The Totally Radical Thread for Crotchety Old Bitches

The dachshund I used to have hated going out in the rain and would only go out in it if someone else was with him, and it had to be light rain, heavier rain and he would just stare out at the backyard from the open door and stand there.

Surgery went fine today, no complications. Course the after effects are kinda uncomfortable, but eh. Got 7 days of convalescence leave so that's nice.

Before I was discharged I had made a statement to the effect of "man, now I now what it's like to have a period. Women have a lot more respect from me now." Reason I say that is for some time after the surgery I had blood coming from my genitals and since they put a stent in my ureter to keep it from closing up, a string coming also out of said genitals.

Still a week off work and percocets is a good deal.

This is a good watch. Though for only two hours, pfft. And they could quit whenever they wanted to. Eta: and nothing on their backs. There totally should have been two more pads on their backs.

Glad the surgery went well. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

edited 16th Sep '14 5:59:58 PM by mona.soyun

dachsunds have very sensitive ears. Lots of the time the reason that they don't like to go out in the rain is because rain amplifies sound, and it's just too much for them when it's like that. My dogs don't care about the rain, but only as long as I'm out there suffering the wet along with them. If I try to cheat with long leashes and stay dry on the front stoop, they'll poop on the mulch right next to it.

My toe is looking much better. i pulled gravel out of it again yesterday and today it's not as sensitive as it was.

I took her to the vet yesterday because the lump turned red. He said it was probably an inflammation from poking her nose into things. The likely options are the wasps nest under the shed or the garter snake in the woodpile. (She is obsessed.) Worst case scenario would be cancer, but it doesn't usually spring up over night We got some ointment and she got a dog cookie.

I had a good class yesterday, both sections. It's amazing what happens when I work really hard at communicating my expectations. I've also got some really interesting personalities in both sections.

OK — garter snake it probably is. She'd be a lot more hangdog about a swarm of wasps.

I thought garter snakes weren't dangerous? I mean, unless you're a cricket or similar size.

Some non-venomous snakes defend themselves through biting.

Non-venomous doesn't actually mean "lack of problems when bitten by them". Komodo dragons are "non-venomous" in that they don't have venom sacks and don't inject anything. But, you're still going to wind up with several very nasty, fast-acting bacterial infections handing you a variety of deadly problems if you do get bitten by one.

Even a bitty little garter snake can have something iffy to pass along with its nip.

edited 17th Sep '14 1:57:28 PM by Euodiachloris

Euo's right. I got an infection in my hand as a kid from catching a garter snake and having it bite me. Mouths on most species are not the most sanitary of places...it makes you wonder why humans developed kissing. xD

To boost each others immune system. "Hey sweet thing come help me boost my immune response"

edited 17th Sep '14 6:40:33 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Actually... *pushes up glasses*

We're not entirely certain why we kiss. A fraction of cultures do not, but it is unclear if this is because kissing is not, in fact, a human universal or if these cultures merely chose to override the instinct.

Some believe kissing evolved from premastication — which just goes to show how culture can override instinct. When my first son was an infant, I was faced with the dilemma of how to share a banana with him safely, and in a bolt I Just Knew the easiest way would be to chew it for him. But then I dismissed the idea as thoroughly disgusting. Years later, I learned from a researcher in pediatric nutrition that women around the world did in fact pre-chew food for their babies, also that it eliminated the iron gap in the infants' diets and conferred many of the same immunological benefits as breastfeeding. Suddenly I saw this whole set of behaviors that our culture has chosen to ignore because we have Gerber's — like my second son, who is pretty serious about his chow, would actually try to eat the food right out of my mouth. He'd grab me and go in for it, mouth wide open like a baby bird. Not that he ever got anything. :D I still think it's gross, albeit very interesting.

Your no fun. :P

Sheesh. All the things are too much. Write the test, send it to the digital print shop. Write the study guide (so OK yeah, cut and paste it from the test but still... gotta make sure I don't post the freaking test). Then grade the assignment, and then also grade the random late assignments too. Oh, and the stuff that student likes to be ahead turned in as well.

Create the discussion boards for all of the peoples although only four will use it.

Respond appropriately to the students who missed class because they are sick or don't have transportation.

I spend a hellacious amount of time doing and creating stuff for people who are terrified of the technology.

What do you teach?

From an accquaintences face book post.

I guess it's kind of good they were arguing about the tenth digit of pi and not something else. But only marginally. One of my co-workers is really into anime and Japanese culture and he works extra hard at presenting himself as being I dunno what the word is, maybe street. He takes a lot of crap for being into the geek stuff. He also takes a lot of crap for being mixed race. Like he had any control over that.

Theatre Appreciation at a community college.

Holy shit... I just got a message from the director of one of the more prestigious choruses in the area. A friend of mine "highly recommended" me and encouraged him to get me in an audition. I had almost given up on the idea of singing again... It's been over three years and at my best I can't sight read for shit. I am still struggling with my stupid medical problems and the kids... I am terrified. I am literally fucking trembling right now. But how can I say No?!

(Omg omg omg omg...)

I wasn't sure if I should laugh, be mildly appalled, or both. I have seen fights over far dumber things flare up. It gives me a mental image of them dressed like sterotypical mathematicians brawling by a chalk board.

Cheers!

I think some of your delightful luck has rubbed off on me. After months of fighting I have an apology from DHS with the explanation there was no reason why my Medicaid shouldn't have worked for my car accident. So According to this guy, I need to contact all my medical bills and have them rebill medicaid for everything in full as if I never made any payment.

Then once Medicaid comes through, the vendors can reimburse me all the money that I have already given them in payment!

So far I've only been able to talk to two of the bill holders and one was quite happy to reimburse me and the other was all wishy washy and tried to blame me for why Medicaid didn't pay. But whatever. Even if they only cover what I owe left, that is a few thousand dollars I'm willing to cut my losses with.

Though I would really, really appreciate the thousands I've already paid back.

Gabe: That is great news. That would cheer about anyone up.

Unfortunately the missus and I have had a down turn in our fortunes. The car just would not start. So it either means an issue in the steering column with the ignition switch or the starter. The battery is good, the relays are kicking over but there is no turn over in the engine. No matter how it swings it will be expensive.

The father in law figured out the issue. A finicky sensor for the gear shift wasn't quite fully seated in the Park Position tripping a safety feature that prevents vehicle start.

I need a delightful explosion.

edited 18th Sep '14 4:00:56 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Oh, my, it may be the day for good-ish news. I was logging in to my agent's account at work to day to start calling a sheaf of referrals to set appointments and for the first time, I really saw the agent number the home office assigned me. An agent number is two letters and three numbers. The two letters in mine are "AX".

The lady's got an ax.

I think it's a sign.

edited 18th Sep '14 4:41:46 PM by Madrugada

Maddy: The Ax Lady Cometh.

@Maddie: Oh my, that's too perfect.