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Not the best pictures, but these are bison And two moose. Group portrait

Maddie wasn’t eating well and was spending more time on our laps than normal. She started drooling and wouldn’t let us look in her mouth. I took her to our normal animal hospital on Friday. The vet didn’t see anything wrong in her mouth but her temperature and bloodwork indicated an infection. They sent us home with oral antibiotics. She was worse Saturday morning and no matter what we tried, we couldn’t get a dose in her. The on-call vet agreed to meet us at his office and he spent an hour and a half with us. He had to sedate her and lance a large abscess in the back of her mouth. She got an antibiotic injection that will last for two weeks, and subcutaneous fluids. He reversed the sedation and sent us home. She is 90% back to normal this morning!

Here’s the update. mr. has convinced me to write an open letter of protest to several factors related to this event and share it with every coach in the district. He saw immediately that the board is protecting the personal preferences of a single individual instead of providing an inclusive activity for students. I’m not leaving this activity with my little tail between my legs. I’m leaving it in protest.

Cracker Barrel is racist. Mudkipz

Put up the last of the fascia all by myself. Basically the porch roof portion. The top blocks for the posts made things tricky, and HoSmudge put a super tight wrap of d-edge on those corners. A little nipping here and there, and it was installed. Yup, pretty proud of myself.

Good beer night

No beer last night. Shared a bottle of 2015 Chateau Ste Michelle Merlot with my Dad and BuffCarla. Friday Night I had a Great Lakes Brewing Edmund Fitzgerald Porter.

Odd that a debate judge's position is ended in such a manner. We have gotten into a nasty habit of eliminating voices we don't like rather than discussing issues. Sorry you are going out that way. It isn't right and is lacking the respect you deserve.

Well, we find you worthwhile. Personally, I have always appreciated your point of view as it has nurtured critical thinking over the years I have known you. Mudkipz

One of the local coaches took offense to a comment I wrote on a student ballot, filed a complaint with the state board, and they sanctioned me. The coach was seeking to ban me from tournaments for a year, but the board chose the path of clemency taking other factors into consideration. I am no longer allowed to participate as a judge. I'm not happy. Not because I feel justified in writing the comment; I own that it was of limited benefit to the student overall. But entirely because that student is being coached to express herself in a way I find offensive to the activity. My comment could have no effect in that environment. Usually, coaches read through ballots first, then throw away any that lack educational value before students see them. I'm not sure why the coach even let the student see the ballot if she had taken offense to it. I'm not happy because this is yet another moment of "We don't accept your kind, here." I'm exhausted by this lifelong struggle to define myself as someone worthwhile, who has much to contribute, instead of someone who, according to my dad, "will always be white trash." He refused to support my desire to go to college. That was beyond my raisin'. This situation feels a lot like "You don't belong here" because the members of the board agreed to sanction me instead of to remind the offended coach, "We usually just throw away ballots like that, and then talk to the judge/coach about it." Thanks for listening.

Last year we have 15 students take part. This year we had a full class of 20 and their was a waiting list of 15. We again had TV and newspaper coverage. Not as much as last year but still good. Would have been easier to do an interview if I wasn't so out of breath. Just had returned from running a mile with a woman who was running her dog with my 3 wheel rig.

Lentil and collard soup. As grandpa on hee-haw would say, mmmm-mmmm good! And I ‘spect it to get better as it sits in the fridge. Can’t stop eating it!

Party was a hit, food was awesome and my wife had a great party. Cleaning up the Air BnB and off to the arial tram.

Part of our European trip will include the area where dearie was born and where his family roots still are/have been in southern Germany, not far from French border. (In France, it is the region of Alsace....German influences in cuisine, some dresswear, etc.) This is the area where he will take us. I've met some relatives on another earlier trip. Dearie was born when the bombs were being dropped. WWII. His mother had to get up after birth and go to another room for safety in hospital. Photo of area. 2nd photo is his cousin's vineyard (in family since 1700's) . He had walked the vineyard paths with his mother when she was alive over 25 yrs. ago. She brought food over from another family location by walking 3 km. through the woods, etc. to the restaurant-inn where the French soldiers occupied the place for a month. By feeding them, it was survival for the family.

Are you the type that likes to get the last word? If so, have I got a thread for you.

My nephew played trumpet with EW&F a few years ago at a New Years performance at one of the casinos. We didn’t see them, but he said it was a great show.

Roughing the quarterback is not an excuse for the response, which was where a common defensive penalty turned into a brawl. Rudolph needed to just stop and let the rules of the game issue the response. He didn’t. He incited the brawl.

