For friendly_bandit‘s benefit I wrote a thing about predictive dialing on Content Goes Here. turnip are you stuck with one of these too?

Syndicated at contentgoeshere also and should update there pretty soon.

PG&E Warns Against Ballooning Poultry After Prank

Don’t try this at home

Today they’re doing some tests to see if her kidney can be saved, or if they’ll need to take it out. Surgery next week; she’ll be back home for the weekend.

I think I should take her out drinking.

It appears she doesn’t have cancer, but does have an obstruction that will necessitate removal of one kidney. This is a relief, since it may be that she’ll just have a bad week and then be ok.

Meanwhile my pal Pete ( trinnit ) who had BRAIN SURGERY two days ago is discharged from the hospital and typing at me with one hand from his hotel room. Some people are just built tough. Damn.

My cat has a mass in her kidney. Unknown whether it’s cancer or a cyst. Send good thoughts vetwards.

And people ask me why I stopped being a freelance writer years ago and never looked back. This is all so vividly familiar.

Busting your ass for $75 only to be told “we wanted more sparkle” or “that’s a great spec bit, we’ll keep you in mind” etc. Hell on earth. I’d rather..hmm.. rather do computer work for an evil media empire!

http://www.bloodyspew.com/ is the most amazing voyage into a certain part of the 1970s. Courtesy jwz and Warren Ellis both.

See it and mirror it before the huge attorneys of doom crush it.

My favorite “slide” is the liquor store robbery.

The bathrooms at work now have an air freshener in them that smells like hoisin sauce.

While I am peeing, I get hungry for char siu bao.

Your irc friends are paranoid, cliquish parodies of NorCal hipster geeks. They make efnet #perl look like the fucking welcome wagon.

I am a crusty old bastard and do not need to prove myself to anyone, so whatever with them.

OMG hella lame,

ignatz

P.S. That is so fucked up (for gordonzola)