I told my wife that I had my former cat 'ultrasounded'. I said that the vet suspected cancer, so I took her to the specialty vet and had her ultrasounded. That sounded kind of off, and so did she.
I looked it up on Google, and can't find a definitive answer. Spell check here doesn't like it, as well. She said I could say, 'I took her to the vet and had an ultrasound done', but that seems unnecessarily long.
If poor Uggs had had an X-ray, I could say, 'I had my cat X-rayed'. So why not say ultrasounded.
Makes sense to me.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
El Nino?
May 2015 in Sacramento California thus far has been pretty mild, except for two days early in the month when it was about 10 degrees above normal, into the low 90s. Lately, it's been in the low to upper 70s, which isn't that unusual for May, it's just that we generally have more variability; 70s for a few days, into the 80s, then into the 90s, or even 100s (!) Yes, May can be hot. I remember 1987 (I think) when I painted my duplex in mid-May. We had a string of days well over 100 degrees, maxing out in the mid-100s. It was brutal, painting under the eaves, paint dripping down my arms, sweating like crazy. It seemed like a harbinger of things to come...a hot summer! But, it cooled down and we had a pretty normal summer after that.
Went to LA yesterday to see the eye doc. The traffic was crazy busy, even at 10:30 in the morning. It never got better, of course. The weather was great, though, which is why LA is so crowded. The weather's usually very nice, but you'd never get me down there. Too many people, too little green space. My doctor's office was on the UCLA campus, and even though I went to UC Santa Barbara, I've never been there. Unlike UCSB and UC San Diego, the campus is in an urban environment, and not particularly attractive.
I had a delayed flight out of LA, supposedly due to inclement weather in New Orleans. I didn't back home in Sacramento until midnight.
Went to LA yesterday to see the eye doc. The traffic was crazy busy, even at 10:30 in the morning. It never got better, of course. The weather was great, though, which is why LA is so crowded. The weather's usually very nice, but you'd never get me down there. Too many people, too little green space. My doctor's office was on the UCLA campus, and even though I went to UC Santa Barbara, I've never been there. Unlike UCSB and UC San Diego, the campus is in an urban environment, and not particularly attractive.
I had a delayed flight out of LA, supposedly due to inclement weather in New Orleans. I didn't back home in Sacramento until midnight.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Rain or lack thereof
We're in a drought...sort of.
I'm in Sacramento and I've been living here since 1960; a long time. We've had years of low rainfall and high rainfall. The last drought we had that was called a drought was in 76-77. It was in all the papers. You went to a state park, and they'd have displays about the drought.
That was a drought. In 1976 we had just over 7 inches of rain. It was sunny and in the mid-70s...in January. Very weird, very nice winter weather (unless you were a skier, as I was), and very scary. It was dry, dry, dry.
This past weather year, 2014-15 (the weather year, at least for rain, goes from July 1 to June 30), we've (so far) gotten over 13 inches of rain. The average (which it is, not 'normal' as is so often used) is just over 20 inches.
(An aside...That average has inched up since I've been paying attention to the weather. It used to be 19 and something inches. Now it's over 20. Interesting. Been getting wetter? )
They say an El Nino is forming, or has formed, or will form. That usually means wetter weather, which would be welcomed by all except those with leaky roofs. It has been a somewhat wet spring, which follows an absolutely dry January.
So...it's dry, but it's been worse. The drought of 76-77 was not followed by all of the hand-wringing and turgid verbiage as is the case nowadays. Makes for more wailing and gnashing of teeth, and, of course, more money to the local bureaucracy.
We're in a drought...sort of.
I'm in Sacramento and I've been living here since 1960; a long time. We've had years of low rainfall and high rainfall. The last drought we had that was called a drought was in 76-77. It was in all the papers. You went to a state park, and they'd have displays about the drought.
That was a drought. In 1976 we had just over 7 inches of rain. It was sunny and in the mid-70s...in January. Very weird, very nice winter weather (unless you were a skier, as I was), and very scary. It was dry, dry, dry.
This past weather year, 2014-15 (the weather year, at least for rain, goes from July 1 to June 30), we've (so far) gotten over 13 inches of rain. The average (which it is, not 'normal' as is so often used) is just over 20 inches.
(An aside...That average has inched up since I've been paying attention to the weather. It used to be 19 and something inches. Now it's over 20. Interesting. Been getting wetter? )
They say an El Nino is forming, or has formed, or will form. That usually means wetter weather, which would be welcomed by all except those with leaky roofs. It has been a somewhat wet spring, which follows an absolutely dry January.
So...it's dry, but it's been worse. The drought of 76-77 was not followed by all of the hand-wringing and turgid verbiage as is the case nowadays. Makes for more wailing and gnashing of teeth, and, of course, more money to the local bureaucracy.
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