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2006-07-21 - 12:46 p.m. Death by papercuts Well, y�all are no fun. No guess at all on which was Roland�s smart-ass remark. I know EMTs call regular transports �frequently flyers.� I wonder what the vet calls them. Maybe I�ll ask this afternoon as our kitty is still sick, so off to the vet for the fourth time in a week. He�s not drinking. We�ve managed to hand feed him a bit, but he�s really not eating on his own. Not drinking means we do some IV fluids as a precaution. Yet, our little puzzle shows no signs of dehydration nor has he lost weight. Antibotics are killing the e tail end of an infection. Also, he has a lump near his spine that wasn�t there two weeks ago, and he�s limping. The vets, being sensible people, want him to be perky and eating before removing what physical exam indicates is probably a benign cyst. Best to be healthy before surgery. Okay, I�m obviously worried about my cat. In other news, I am still trying to catch up from vacation. Leave for a week and 300 emails arrive. For Christ�s sake, I left my left for one hour yesterday and got 35 emails. Yes, all non-spam. So, let�s vent my spleen with Theo�s rules on email etiquette: It is not a sin to take more than 24 hours to respond to email. There�s no circle in hell for that. Now Pennsic looms. If I get to go. I have two potential business trips between now and mid August, important ones too dammit. Also, having just taken a vacation, it�s even harder to break loose. Fun to effort ratio is shaky, and I wonder if we can leave the cat. Anyway, I�ve had no time to do anything, not a project, not a thing, except camp steward stuff on our yahoogroup. Which leads me to modify my first rule of email: It is not a sin to take more than 24 hours to respond to email. However, if you�ve asked me to organize your vacation, and agreed that you would get the information through email, I do expect a reply within four to six weeks. Otherwise, you should�ve requested alternate contact. [Nobody get dramatic about this. I�m just venting cause I�ve had a week of �death by papercuts.� Love my camp, and a handful of slow responses is typical, but I�m crazy busy. Don�t make me hunt you down. Six weeks is adequate lead time.] Hmmmm. This may be why my matriarchy nickname has evolved into �Theo is Green Leader. We fear Green Leader.� Nobody likes me when I�m angry. My QoC is so far away. Aaaah. I feel better. Nice to dump it out even if no one will read it. Perhaps I will stop by the liquor store, by random hard alcohol and see what cocktail I can make. This will be less fun without the pillowcases, but I'm sure I can manage. � � � |