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I twittered about it last week, but here’s what’s going on with MacGyver as of 5:20pm today: On Thursday morning, I dropped her off at the vet clinic for observation. I am constantly amused when I walk in with my pet carrier and declare that I have MacGyver for a visit and all the people [...]

Jerry conducts his serenade at Oyama on Wednesday:

Mac snoozing a few moments ago Over the past two weeks Mac’s appetite has really fallen off. She had a check-up at the vet eight days ago where the vet checked her for thyroid issues and other things. At that time the vet explained to me that studies have shown in very elderly cats that [...]

As a reward for her not biting anyone at the vet, and also because she’s old and spoiled, I got Mac a window perch for my office. I think she likes it.

Saturday was the 2008 Iowa Spring Game in Iowa City. A time for friends to gather, practice their tailgating skills, and cheer for football. It was a semi-warm and damp day. I joined the gathering in one of the lots behind the rec building around 10am. How lovely to be able to find a free [...]

Its raining quite heavily here today (my umbrella suffered an unfortunate injury on the way in from the parking lot). But I wasn’t prepared for how hard it was raining until I went to walk out the door of my apartment building. There was a duck huddled next to the door looking in through the [...]

Random things that made me happy so far today: More live Bonerama recordings. Bonus happy points for ‘Lost My House’, ‘Hard Times’, and ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ Best Game Ever: Fun and heart-warming. Iowa is thisclose to having a smoking ban! Woo! [Though I honestly wonder what will become of The Deadwood.] Spending time online with [...]

That is the question for the day. Like the Amazing Race, my apartment has both pros and cons (but sadly no Phil). Pros: affordable rent can have my cat already moved in there nice closet space close to movie theater Cons: shifty neighborhood far away from most stuff (realizing that “far” is a relative term [...]

Mac looked especially photogenic this morning so I took a bunch of pictures of her. If you’d like to see more (including some extreme close-ups), click the picture:

I have a lot to write about, but I thought I would start with the visuals to help add to the narrative structure of my crazy five day trip. Photos from four of the five shows (nothing from Madison, more on that later…) If you click on a photo when it is the big photo, [...]