RIP Eileen

One of our lorikeets, Eileen, has died. We spotted her in the bottom of the cage on Saturday, very weak, and thought that maybe Archimedes was hogging food. So, we brought her in, kept her warm, spoon fed her and it seemed she was going to be ok. She perked up and seemed ok. Found her dead this morning. I think all we did was delay her passing.

We got her as an injured adult bird, so she could have been anywhere from 1 yr to 15 yrs old, there's no telling. Her injuries were tended to. She couldn't be released as Rainbow Lorikeets are 'vermin' in this area, so she would remain a pet bird.  She was the shyer of the two keets, and was terrified of people when we got her.  With gentle handling and training, I had gotten her to climb onto hands without biting, and taking food from fingers. Not bad for a wild caught bird. She was with us for 7 years.

Eileen ? - 2010

She will be missed.

Rehabbed Foster Bengal, Update

Lucy is gorgeous now, and very courageous. We like how she 'supervises' what goes on around her.

Now *this* is irony

PETA is using "Octomum" Nadya Suleman to urge people to get their pets desexed

Well, it *seems* to have fixed the problem

With help from Alan, we have testing my computer to see if the same error/crash occurred when he accessed the network drive.

And as timing would have it, Iolo has finally admitted there is a problem (*insert gasp of surprise*) and are working on it, and it should be solved in a few weeks.

If not, I am going to to Paypal and get the cost refunded and stick with the NON pro version.

I've been doing too much

And my lower back is singing out in a concert of pain... with a few Arias just for giggles. My hands are showing signs of too many cleaning solutions, all rashy up under rings, and incredibly itchy.

Wasn't able to do the Big Clean Out I had wanted to so, but I did get some house repairs attended to, and got to use my new yard toy (Leaf blower/vacuum)

Also been hammering away at a persistent Windows 7 problem. Keep getting BSODs with APC_INDEX_MISMATCH as the error on the itty bitty blue screen. (What's up with that Microsoft? You think if you make the screen so tiny, that means it isn't as annoying? Guess again). Dove into the registry and prevented auto reboot so I could write down the coding. It seems that my newly purchased System Mechanic Pro (Should have stuck with the older version) is the strongest contender as the cause. So, it's been uninstalled, and I have reinstalled NOD32. Here's hoping!

Well, it's been signed into law

So, has Rush Limbaugh booked tickets to Costa Rica yet, as he swore he was going to do?

"To Promote the General Welfare"

This doesn't mean pad the pockets of CEOs of health insurance companies.. I mean, seriously, how many 9 to 15 million dollar houses does someone need at the expense of letting someone die? or to deny payment (and with what was the standard practice, if you have to pay before treatment meant a death sentence), nor does it mean fat donations from special interest groups and insurance lobbyists giving to the bought and paid for politicians (you can tell which ones, they voted no over and over for health care reform since the days of Nixon).

Finally, something has been done, a small step, to "Promote the general welfare" of American citizens. With luck, this will grow so no family has to go through what I did, having a sister and her baby die because denied health insurance and no doctor wanting to treat her because she was a cardiac patient aka had a pre-exisiting condition. Even those who who voted against it.

As for the politicians, seeing as their health care is covered by taxpayers, the ones who voted no are beyond hypocritical.