Chill factor is 3 degrees (actual temp is 24). Cold for Tejas. Sun has come out but temp will not rise above 28.
Diana Gabaldon watched Dr. Who. Dr Who was a cult figure for intellectuals. He traveled time in an old fashioned British phone booth. G got the name, Jamie Fraser, from a Dr. Who episode.
I am ravenously hungry but what I want to eat is a Frosty. I am making do with oatmeal. I am tired of eating the same old thing.
Doing laundry this morning. Almost time for my nap.
I have not been so cold since leaving Michigan in 1982. The chill factor that weekend was fifty below. Well, we lasted twenty minutes at the dog park. Even the dogs wanted to go home. They beat me to the gate.
Chance and Buddy were there. My dogs were more interested in a predator bird (hawk?) swooping over the adjoining field.
Blitzen's Tale
There was an interesting thing falling down and getting up, in the field next door. Then it flapped its wings. LC and I were fascinated. We did do some running with Chance andBuddy.
Lady Chica's Tale
Not many dogs at the park. It was awful cold. Mom kept walkin around. She did not sit and read. We kept watching this thing falling down and getting up in the field next door. I think it was a bird but Blitzen says I am crazy. Blitzen thinks it's an alien.
I intend to snuggle up and read Outlander. Lots of soft pornography.
BOOK REVIEW
J.A. Jance, *Exit Wounds* (2003)
Sheriff Joanne Brady series. Brady is sheriff in an Arizona county. The novel focuses on "collectors" or "hoarders". People, usually women, who collect stray pets. A woman collector was murdered and shut in a trailer, sixteen dogs died of heat exhaustion.
I rescued Lady Chica from a collector who had forty cats and dogs.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
January 6, 2009
Woke before the alarm rang, feeling rested, no pain. Will meet Judy at Wendy's. She has been back in Ohio, visiting family.
Judy and I chatted and chatted. She discussed family problems. I looked at watch and we had been talking for two hours.
She gave me three huge baguettes from Town Talk.
2:39 PM I installed my printer again from original CD. No luck. Computer cannot communicate with printer.
I tried a nap but did not sleep. I will try again.
Blitzen's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
I am almost asleep on my feet. I did get a nap and then went over to Pup's. Lea was making jewelry. I did hand work on an unfinished project from forty years ago.
PBS was showing a documentary about human evolution and Neanderthal man. So we commented on that and various things, about growing old.
BOOK REVIEW
Ralph McInerny, *Ash Wednesday*
The title just comes from the fact that the book opens on Ash Wednesday. A new congregant joins the congregation. it is a complex plot with an unexpected denouement. This is an old fashioned mystery.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Judy and I chatted and chatted. She discussed family problems. I looked at watch and we had been talking for two hours.
She gave me three huge baguettes from Town Talk.
2:39 PM I installed my printer again from original CD. No luck. Computer cannot communicate with printer.
I tried a nap but did not sleep. I will try again.
Blitzen's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.
I am almost asleep on my feet. I did get a nap and then went over to Pup's. Lea was making jewelry. I did hand work on an unfinished project from forty years ago.
PBS was showing a documentary about human evolution and Neanderthal man. So we commented on that and various things, about growing old.
BOOK REVIEW
Ralph McInerny, *Ash Wednesday*
The title just comes from the fact that the book opens on Ash Wednesday. A new congregant joins the congregation. it is a complex plot with an unexpected denouement. This is an old fashioned mystery.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
January 5, 2009
Yeah!!! I found my scraper.
I wentoutside --- 24 degrees --- and much to my surprise found my car covered with frost. My MI scraper disappeared long since.
fortunately I started early.
10 AM One hour at the Baptist Center and 17 family units wanting food pantry.
Altogether 25 and only one Hispanic. Wow
Came home and took a nap. Then over to the dog park. Finally, finally Chase and Buddy arrived and Lady Chica got some exercise. She is flopped out now. Thank goodness. When she does not get enough exercise she goes on the prowl, searching thru all the waste baskets.
Blitzen's Tale
Mom is such a party pooper. There was this little dog still unfixed and I wanted to show him who's boss but Mom put me on time out. Finally Chase and Buddy arrived and we got some running in.
Lady Chica's tale
I couldn't get anybody to run. Finally Chance and Buddy showed up. Buddy got into a fight with Tiger. She is a girl dog. He shouldn't be fighting her.
And so it goes.
