Remember when my life wasn’t about my dog’s bladder? ME EITHER. But I realize that most of you love Dottie enough that you are having a long-distance love affair with her so I don’t feel terribly bad for sharing all of this. We got back to town yesterday and we still don’t have the finalContinue reading “I don’t even fucking know but maybe that’s good.”
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Dottie update
Forgive the typos. Writing this on my phone. We’ve been in College Station since yesterday in hopes that the great vets at A&M can offer us better options with Dottie’s bladder cancer. Tomorrow she’s going to get a CT scan and a cystoscopy so we can have a better idea about what we’re dealing with.Continue reading “Dottie update”
Well…shit.
So. Last week I had to catch Dorothy Barker’s pee in a ladle 6 different times to get enough for the giant sample I needed to take to the oncologist and two different neighbors drove by and stared at me as they tried to figure out how the lady with a full-sized bear dressed asContinue reading “Well…shit.”
I have some regrets
A few weeks ago I was in Kansas City and I went to a bunch of antique shops and thrift stores and that’s when I met this fellow: My first thought was, “Who hurt you?” and my second thought was that this squirrel was a near perfect representation of me whenever I see someone IContinue reading “I have some regrets”
Dottie update
Just a quick update on Dorothy Barker. We were hopeful that the last test would show an infection because that would be a much better reason for the growths in her bladder but the test was negative. So now we start with the next batch of tests. But Dottie is very happy and seems healthyContinue reading “Dottie update”
The science of crotches
So I saw this picnic table/bench that works like a mood ring in that it turns a different color whenever you apply body heat to it. It’s interesting in theory but in practice it seems sort of gross because typically I think crotches are a higher temperature than the rest of your body soContinue reading “The science of crotches”









