Thursday, August 19, 2004
My poor kitty Loki
So, we have two cats, Kara and Loki. Kara never gets into trouble, but Loki lives up to his name, God of Mischief and all.
On August 7th at approximately 1am Loki decided he was going to climb on stuff that he did not need to. He figured out a way to get on top of our projection tv, and decided he was going to walk across it to the other side when he stepped on the center channel. Of course, this shifted the weight of the center channel and send it off the back of the television with Loki on top of it. Now, sitting behind the tv was a Guinness bar mirror that was waiting to be hung on the wall. The center channel, with Loki surfing it, crashed into the mirror on the floor thus resulting in some very large jagged pieces of glass. Loki then went from speaker into the glass and cut himself up pretty good. We didn't think things were that bad until Katy was cleaning up some of the glass and found a big chunk of kitty fur with skin attached to it.
Now being 1:30am, we called the Emergency Vet to notify them we were going to be bringing in our cut kitty for them to look at. We arrived at the emergency vet around 2am, and around 2:30am they were finally able to take a look at him. We went back into the first room, and they looked at the cuts on his leg and then between his toes (he had blood welling up between his toes and onto his foot). Here, they decided that he was going to need some stitches and then took him back to the back room and gassed him.
3am, and the vet comes out and says "Well, he actually needed 10 stitches between his toes because the laceration went from top to bottom and we are lucky he didn't slice the toe completely off. Also we gave him 4 additional stitches between his two other wounds because you could see the ligaments and muscles. So in total he now has 14 stitches."
To say, it was a very eventful night, as we didn't get to sleep until around 5:30am.
Now come the 17th and we took him to the vet to get his stitches out. His new full time vet (at the Hillsboro Animal Hospital) said how wonderful his wounds seemed to have healed even though he had pulled out two stitches (and was working on a third). Unfortunately, though, when taking out the stitches that were between the toes, the wound reopened, and our poor little Loki now has an additional 3 or 4 stitches keeping the wound closed. The vet commented on how great a cat Loki was and how he was wonderful to work with (not once did he try and bite/scratch/run away). We will definately be going back there if we have any other kitty problems in the future.
And thus, we now have a 7 years bad luck kitty.
On August 7th at approximately 1am Loki decided he was going to climb on stuff that he did not need to. He figured out a way to get on top of our projection tv, and decided he was going to walk across it to the other side when he stepped on the center channel. Of course, this shifted the weight of the center channel and send it off the back of the television with Loki on top of it. Now, sitting behind the tv was a Guinness bar mirror that was waiting to be hung on the wall. The center channel, with Loki surfing it, crashed into the mirror on the floor thus resulting in some very large jagged pieces of glass. Loki then went from speaker into the glass and cut himself up pretty good. We didn't think things were that bad until Katy was cleaning up some of the glass and found a big chunk of kitty fur with skin attached to it.
Now being 1:30am, we called the Emergency Vet to notify them we were going to be bringing in our cut kitty for them to look at. We arrived at the emergency vet around 2am, and around 2:30am they were finally able to take a look at him. We went back into the first room, and they looked at the cuts on his leg and then between his toes (he had blood welling up between his toes and onto his foot). Here, they decided that he was going to need some stitches and then took him back to the back room and gassed him.
3am, and the vet comes out and says "Well, he actually needed 10 stitches between his toes because the laceration went from top to bottom and we are lucky he didn't slice the toe completely off. Also we gave him 4 additional stitches between his two other wounds because you could see the ligaments and muscles. So in total he now has 14 stitches."
To say, it was a very eventful night, as we didn't get to sleep until around 5:30am.
Now come the 17th and we took him to the vet to get his stitches out. His new full time vet (at the Hillsboro Animal Hospital) said how wonderful his wounds seemed to have healed even though he had pulled out two stitches (and was working on a third). Unfortunately, though, when taking out the stitches that were between the toes, the wound reopened, and our poor little Loki now has an additional 3 or 4 stitches keeping the wound closed. The vet commented on how great a cat Loki was and how he was wonderful to work with (not once did he try and bite/scratch/run away). We will definately be going back there if we have any other kitty problems in the future.
And thus, we now have a 7 years bad luck kitty.
Science news, Concert Info and other events overlooked by busy work schedule
Wow what a busy month it has been since my last update. And there is so much I did not share that I wanted to due to work.
During this time I went and saw The Cure on the Curiosa tour at Starwood Amphitheater. I have to say that Robert Smith has not lost it, and he actually looked and sounded better than when I saw him during the Bloodflowers tour.
Also, Katy and I went to a taping of Antiques Roadshow in Memphis, Tn. We took some very interesting (we thought) items with us, but unfortunately did not get on television. I do believe that they might have caught the back of our heads while we were waiting in line for one appraisal as they were interviewing someone behind us with one of his items. We ended up taking a flintlock pistol (no markings to determine who made it), a tea set that was made in Occupied Japan, an Elgin pocketwatch, and a framed watercolored picture from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper depicting Grant in Kentucky during the Civil War. It was quite an experience, and we got to see the familiar appraisers you always see on tv.
