November 1, 2025

Vet visit for Fuzzy

Fuzzy is our Huscadore (Husky/Lab mix). He is 13. Today we took him in for yearly shots and heart worm check. He has a lot of lumps which are generally fatty tissue and aren’t a problem. The nice lady vet listened to his heart and lungs for longer than usual. She then asked if she could take some x-rays.

It turns out she heard a heart murmur. The x-rays showed an enlarged heart. Fuzzy hasn’t been coughing but he will pant more than he used to. There were also some areas on his lower lungs that might indicate some fluid from bronchitis or pneumonia even though he hasn’t been coughing. He does snore a fair amount. The vet said that this is common for large dogs. It is not time for good-by yet but we were saddened by the news. Fuzzy is getting a diuretic for two weeks so they can get a better view of his lungs. He still seems as happy as ever.

Kindly send some good vibes his way.

July 15, 2025

The Past, the Present and the Future...

Walked in a bar.

It was tense.

I’ll see myself out.

December 25, 2024

Problem seeing things people post

When people post cartoons, tweets or other type of links to other social media I cannot see them. Do I need to do something? I use Express VPN if that means something.

Thanks,

Bird

July 17, 2024

Welp, the Democratic Party is on the verge of handing the presidency to a raving lunatic

The time for discussion about who the nominee of the Democratic Party was to be in 2024 was before the primaries.

Now, the circular firing squad is showing, intentionally or not that our party is a disorganized mess. This helps the orange lunatic, period.

The polls are crazy. Yet, here we are. People scared to death of losing appear to willing to put forth an image the perception of which is that our party doesn’t know what the fuck it is doing.

December 8, 2023

Please note that this is a video but I think is applicable

We sing this in our church choir during Advent.

I cannot get through it without crying because of one verse - “they will war no more”

January 8, 2023

Welp, Ohio stupidity shines out again

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/01/with-stroke-of-his-pen-gov-mike-dewine-defines-natural-gas-as-green-energy.html

Natural gas is now green energy in Ohio.

January 5, 2022

Ohio Republicans Want Teacher Curriculums Shared Online

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/01/03/ohio-republicans-want-teacher-curriculums-shared-online/9054152002/

At first blush this might not seem like a bad idea although parents already have access to the school curriculum. What is interesting is one small paragraph in the article:

“And he (state representative Brett Hudson Hillyer R-Uhichsville) thought it could tone down some of the rhetoric at school board meetings about ‘divisive concepts’ like slavery and racism.”

So the problem is actually laid bare by Hillyer’s own words. Racism and slavery are too “divisive.”

Divisive for who? Those who were and are the target of racism? Or too divisive for delicate Republicans?

Merely one more example of Oh-Alabama-io.

April 7, 2021

Young America's Foundation

https://www.yaf.org/

Anyone heard of these asshats? Their ad appears on DU. It looks like a propaganda site when you go to it. Ted Cruz is mentioned as is Scott Walker who, it seems, started it. It also mentions Hillsdale College which is so RW as to merely be missing Brownshirt uniforms.

January 31, 2021

Ohio Republicans keep lowering the bar

A small article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer states that two Ohio Republican legislators sent e-mails to their colleagues asking them to cosponsor a bill to designate June 14 to celebrate Trump as “one of the greatest presidents in American history”. Jon Cross of Kenton and Reggie Stoltzfus of Paris Township sent the e-mail saying “Let’s show the 3,154,834 Ohio voters who cast their ballot to re-elect Donald J. Trump that we as a legislature recognize the accomplishments of his administration.”

Fer Chrissakes, Ohio keeps getting stupider and stupider.

August 27, 2020

Harvest? HARVEST?

Sounds like someone let slip the reality. This isn’t about the outdoors. This isn’t about getting off the electronics. This is about killing, period. I don’t give a shit about those who say the eat what they kill. They want to kill, period.