April 22, 2005
Puddy has lymphoma :(
Poor Roscoe, the vet thinks he has lymphoma and 3-12 months left. Dammit.| i called the vet for a 1 cm cyst on right shoulder blade (which grew in less than two weeks and is firming up), when he noticed that his left kidney was swollen, firm and bumpy, which is probably why he hasn't eaten. He has lost the ability to jump up and down from the bed, it probably hurts too much. he has lost some agililty and the ability to retract his claws. He will be taking steroids, he had one shot which seems to help a bit, at least he can try to eat some. Daily squirts of liquid prednisone for the duration, he will LOVE that. We are going with chicken flavor for the first batch, at least it will be better than the bubblegum-flavored amoxicillin. Bummer. |  |
Too stupid
from Salon.comLack of rowing skills sinks two thieves
April 21, 2005 | Oslo, Norway -- The two Norwegians thought they had the perfect escape vehicle for their heist -- a rowboat. They overlooked one thing: Neither knew how to row a boat.Police said Thursday the men had broken into an ambulance boat near the small western town of Askvoll, and likely were looking for drugs or cash.
The boat's burglar alarm alerted the ambulance crew members, who quickly arrived and saw the two men trying to flee in the small rowboat just before midnight Wednesday.
Their paddling attempts were hopeless, police said.
"They didn't have much of a chance," Deputy Sheriff Arnt Johnny Langeland said on the state radio network NRK. "They were rowing in opposite directions."
The ambulance boat then gave chase, turning its powerful spotlights on the pair rowing in tiny circles. A local ferry joined the slow-speed pursuit, beaming its spotlights on the rowboat as well.
The two men managed to get their rowboat to land, where they immediately were taken into police custody. They would likely face charges of breaking and entering, as well as theft, Langeland said, but he did not say if the two had managed to steal anything.