Fledgling -- We're working on it, and other stuff

[kinzel]

If you believe you were to have a Fledgling by now and haven't got one, please know that we're working on it. In fact, the last of the "group" lost souls from our Fledgling mailing went out Tuesday, several cases worth. According to various PO people and printed items they should arrive in 4 to 15 days, the one in the US that is, and the ones in Canada -- who knows, they may arrive faster.

Those books were delivered Tuesday afternoon. Immediately thereafter ... someone responded to a three month old email and someone else responded to a six week old postcard. Eventually, most of these books will reach their appointed homes. We have figured out several of the mysterious lost label shipments. By the time Saltation gets to us the mailing rates will have gone up again, so it will be good to get all the to a new home before then, yes.

In other news, looks like Hexapuma will need a visit to his friend the vet in Waterville -- he ('puma, not the vet) yet again, has a neck sore that seemed to have developed overnight.

It is hard to get in the Yule decorating mode, but I know full-well that if I don't have the outside tree strung by Thanksgiving weekend that I'll end up trying to string it in two feet of white-stuff. Go me, my enthusiasm is overwhelming.

The state DOT has pulled out the guardrails on the approaches to our road, flattened and filled, and *paved,* the former gravel "breakdown lane". At the moment they haven't installed new guardrails, so if we get a nice icy morning it'll be real easy to slide off the road and then off the side of the now steeper and more dangerous mini-cliffs into the bog (on one side) and the turkey-launch ditches (the other side).

I was listening to Frank FM a lot, but I now see that I can in any random 1 hour or so song-stretch I can anticipate one song by: Billy Joel, Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Credence Clearwater, David Bowie, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac ... and so I'm using Pandora at work and only doing Frank when driving within range between Waterville and Lewiston if i left the CDs at home.

Comments

[elektra.livejournal.com]

Is H.P. [Hex} scratching at his neck? If so, might be time to keep some prednisone on hand and put him on a short course when he starts with the scratching. He's got a cousin who does that, and the pred works like a charm.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Do we know why he does that? Run in the family?

[elektra.livejournal.com]

More of a cat thing. Joker and he share a grandparent (I think . . .). I've heard of a fair number of other cats with similar issues (not maine coons even). Two to three weeks of treatment will usually solve it.

Just an FYI

[redpimpernel.livejournal.com]

I think that Hex is a little too old for sudden onset allergies, but...
When our cat-of-many-issues, at 6 years of age, suddenly started developing sores, seemingly overnight, we were horrified to find out that what was actually happening was that she was literally licking herself bloody, due to sudden onset of allergies. Those raspy tongues really are sandpaper rough and if applied repeatedly to the same patch, fur and skin fail beneath the assault. I hope this is not the case for Hex.

Allergies manifest in many ways and are often hard to initially diagnose. How's the fur on his ears? Thinning fur on ear tips is a common early symptom.

[scaleslea.livejournal.com]

Have been reading my copy of Fledgling at work. I am enjoying some of the changes, and noticing things that seemed unremarkable in the draft.

For instance... Kamele is Sub-Chair of History of Education. Not History. Not Education. History of Education. One wonders if this was chosen because of how inward-looking Academia on Delgado has become. Since this is a department in and of itself, one can only conclude that the total faculty must be huge.

And while Delgado is a Safe World, it would seem that Melchiza is a Controlled World.

And one is left wondering why it is that Pilots seem to be somewhat obsessed with personal survival. The point is made several times that certain places and societies value Pilots. This implies that there are societies that do not, and that there are specific places where Pilots are endangered. Is it just that it is a dangerous world, or is someone out to get you?

Doc

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Maybe this discussion should be in the Theo newsgroup instead of here .... since lots of folks here haven't read the book yet. ...
See, where the discussion is about keeping the group running now that the books are coming out...
http://community.livejournal.com/theo_waitley/