What the #&*@ do they mean by that?

Hype...it's all hype.

[Jane]

DR SWoody, your post to Danise is very touching, kind and true.

I agree.

[TCB]

G'night.

[Jane]

Oh, now you guys dont' want to give poor Elmore a coronary! LOL!

 

[Jane]

'night DR TCB.  I hope your eye is improving.  You haven't mentioned it recently.

[Jane]

'night

[Cillaliz]

Night Jane.  I baked a pumpkin pie tonight and if my calculations are correct it should be cool and ready to slice right now!

[JoseSPiano]

Hmm...

Just been reading the reviews of A Tale of Two Cities which opened earlier tonight...

I think my favorite "blurb" comes courtesy of Ben Brantley - who seems to have been kinder than some of the other reviewers.

If you want grotesque, look (bizarrely enough) to the show’s star, James Barbour, who portrays the worthy but dissolute Sydney Carton, he of the “far, far better thing” spiel. Mr. Barbour, who played Mr. Rochester in the Broadway musical of “Jane Eyre,” is giving the kind of high-camp, hair-tossing performance New York hasn’t seen from a leading man since Robert Cuccioli lashed the air with his ponytail in “Jekyll & Hyde.”

With a voice that combines the boom of thunder with the breathlessness of Marilyn Monroe and a leaning posture that appears to be in eternal search of a lamppost, Mr. Barbour invests every minute he’s onstage with heavy-lidded, overripe languor. Some might call his performance de trop (well, in Paris they might). But hey, at least he shows signs of life, something otherwise perversely lacking in this tale of historic turmoil.

[DearReaderLaura]

Aww, Danise, I'm so so sorry to hear about Bear. Give him love and comfort as long as he is enjoying life.

[DearReaderLaura]

I have a crockpot. My DH doesn't like anything with sauce, and crockpots tend to make sauce, so I don't use to as often as I would like to.

[elmore3003]

Hi folks,

I hope everyone is doing well.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of even more bad news but here it is.  I got the results of Bears tumor.  It was a Mast cell tumor grade III.

Rapid clinical growth is usually observed. These areaggressive malignancies frequently recur after surgery, and have moderate to high metastatic potential.

Additional diagnostictests may be required and will determine which therapeutic option(further surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) is best suited for Bear.  

I know I can't afford any of that.  If the tumor returns, I'll have to have him put down.  

I thought the surgery was going to take care of the problem but I guess it was all for nothing.  

DR Danise, what awful news! I am so sorry. What an awful run of luck you're having.

[bk]

Every day, fewer and fewer posts.  WHO is missing here?  Singdaw?  Where is Singdaw?  I will bitch-slap everyone from here to eternity and hell and back.

[elmore3003]

DR Elmore. Because of your email I have decided to get a McCain/Palin yard sign.  

How noble.