BOOK REVIEW
Nevada Barr, *Superior Death* (1994)
Anna Pigeon is stationed on Isle Royal in Lake Superior. The focus of this book is a sunken freighter from the 1920's in Lake Superior. Lake Superior never gives up her dead because they do not decompose in the cold water. Another corpse is found in the engine room of the sunken vessal.
Nevada Barr, *Ill Wind* (1995)
Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park is noted for its well-preved cliff dwellings, the sole legacy of the Anasazi civilization, which vanished without any other trace in the twelfth century.
Anna Pigeon is transfered here, with a promotion. And of course a body is found in one of the ancient kivas. Frederick the Fed is sent by the FBI, the body being found on federal ground.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
I wentoutside --- 24 degrees --- and much to my surprise found my car covered with frost. My MI scraper disappeared long since.
fortunately I started early.
10 AM One hour at the Baptist Center and 17 family units wanting food pantry.
Altogether 25 and only one Hispanic. Wow
Came home and took a nap. Then over to the dog park. Finally, finally Chase and Buddy arrived and Lady Chica got some exercise. She is flopped out now. Thank goodness. When she does not get enough exercise she goes on the prowl, searching thru all the waste baskets.
Blitzen's Tale
Mom is such a party pooper. There was this little dog still unfixed and I wanted to show him who's boss but Mom put me on time out. Finally Chase and Buddy arrived and we got some running in.
Lady Chica's tale
I couldn't get anybody to run. Finally Chance and Buddy showed up. Buddy got into a fight with Tiger. She is a girl dog. He shouldn't be fighting her.
And so it goes.
BOOK REVIEW
Nevada Barr, *Superior Death* (1994)
Anna Pigeon is stationed on Isle Royal in Lake Superior. The focus of this book is a sunken freighter from the 1920's in Lake Superior. Lake Superior never gives up her dead because they do not decompose in the cold water. Another corpse is found in the engine room of the sunken vessal.
Nevada Barr, *Ill Wind* (1995)
Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park is noted for its well-preved cliff dwellings, the sole legacy of the Anasazi civilization, which vanished without any other trace in the twelfth century.
Anna Pigeon is transfered here, with a promotion. And of course a body is found in one of the ancient kivas. Frederick the Fed is sent by the FBI, the body being found on federal ground.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Monday, January 4, 2010
January 4, 2010
Cold this morning. Not Michigan cold. Texas cold. I ran (tottered) over to mail a letter at club house. I plan to sew this morning until time to go to dog park. After dog park I am always so exhausted.
Lady Chica is lying around eating cardboard. Paper and cardboard are always digested. I wonder what it turns into in the digestive system.
Noon. Temp is 38 but real feel is 24. It wont warm up today. I need a nap.
After my nap and sewing some we went to the park. Blitzn actually played with a girl dog. Her mom said she was a beagle but she didn't look like it. She looked misc. When Blitzen was tired and wouldn't play anymore, Bama's mom took her to the big dog side where she played with a Saint Bernard. She took the Saint Bernard down. Her mom was scared she would scare Blitzen. ha, ha, ha, ha rofl
Nobody played with lady Chica.
Blitzen's Tale
Hey, I met this ol gal named Bama and we played and played. We had a great time. I hope she comes to the park again. No other dogs were there.
Lady Chica's Tale
Tiger ran with me a couple of laps but she aint got no perseverance. After that I had no body to run with. No little dogs and not many big dogs. It was cold. I like it cold.
Came home. After supper I took another nap.
BOOK REVIEW
John Sandford, *Hidden Prey* (2004)
Martha has already read this. So I cant spoil it for her. This turns into a spy story.
Lucas Davenport in this novel works for Minnesota criminal investigation. A Russian sailor is shot on the quay in Duluth. Duluth is a port that connects to the Atlantic.
A Russian policewoman is sent to investigate. Fascinating denouement.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Lady Chica is lying around eating cardboard. Paper and cardboard are always digested. I wonder what it turns into in the digestive system.
Noon. Temp is 38 but real feel is 24. It wont warm up today. I need a nap.
After my nap and sewing some we went to the park. Blitzn actually played with a girl dog. Her mom said she was a beagle but she didn't look like it. She looked misc. When Blitzen was tired and wouldn't play anymore, Bama's mom took her to the big dog side where she played with a Saint Bernard. She took the Saint Bernard down. Her mom was scared she would scare Blitzen. ha, ha, ha, ha rofl
Nobody played with lady Chica.
Blitzen's Tale
Hey, I met this ol gal named Bama and we played and played. We had a great time. I hope she comes to the park again. No other dogs were there.
