So, Here I am
Well, after much hesitation I decided to jump into the phosphor pool. A tough day for it, but this might take my mind off losing my big Newfoundland, Isis. She was the proverbial “free dog”, and for the five years I had her she was a total joy. You can see a picture of her at my website. She was a gentle giant with a huge heart, and a voracious appetite. While we were building our house she climbed into the closet guy’s van, and ate their lunchs. She did leave the banana and the yogurt. She wasn’t a complete pig. Oh, wait, she probably wouldn’t have liked banana or yogurt.
She had never been around horses until she came to live with me, and she decided that chasing Pi on the lunge line looked like a fine game. Until Pi kicked her. I then had to struggle past 155 pounds of dog for the next week. She had decided that horses were dangerous, and she was by God, not going to let me go near them. She would block my way to the barn, and try to shove me back to the house. Smart and loving and very protective. I’ll miss her very much.
So, that’s been my day — the first day of my website launch. On better days I hope we can talk about writing, and movies and television, and what makes a great movie or tv series, politics, cool science, horses, travel, music, cooking. Lots of things.
Welcome to whoever might stop by.
Melinda
March 10th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Welcome to the madhouse and all that jazz! I’ve long been a fan of your Wild Cards stuff, and am overjoyed to hear you have more stuff coming out, both Wild Cards and unrelated, in the near future.
(On a random sidenote… if you’ve ever seen the Disney version of Three Musketeers from the early ’90s, the one with Charlie Sheen and Rebecca DuMornay, among others, there’s one character, an annoying fop who appears near the beginning and at the end, who I’ve always thought was a great visual for Tach…)
Anyway, glad you started this up.
March 10th, 2007 at 11:41 am
I am sorry to hear about your loss of Isis. I’m pretty sure my dog would have eaten the banana and the yogurt (and the yogurt container, and probably an important closet tool).
March 10th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Melinda!! Welcome to the blogging world. Sad news regarding Isis, but I do look forward to hearing you discourse on whatever strikes your fancy…
The new site look gorgeous; I’m gonna go poke around it a bit.
March 10th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Welcome to the blogosphere, Snod.
So sorry about Isis. She was a wonderful dog, truly. Even if she was bigger than the first car I ever owned.
March 10th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Greetings, salutations, and condolances:
I am sad to hear that you lost your Newfoundland. Welcome to the Wierd Wild Web, Mrs. Snodgrass.
Sliante!
March 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Hello!!!
Sorry to hear about Isis.
Lots of hugs.
Ling
March 10th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Welcome to the crazy house!
March 11th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Welcome to the blogosphere, Melinda!
I fell in love with Doctor Tachyon in college and have never gotten over him, and Measure of a Man is hands-down my favorite ST:TNG episode, so I guess I qualify as a fan.
Sorry to hear about Isis. She sounds like a great dog. We animal people know that losing any member of the family hurts, and it doesn’t matter if they have four legs or two, there’s still a hole in your life.
March 11th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Hey Melinda ,
I cried buckets when Parris told me about Isis . Now , she was a proper dog . Please give Nicky a bit of extra love from me .
Swish site : )
March 18th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Jazz…
Some portions of this article sounds interesting. May be you have some links where I could read more about this topic?…