We’ve kind of had our hands full this week, so I haven’t had much to say about the imminent H1N1/swine-bird-human hybrid/Type A influenza pandemic. A few thoughts: By now it should be clear to everyone that the mortality rate in Mexico is not a reliable indicator for this virus’s effects elsewhere. I don’t know exactly … Read more
I started writing about this a couple of times, and just couldn’t. Absent tonight’s thoroughly satisfying resolution, it was probably going to stay that way. We couldn’t find Oliver Wednesday morning. Worse, we didn’t really realize he wasn’t in any of his usual hidey-holes, and wasn’t coming when I rattled the laser pointer in the … Read more
Earlier this year, Lea was the fifth caller into a local radio show and won a “We’ll Take Half of the Gland of Your Choice” contest! Woohoo! Heh. Lea had a hemispheric thyroidectomy yesterday. She complained of a sore throat about two months ago, and this lab and that confirmed that she had a cold … Read more