One Quarter Blind

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This DOG - ID#A268660 Male, brindle and tan Pit Bull Terrier. About 1 year old. At the shelter since Apr 25, 2010. This information is 1 hour old.

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Artist:  This Town Needs Guns

Album:  Animals

Track:  Dog

Download 11 Dog

Dog found, need some help

 

Hi all - 

While I was at Brookside Park (Rose Bowl) with Esme today, another dog came over and just followed Esme and I.  He is very sweet, even-tempered, and he allowed me to pet him and check out his ID/tags.  He had none.  His collar is ragged and part of it was ripped off.  He was under weight, and a lot of scars.  If I had to guess, I would say that he was a bait dog for other bigger, more aggressive fighting dogs.  He is about 40-45 pounds, about the half size of Esme.  He's at least half pit.

He is currently at Pasadena Humane Society, and he'll be there for 5-7 days, he'd be sterilized.  The problem is, Pasadena HS is a kill shelter.  If no one takes him, he'd be euthanized.  I put in a request for a last defense so that if no one adopts him, I would take him, but because we have two dogs already, Dana and I can only foster at this time, not a permanent situation.  

Please call or email us if you're interested adopting this dog, or if you know anyone who can help, let us know.

626-644-4006

lee

04 Stretch (You Are All Right)

Poison the Well: "Pamplemousse"

 

For the longest time, Poison the Well was always part of the rabble of post-hard core.  Double-bass. Screaming.  Some decent ideas/songs that eventually give to generic posturing.  Because of that, I never really paid too much attention to them during their first few albums.  

Then they introduced Versions (2007).  Maybe they got a little bit older, wiser.  Maybe it's solely because Derek Miller quit the band.  Doesn't matter.  They became a lot more interesting.  Not perfect, just a great departure from the original setting.  A song like "Riverside" was more akin to a spaghetti western composition than punk.  Musically diverse is potentially a good thing, at least in their case.

2009's The Tropic Rot is the latest one, and stylistically and musically speaking, it's even better.  I bought the disc on iTunes, which includes an impressive digital booklet.  Music is more focused.  Still intense.  

Which leads me to my favorite track, "Pamplemousse."  Rumbling, moody.  Perfect.

lee

Download 04 Pamplemousse

 

Talked to my friend Jason Wrobel this morning ... he is, among other things, a raw food chef. He said that his next Sunday class/session is in May, with the focus on raw on a budget. I'm very intrigued ... about a three or four months ago, Dana and I talked about changing our diet, not only because of the cancer benefits, but also because of the literal crap in poultry and beef we ingest.

Not that I'm trying to be bleeding heart liberal (I'm not), but the difference between now and then is stunning. No beef, no poultry anymore, and I've shed pounds, to the point that I'm basically back in my high school weight (144 lbs.) On point, over the course of twenty years, I gained 50 pounds (196) at my peak, and largely maintained between 170-175 most of the time.

Between fish only, regular wheatgrass shots and a lot more fruit and vegetables, I feel great.

Jason's got a great website: http://www.jasonwrobel.com/jw/

New Name: One Quarter Blind

Happy birthday ... to me.

As I blogged a week ago, I'm changing the name of the blog.  It is now called One Quarter Blind.

http://onequarterblind.typepad.com

This pertains to the first craniotomy, a resection of the tumor.  When I woke up, the some of my vision was gone.  So, not necessarily deep, but still personal, a lot more unique.

There are other changes coming up soon, as well, but this is the start.

Lee

Jawbox: "Motorist"

04 Motorist

MRI

Cedars called me yesterday, telling me that I was scheduled for a MRI Wednesday 14 8:00AM.  Normally, they give me more than 14 hours for lead time.  

No, thank you!

It had only been 5 weeks since my last one, and because I'm done with Temodar, Dr. Rudnick wanted to make sure that there's no change nor progression.

There is none.  Everything's the same.  

From here, Rudnick wants to do 6 more months of Avastin and Tarceva, and from there, we'll take one off the regimen and just maintain the other.  I would prefer to take Avastin, for the reasons I've blogged about before.  Currently, no side effects.  

However, there are two pertinent issues with ongoing Avastin treatments.  

One, the risk of long-term kidney damage and/or failure.  Every time I do an infusion, I piss in a cup to make sure that everything is copacetic before we start.

Two, Avastin is an amazingly expensive drug.  Ridiculously so.  More about that later ...

In the meantime, maintenance is the key.  

lee

BLOG UPDATE: Name change

Starting April 19 (not coincidentally, also my birthday), I am changing the name and URL of the blog.

I have a new name, and the URL will match the name.  

Further updates come soon.  

Lee McPherson