Musings from “Life Is a Road” author–Daniel Meyer
Archive for November, 2007
It is time…
Nov 29th
We bought our house in 1993. It came with . . . extras.
I’ll never forget…we were moving in and this little black girl cat marched in like she owned the place and demanded to know what was going on. No, she doesn’t actually speak English…but nonetheless, she was quite clear about what she wanted to know, which basically was, were we actually qualified to live with her?
Yep, the house came with a cat.
I called the former owner.
Me: “Hey, we found this cat…”
Him: “We didn’t own a black cat.”
Ah. So that’s how it was. I wonder how they explained it to their three little girls? Oh, I’ve got no problem with people that have to find a new home for a pet…life happens…but they should at least be a man about it.
Anyway, the house came with a cat. The wife’s been carrying on conversations with her ever since and all the other pets had to meet the cat’s approval.
She was full grown, and I expect, about two years old. She’s always been healthy, but that ended when she got poisoned by the bad cat food this last spring. She’s never really recovered. Nobody’s taken responsibility for that yet btw. There’s not even a process…
Blogged here:
Death and the lowest bidder
More pet food scaryness
She’s a grand old lady. When she went to our (then) new vet (a competent and compassionate man) over the pet food mess he classified her species as “Geriatric feline” LOL!
Yeah, she never fully recovered from that. But she made it 14 years with us. I expect she’s 16 or 17 years old.
Recently she’s not been eating well and she’s been losing weight.
Yesterday she stopped eating altogether. She’s nothing but skin and bones. She wants affection and purrs when she’s getting it, but she’s in pain.
It is time.
Tomorrow, yet another “last ride” to the vet. It’s never an easy thing.
Damn.
An older picture of her:
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Last bit of marketing before Christmas…
Nov 26th
Okay folks…if you’re considering a set of signed Life Is a Road books as a Christmas gift for that special someone in your life…well…you have very good taste.
Ur…um…But besides that, if you want them before Christmas, you’d better order them this week. Not to mention, I’m low on “Get On It and Ride” softcovers, so there is a limited number of sets available.
Traditionally, this is “cyber Monday”…the Monday folks flesh out their Christmas shopping the online way.
And don’t forget they’re available through Amazon and Lulu as well, although unsigned.
…and I promise I won’t bug you again about purchasing books until after Christmas!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Animal?
Nov 24th
Heh…just playing. Kind of fun…and the results? Sounds close enough to me… (pic)
So…this is me…what are you?
*howl* You're a very strong person. You tend to be naive most of the time, but when in love boy do you know how to get around! You prefer to be quite around adults. Your soul mate is the gold falcon. You're in conflict with the maroon panda.
ANIMOLOGY: What Animal Are You?
Your Result: Silver and Red Wolf
Blue Fox
Teal Cat
Red Jaguar
Gold Falcon
Ocre and Gray Dolphin
Yellow Trout
Tan Giraffe
ANIMOLOGY: What Animal Are You?
Black Friday
Nov 23rd
Friday is “Black Friday”…some stores are opening as early as 4:30am.
4:30am??? Are they completely nuts?
Anyway, I’m not leaving the house.
I’ll maybe shop some of Amazon’s Black Friday deals (blatent plug, but give ‘em a click anyway…)
There’s supposed to be some good stuff…I guess we’ll see.
All that is to say, I’ll do my holiday shopping from my computer…and you could too! Don’t forget my books make great gifts too! Better hurry if you want them by Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 22nd
Y’all have a great Thanksgiving. Eat, drink, celebrate. Hug loved ones.
I’ll be working tonight…just to help make sure you have your sale ads and newspapers for tomorrow’s “Black Friday” madness.
Today though…eat one ‘O these before it eats you!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
uuurrrrrrGHAAAAAHHH!
Nov 20th
Balmy southern breezes.
(eyes darting back and forth)
Blustery skies.
(hands shaking)
80 degrees.
Gahhhhh! This is RIDING weather!
Not “The Dragon’s stuck in the garage with a flat and I’m stuck at work with no time to fix ‘er” weather.
That is all.
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Oh, now *that’s* a great idea…
Nov 18th
Ya gotta wonder…what idiot approved this? What department head, design committee and enginnering department all said, “Yeah, this is a good idea, I approve.”
Picture this…you stumble on a crime in progress, back away around a quiet corner, and pull out your cell phone.
Then you make a fatal mistake…you dial 911. Seems our wonderful FCC decided that your phone must warn you when you do such a thing…and it seems Verizon, in all their new phones, interpreted this to mean, “piercing alarm”.
Yep, you dial 911 and your phone emits a loud, piercing alarm for all the world to hear…and you can’t silence it.
You are now part of the crime, not just reporting it.
I can’t think of anything more dangerous.
Link.
Y’all be safe…and if you or a loved one has a new phone and Verizon service, take it back to them…today…and make them turn it off or exchange the phone for one that doesn’t do that.
Oh, and while your at it, ask them what moron thought that was a good idea?
Y’all be safe!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Adrenaline (a new short story)
Nov 16th
Sail through an empty night
It’s only you and I who understand
There is no plan…
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Gack…
Nov 12th
Headcold, chestcold. Too much work, not enough sleep. Starting back with the trip to California.
My muse is on strike, she took her cute, shapely posterior and flew to the beach or something. My eyes don’t want to look at computer screens.
And here I am at work, gulping Dayquil like it’s water, blowing putrid green jello out of my sinuses, and desperately trying to concentrate on coding. Just to make it even more interesting, they (somebody) is working on the floor above me with a hammer-drill. My head gets to reverberating so I can’t even tell when they stop.
I’m getting nothing done…but I have to be here. Maybe I’ll get some rest tonight.
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
