Events

We met with the surgeon this morning. She confirmed the initial diagnosis of a right cruciate ligament tear, and said it's likely completely detached from the bone. She also suspects additional damage to the opposing ligament and possibly to his meniscus. Parker will have surgery next Tuesday, which unfortunately was the earliest he could get in. He'll have a right tibial leveling osteotomy, in which she will carve out a piece of bone and turn it so the damaged ligament no longer supports his weight....

I mentioned yesterday that Parker stopped putting weight on one of his legs after hurting himself running up the stairs Saturday night. Turns out, it's pretty bad. His primary vet says my aging mutt tore his ACL and meniscus, which will require surgery. He's getting X-rays on Monday to confirm the injury but she has very high confidence in the diagnosis. Surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. He doesn't seem to be in any pain when he's lying down (which, as an old dog, he does 20 hours a day). Walking up and...

Longtime readers know how much I loathe Eddie Lampert, who represents to me everything that is wrong with the adolescent philosophy emitted years ago by Ayn Rand. Well, in next month's Vanity Fair, William Cohan sits down with the child king of hedge funds and hears him out: [Lampert's] triumphs are largely obscured by his worst mistake: the 2005 merging of Sears, the iconic retailer whose doorstop mail-order catalogue was once a fixture in nearly every American home, with the downmarket Kmart chain...

I mentioned physical items on my desk that needed sorting. My tasting notes from Whiskyfest comprise some of them. I'm not going to go into details about the whiskies I tasted; here, instead, is a summary table: Distillery Expression Verdict Ardbeg 10 year Drink Ardbeg An Oa Buy Ardbeg Dark Cove Committee Release Buy Ardbeg Kelpie Committee Release Drink Ardbeg Grooves Committee Release Drink Balvenie 21 year portwood Buy Balvenie Peat Week Drink BenRiach 10 year Buy BenRiach 10 year Curiositas Drink...

Man, I've needed this for a while. It's 11:15 on a Monday, after doing nothing of commercial or professional value for an entire weekend, and I'm finally at Inbox Zero for the first time in months. My to-do list currently has 30 items (plus 6 already finished) ranging in complexity or duration from "set up coffee with so-and-so" to "45,000 steps." Inbox Zero was not on the main list, but my inbox is itself a to-do list, so that counts too. In a few minutes I'll have finished with the physical items on...

Whiskyfest was Friday evening, so I spent yesterday doing quiet things around the house, including starting some projects for an upcoming staycation. Today will be a little more running around, including possibly a vet visit since Parker has been staying off his right hind leg completely since yesterday evening. He had trouble getting up the stairs after his evening walk, but he doesn't seem to be in any active pain and the leg has full range of motion. I gave him an NSAID; we'll see if that helps. In...