Lady Chica's Tale
Tiger ran with me a couple of laps but she aint got no perseverance. After that I had no body to run with. No little dogs and not many big dogs. It was cold. I like it cold.
Came home. After supper I took another nap.
BOOK REVIEW
John Sandford, *Hidden Prey* (2004)
Martha has already read this. So I cant spoil it for her. This turns into a spy story.
Lucas Davenport in this novel works for Minnesota criminal investigation. A Russian sailor is shot on the quay in Duluth. Duluth is a port that connects to the Atlantic.
A Russian policewoman is sent to investigate. Fascinating denouement.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Sunday, January 3, 2010
January 3, 2010
Made it to SS and church. In SS somebody mentioned Darwin. People think "survival of the fitest" means individual survival. Not so. It means survival of your offspring. I was thinking about how important the female is to this process. She produces the offspring from her own body(means eating for two) and sometimes she nurtures.
I was taking a nap. I went to sleep thinking of dinosaurs and evolution. I was preparing an important theoretical paper on evolution when Blitzen rudely awakened me. Off to dog park.
And I come home exhausted and tired out. It got colder and colder and colder. I think NPR said it is 29 degrees now. The dogs loved it. Chance and Buddy were there and both dogs raced and raced.
Blitzen's Tale
Chance and Buddy were there and we had a good old run. Lots of other big busters were there, too. Mom said it was too cold for her. People get cold too fast.
Lady Chica's Tale
I deigned to run with Buddy today. I was in the right mood. I was ready to come home but I did some more running just to get Mom to catch me. I like to play catch with her.
4:41 PM I am sending this. I intend to take a nap and Uncle Mark will be complaining he has not gotten the report from the dogs.
BOOK REVIEW
Richard Montaneri, *Badlands*
Another serial killer, another police procedural. I am tired of getting into the mind of a serial killer. Badlands is an area of Philadelphia. Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are homicide dicks with PPD.
Well written and interesting.
Especially if you like serial killers.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
I was taking a nap. I went to sleep thinking of dinosaurs and evolution. I was preparing an important theoretical paper on evolution when Blitzen rudely awakened me. Off to dog park.
And I come home exhausted and tired out. It got colder and colder and colder. I think NPR said it is 29 degrees now. The dogs loved it. Chance and Buddy were there and both dogs raced and raced.
Blitzen's Tale
Chance and Buddy were there and we had a good old run. Lots of other big busters were there, too. Mom said it was too cold for her. People get cold too fast.
Lady Chica's Tale
I deigned to run with Buddy today. I was in the right mood. I was ready to come home but I did some more running just to get Mom to catch me. I like to play catch with her.
4:41 PM I am sending this. I intend to take a nap and Uncle Mark will be complaining he has not gotten the report from the dogs.
BOOK REVIEW
Richard Montaneri, *Badlands*
Another serial killer, another police procedural. I am tired of getting into the mind of a serial killer. Badlands is an area of Philadelphia. Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are homicide dicks with PPD.
Well written and interesting.
Especially if you like serial killers.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Saturday, January 2, 2010
January 2, 2010
I have returned three books to library. I have sworn a solemn vow not to set foot inside library until I am returning the last of the books I have out. I returned books outside.
I will then borrow the remaining Galadon books and start requesting.
Saturday morning 9:30 AM. Blitzen demanded his breakfast.
I woke from a dream that I was helping to start a new AA group from scratch.
I took a nap and we went to dog park at 2:30. Beautiful day. I wore my coat but took it off. The regulars were there. Most of the time Blitzen and Lady Chica chased bikes and ran around in general. No racing the fence this day.
Blitzen's Tale
What is there to say? Some bike folks came and sat down just outside the fence, but I got bored. The big dogs were all big busters who dont run.
Lady Chica's Tale
I have fun chasing anything. There is a man named Bill who calls me a wolf. Lots of people say I look like a wolf. I dont think so. I am a dingo dog and dingoes were not much removed from wolves.
I slept for about three hours. Uncle Mark writes that he is waiting for today's report. I installed Artist Gold which makes greeting cards, but my printer is not working again. I think that next week I may go to library and look up printers in consumer reports and get a new one.
BOOK REVIEW:
Michael Pollan, *Botany of Desire*
Chapter Three: marijuana
A lot has been happening behind my back since the sixties. In the seventies Mexico began sprinkling marijuana with pesticide. So nort americanos began growing inside. They found a new species which grows in the mountains, more suited to our climate. Then they crossed two species. At any rate, I knew marijuana was stronger but not how it came to be. Now only the stamens are used, not leaves.
