Comments on: Of websites and worksites

By: James

James — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:29:30 +0000

Opus,

You scored! Just like Faux Gnus but without all the screaming, moaning and belly-aching. Worse case scenario: just show up and yell “I’m with the press!” Being Dallas, it just may work….especially considering the new neighbor.

Best of luck in the gig.

James

By: Opus the Poet

Opus the Poet — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:29:16 +0000

Google is not the only one doing the Local Internet Journalist routine. I just got a job with examiner.com as their Dallas area transportation reporter. Now I have to figure out how to cover local news without reporter’s credentials. Sound like fun?

By: Patrick O'Grady

Patrick O'Grady — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:04:09 +0000

Poor pooch. I hate to see an ailing animal. They look up at you with those big round eyes and beg you to fix them, now, please, thanks. Mia spent her first couple weeks with us quarantined in the upstairs crapper while being treated for that feline respiratory disorder and all the while I felt like a Nazi doctor running a concentration camp.

Ben, sounds like you folks are right back in the deep freeze. We’ve had a couple pleasant if blustery days — I even got out on the Vespa today to run some errands — but I hear we have a chance of catching the trailing edge of something as it rushes over to rain on your parade.

The basement is indeed coming along. Drywall and painting are complete; we get together with the vinyl-floor guy tomorrow. Carpet will be last. The fun part is going to be the multiple moves of the washer-dryer combo, this 10-ton piece of gear that Herself insisted upon when we moved in. My part-time gig moving heavy appliances around and about in college has enriched many a chiropractor over the years.

By: Ben S.

Ben S. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:38:22 +0000

Cold, rain, thunderstorms. February in (or near) Chicago, ugh. Snow tomorrow. Even a sick dog would be a happy diversion from the weather. Steve O, glad you caught the problem in time. Makes sense that after universal health care for us that pets could get considered in home therapy providers and are a compensated expense. Just think what Patrick would be like without Mia or big whitey to distract him.

Patrick the basement looks to be coming along nicely. Think of the basement episode as just a chance for ‘Herself’ to warm up the shopping/home decorating skills ahead of the stimulus. You going to write for Patch? Hope it works better than outside.in It was supposed to be local resident supplied news, but is just a location specific filter to teh usual feeds plus lots of non-useful comments that don’t add to the story.

By: Steve O'

Steve O' — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:10:54 +0000

Got the lab report from the vet… the pup’s gut has more bugs than Microsoft Vista and my wallet is now auditioning for the “after” photo in a NutriSystem commercial.

By: Patrick O'Grady

Patrick O'Grady — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:39:20 +0000

Khal, we’re in similar straits here. I haven’t read a weather story in a while, but I expect this is one of the driest winters on record. One Texan chucking a panatella out the window of his Caddy and we’ll be in the shit.

Damn, Steve, I bet a 170-pound Dane can really squirt the Hershey. Hope the big guy’s OK.

By: Steve O'

Steve O' — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:34:19 +0000

Sunny day, i’m taking the day off… and the dog has projectile vomiting and diahrea, which I cna’t even spell.

So instead of getting some miles, I’m shoving 170 lbs of Great Dane into the back of a Forester (because the better half has the truck today) and hauling him off for a gut check.

Where’s the K9 version of the Medicare Rx drug benefit, I want to know.

By: khal spencer

khal spencer — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:10:32 +0000

Great spring-like weather down here for two-wheeling. Only down side is that the snowpack is melting down nearly as fast as our banking system. Come summer, all hell may be breaking loose with wildfires.