Recently we went to a live DVD taping for Norah Jones at the Ryman Auditorium. The show was quite fun, as Norah brought out some special guests to play with her (and ultimately they did some of the songs 2-3 times to make sure they got it right). I will leave the specials guests on the DVD as the mystery - if you want to find out, you will have to buy it. Then 3 days after the DVD taping, Katy and myself again went and saw Norah with the tickets I had won on the radio station. Unfortunately this show was a little disappointing as she played the exact same set (without special guests) as she did on Monday night so there was no variety in the shows.
And looking ahead, we just got tickets for The Pixies in October at the Ryman and this coming Monday night (August 23rd) we are going to try and go see The Prescription Trio at 3rd and Lindsley. Check them out if they are coming to a venue near you.
I have continued on my anime cel buying. Last week I picked up a great cel/sketch of InuYasha. Here is an image of the cel and of the sketch. You can also check out InuYasha on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
And now some of the science stories that I found interesting over the past month. It seems that they have found 5 new moons orbiting Neptune. And along these lines, Cassini has also discovered 2 new moons around Saturn. And on Mars, the rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still extending their original mission and making discoveries. Mercury is finally going to be revisited by NASA (last missions were 1974-1975 with Mariner 10), which launched MESSENGER in August and is expected to arive around our first planet in 2011. In a more bizarre story about Mercury, hopefully MESSENGER will be able to determine if Mercury has shrunk by the cooling of its core.
And now on to more Terran subjects. It now seems that T-Rex had a very quick teenage growth spurt which in turn reduced their longevity. A huge city has been discovered in the jungles of Peru and has been named Gran Saposoa by Gene Savoy, who also has discovered two other ruins in Peru. And while I am on the topic of lost cities, a prehistoric town has been found in Western Sahara. And I have to put this reference in, as it involves both one of my favorite places to visit and the university I graduated from -- Mammoth Cave National Park and Western Kentucky University opened The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning. There is also a link about this in my old hometown newspaper, The Bowling Green Daily News. And finally, in Greenland where scientists have been drilling through the glacial ice, organic remains have been recovered from approximately 3000m depth.
Yes, a long update, but it has been a month since my last one.
During this time I went and saw The Cure on the Curiosa tour at Starwood Amphitheater. I have to say that Robert Smith has not lost it, and he actually looked and sounded better than when I saw him during the Bloodflowers tour.
Also, Katy and I went to a taping of Antiques Roadshow in Memphis, Tn. We took some very interesting (we thought) items with us, but unfortunately did not get on television. I do believe that they might have caught the back of our heads while we were waiting in line for one appraisal as they were interviewing someone behind us with one of his items. We ended up taking a flintlock pistol (no markings to determine who made it), a tea set that was made in Occupied Japan, an Elgin pocketwatch, and a framed watercolored picture from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper depicting Grant in Kentucky during the Civil War. It was quite an experience, and we got to see the familiar appraisers you always see on tv.
Recently we went to a live DVD taping for Norah Jones at the Ryman Auditorium. The show was quite fun, as Norah brought out some special guests to play with her (and ultimately they did some of the songs 2-3 times to make sure they got it right). I will leave the specials guests on the DVD as the mystery - if you want to find out, you will have to buy it. Then 3 days after the DVD taping, Katy and myself again went and saw Norah with the tickets I had won on the radio station. Unfortunately this show was a little disappointing as she played the exact same set (without special guests) as she did on Monday night so there was no variety in the shows.
And looking ahead, we just got tickets for The Pixies in October at the Ryman and this coming Monday night (August 23rd) we are going to try and go see The Prescription Trio at 3rd and Lindsley. Check them out if they are coming to a venue near you.
I have continued on my anime cel buying. Last week I picked up a great cel/sketch of InuYasha. Here is an image of the cel and of the sketch. You can also check out InuYasha on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
And now some of the science stories that I found interesting over the past month. It seems that they have found 5 new moons orbiting Neptune. And along these lines, Cassini has also discovered 2 new moons around Saturn. And on Mars, the rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still extending their original mission and making discoveries. Mercury is finally going to be revisited by NASA (last missions were 1974-1975 with Mariner 10), which launched MESSENGER in August and is expected to arive around our first planet in 2011. In a more bizarre story about Mercury, hopefully MESSENGER will be able to determine if Mercury has shrunk by the cooling of its core.
And now on to more Terran subjects. It now seems that T-Rex had a very quick teenage growth spurt which in turn reduced their longevity. A huge city has been discovered in the jungles of Peru and has been named Gran Saposoa by Gene Savoy, who also has discovered two other ruins in Peru. And while I am on the topic of lost cities, a prehistoric town has been found in Western Sahara. And I have to put this reference in, as it involves both one of my favorite places to visit and the university I graduated from -- Mammoth Cave National Park and Western Kentucky University opened The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning. There is also a link about this in my old hometown newspaper, The Bowling Green Daily News. And finally, in Greenland where scientists have been drilling through the glacial ice, organic remains have been recovered from approximately 3000m depth.
Yes, a long update, but it has been a month since my last one.