I guess Nevada Barr did not know either. She had her characters harvesting leaves and stems.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
I will then borrow the remaining Galadon books and start requesting.
Saturday morning 9:30 AM. Blitzen demanded his breakfast.
I woke from a dream that I was helping to start a new AA group from scratch.
I took a nap and we went to dog park at 2:30. Beautiful day. I wore my coat but took it off. The regulars were there. Most of the time Blitzen and Lady Chica chased bikes and ran around in general. No racing the fence this day.
Blitzen's Tale
What is there to say? Some bike folks came and sat down just outside the fence, but I got bored. The big dogs were all big busters who dont run.
Lady Chica's Tale
I have fun chasing anything. There is a man named Bill who calls me a wolf. Lots of people say I look like a wolf. I dont think so. I am a dingo dog and dingoes were not much removed from wolves.
I slept for about three hours. Uncle Mark writes that he is waiting for today's report. I installed Artist Gold which makes greeting cards, but my printer is not working again. I think that next week I may go to library and look up printers in consumer reports and get a new one.
BOOK REVIEW:
Michael Pollan, *Botany of Desire*
Chapter Three: marijuana
A lot has been happening behind my back since the sixties. In the seventies Mexico began sprinkling marijuana with pesticide. So nort americanos began growing inside. They found a new species which grows in the mountains, more suited to our climate. Then they crossed two species. At any rate, I knew marijuana was stronger but not how it came to be. Now only the stamens are used, not leaves.
I guess Nevada Barr did not know either. She had her characters harvesting leaves and stems.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Friday, January 1, 2010
January 1, 2010
Once upon a time the new millenium seemed so far away!
Lady Chica seems to remember her puppy class, five years ago. She is so restless in the evening that I decided we needed to work obedience.
I had forgotten that Obama wrote that politics is a contact sport. He knew in 2006 that politics had become increasingly hostile.
We went for our final pee walk and we heard a shot. The dogs are terrified. In the South and in Detroit, people shoot to celebrate the new year.
Whatever happened to Lawrence Welk? NBC at Times Square is featuring hip hop. I have segued out of the culture. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
11:30 AM When Lady Chica begins to lick my face I know it is time to get up. The sun is shining and it is supposed to warm up. I think I will sew this morning --- ha the morning is over.
We spent almost two hours at the dog park. I chatted with lots of people. Nukka, the French bull terrier, came with her puppies. Blitzen and Kevin were determined to socialize the male puppy properly. And Wally kept coming back to have Blitzen hump him.
Blitzen's tale
Nobody was running the fence. I moseyed around. Mom was mad cuz I kept humping Wally but Wally kept wanting it. She took me home when I was socialing that black puppy.
Lady Chica's Tale
Well, Buddy came when we were almost ready to come home. But I didn't run with him. I spent the day mostly just nosing around smelling. Lots of dogs there.
I am sleepy. So I think I will just send this along.
BOOK REVIEW
Richard Montanari, *Merciless*
Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are homicide dicks with Philly PD. Usual police procedural. Serial killer. I ignored the idea that Byrne has "the sight".
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Lady Chica seems to remember her puppy class, five years ago. She is so restless in the evening that I decided we needed to work obedience.
I had forgotten that Obama wrote that politics is a contact sport. He knew in 2006 that politics had become increasingly hostile.
We went for our final pee walk and we heard a shot. The dogs are terrified. In the South and in Detroit, people shoot to celebrate the new year.
Whatever happened to Lawrence Welk? NBC at Times Square is featuring hip hop. I have segued out of the culture. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
11:30 AM When Lady Chica begins to lick my face I know it is time to get up. The sun is shining and it is supposed to warm up. I think I will sew this morning --- ha the morning is over.
We spent almost two hours at the dog park. I chatted with lots of people. Nukka, the French bull terrier, came with her puppies. Blitzen and Kevin were determined to socialize the male puppy properly. And Wally kept coming back to have Blitzen hump him.
Blitzen's tale
Nobody was running the fence. I moseyed around. Mom was mad cuz I kept humping Wally but Wally kept wanting it. She took me home when I was socialing that black puppy.
Lady Chica's Tale
Well, Buddy came when we were almost ready to come home. But I didn't run with him. I spent the day mostly just nosing around smelling. Lots of dogs there.
I am sleepy. So I think I will just send this along.
BOOK REVIEW
Richard Montanari, *Merciless*
Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are homicide dicks with Philly PD. Usual police procedural. Serial killer. I ignored the idea that Byrne has "the sight".
Hugs, Dr. Liz
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