I'm sorry that your efforts to help kids ended up with unpleasantness. I'd be annoyed at the Board and their nonsense. Frankly, I wouldn't want to do anything that involved dealing with them again, but you're nicer than I am. I'm also sorry that you're still hearing that voice from your childhood. As others have already mentioned, the other people in your life (including us at the Forum) can see how kind, smart and caring you are and can clearly see how special you are. But I recognize sometimes people can be harder on themselves than they are on other people. The Board sounds like a bunch of petty administrators carried away with their own importance and eager to appease the coaches so that nobody bothers them. Good riddance to them!

After the boss goes home the bag boys control the music.

I think it is a latin courtroom term, like habeus corpus, :D

They seem the same at this time of year..miss my Canadian bacon asparagus springtime pizza.

Just don't put any on your planter. I hear planter fasciitis is very painful.

Lancets for finger sticks to check blood sugar. Needles for hormone injections. Those pointed toothpicks that sometimes have blood on them from gingival gums. There are lots of sharps out there and lots of reasons for injections. Starbucks is protecting their customers and employees from blood borne pathogens.

Or, insulin.

Fun day in the Palm Springs Tram. Didn’t do too much hiking just kinda poked around in the top of the hill.

I am no longer interested in watching NFL games unless someone is being hit in the head with their own helmet. How many times will this happen in the Texans/Ravens game?

My dad is a middle-school dropout whose own father used him as a whipping boy. He’s not versed in encouraging messages. But he provided for his family, against the odds his own parenting gave him.

She has the best avatar on the internet.

The doc that treated her yesterday just called to check on her condition! Yeah, a Sunday morning follow-up call from a vet we've only seen two times.

In that case, I know a guy who knows a guy ...

?? homemade naturally.

Lucas was brilliant to have included so many of today's famous things in his movies. The things that are hidden in the background are amazing. I might be wrong but I believe that Shed is on the right and Habeus is between him and Prima. This song by the way is named "Mad about me".

You are witnessing modern life impinging on you debate contests. We are becoming an entire nation of win at all costs. The civility train has left the station.

The pics are from the WTC Oculus. Pretty neat, I suppose, for a transportation hub. I told her that I was going to cut all her hair off today. She didn't believe me.

I solved the noisy roof rack problem on my car by playing my music louder.

I watched the video again and realized that the whole thing was just self-defense. Rudolph kept coming and assaulting Garrett, repeatedly. There is no way this could be considered assault on the part of Myles Garret, it was Rudolph that kept going after Garrett.

Earth Wind and Fire once appeared at a figure skating show. They performed live from the stage while the skaters skated to the music on a sheet of ice in front of the stage. It was a very odd show because the audience was clearly divided between 1/3 who came to see the skating and had no idea who Earth Wind and Fire were (like my parents), 1/3 who only came for the music and had no idea who was skating around and 1/3 who knew both of them. It did seem like by the end of the show each group had a bit more appreciation for the other performers. Even my Mom who was in her mid 70's at the time was dancing along by the end of the show and the elderly music fan sitting behind me was marveling at some of the skating. It was an odd night, but surprisingly fun.

Couch, you have totally redeemed yourself with this post. The forum shirley recognizes the awesomeness that is roadsue. :)

You could always be a debate judge for the Steelers / Browns thread. Mudkipz

You shouldn't allow yourself to associate this incident with your personal background. Stepping into any arena opens you to unwarranted attentions. Evaluate your behavior within these confines and judge yourself by your own values.

The other coach is win at any cost, even if it means emotionally manipulating your audience. I cannot stomach that extreme pathos is becoming the winning strategy. It’s probably best I leave.

She really is a a treasure. :)

I don’t think you can be racist against yourself, at least not yet. I’m sure we’ll get there before too long.

Well The wife of Krazy said that she would foster a couple dogs for a few weeks.. They are on the short list and the society is looking for someone to get them tonight.. not sure if they are dropping off or we are picking up right now. Still waiting on a call back.. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO that means we might be a 6 dog house for a few weeks. I just don't know if I am going to want to give them up after we have them.. I Love dogs enough to have a few hundred of them if I can.

I saw homeboy a little while ago and shocker he apologized. He said he thought I was a guy in his department about to bum rush him in the hallway which is why he did that. He said he felt horrible slowing me down to a medical emergency and was going to leave/go back to work but only stayed because I told him to. He’s totally fine and even said his pizza survived!?!? I had to look again and he had a pizza box in his hands when I drove him into the wall!?!? I never saw it? Seems like it’s all good.

I've never heard of one being loud. My GF had a Thule with a rocket box and it was quiet. Her current car has a factory rack with a rocket box and it is quiet. Maybe yours is on backward. Try driving in reverse at 60 mph. If it's quiet, you'll know that it's mounted backward.