KOEB Meeting 12/9/05: The "Read It and Weep" Edition

Imagine having the opportunity today to meet this:



and now read about how one person paid $8,390 in an eBay auction to do so...
...and, well, to do other stuff, too...
...and GAVE AWAY THE CHANCE, so a couple of Iraq War vets could have some fun instead:

Clout | Flavia & the vets: A New York story

THE WINNER of the Flavia Colgan auction on eBay is a Washington real estate tycoon - who promptly gave up his prize.

Joseph E. Robert Jr. shelled out $8,390 to spend this evening with Colgan, MSNBC pundette and Clout-created celebrity, at gala Pennsylvania Society events in New York City.

But he's not going. Instead, he asked that the night on the town be given to a couple of Iraq War veterans.

Robert wants to treat the vets because his son, Cpl. Joseph E. Robert III, recently completed a tour of duty in Fallujah.

To recap, Colgan, at the instigation of the Web site politicspa.com, auctioned herself to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Central Pennsylvania.

Who gets the prize? Former Army Capt. Jon Soltz, of western Pennsylvania and Marine Reserve Maj. Mike Zacchea, of Long Island.

Soltz and Zacchea were to be limoed to the MSNBC TV studio in Secaucus, N.J., to meet program hosts Tucker Carlson, Joe Scarborough and Keith Olbermann. They'll watch Colgan tape a show with Carlson.

Then it's back to Manhattan tonight for a steak dinner and a bottle of Dom Perignon, a taping of Janeane Garofalo's "Air America" radio show and a round of parties at the Waldorf-Astoria.

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/13370520.htm

Now, the question is...if YOU shelled out this kind of dough for the chance to meet Keith (yeah, the other stuff is OK, but to MEET KEITH...)...the question is...could YOU be kind and give it up to our fighting heroes?

Heh. Heh. Heh. Me? I'd be saying "Guys, go party with Flavia. I'll stay here with Keith." :evilgrin:

Enjoy Countdown!

(photo edited in honor of The Tie!!)

Whee!!!

:hi:

It's THE TIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

the Salvation Army.

A non-denominational time of the year SHOUT OUT!

:shrug:

He wore it one time, then it disappeared.
We were convinced that he gave it away. Well, THEY were.
I still believed that he had it encased in glass at home. :loveya:

Once just after he got it and once about a month later.

Yeah - I had no life then. I remember it vividly. :rofl:

Then it disappeared and then Matt Cooper showed up wearing the same tie.

I needed to see them side by side.

that way.
:7

:rofl:

How are ya, girl?!?

According to Gavin, it's the ONLY thing I eat (he fusses because he doesn't think I eat enough. He doesn't realize that I'm USED to only eating about two bites. LOL!)

I'm fine. How are you, dahlink?

How did you all sign the card?
Was it impregnated with estrogen?

or maybe Bunny. Let me check my old PM's and see if I still have it.

Tie-Biz (lounge post)http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2461089&mesg_id=2461089

The final choice:
http://www.forzieri.com/usa/product_view.asp?l=usa&c=us&dept_id=17&pf_id=fz23023-021&id_valore1=&id_valore2=106&id_valore3=&id_valore4=&id_valore5=

Gold Neat was sold out.
Crispi's notes:


Tie first worn on Feb. 1

I think I typed O my F___ing G__ No F__ing way is he wearing our tie, or something to that affect.

It was very nondiscreet, if I recall.

there was so much drinking and screaming. :rofl:

Paris Hilton: "Ho, Ho, Ho"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=312803&mesg_id=312803
And take a good look at who's picture is posted in the OP.... just look! :loveya:

Overflow thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=313432&mesg_id=313432

that came up on the list was one of our DU threads -- I think it was right before I joined you guys.

:rofl:

Is he giving us a hint to purchase another one?

I mean - his birthday is about a month and a half away!

THE TIE!!

:rofl:

Hi, clark! Glad you're in on the tie-fest. :loveya:

LOL!! I called him in here and asked him if he saw anything familiar on TV. He said, "The TIE!" :rofl:

Gav's sitting here thinking we're all nuts.

:rofl: Maybe he doesn't know what he's really getting himself into after all.

I salute you! :patriot:

Oh - and there's that general dude, too. ;)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4415507&mesg_id=4416017

Thread: "post a pic that makes you say Yowza"
All 3 responses: Pro-Clark. :)

not the one we eventually got.

Crispini and I spent about two hours on Yahoo IM narrowing that down to the stripey one, which was everyone's second or third choice.

Gold Neat was the one I thought looked like a Young Republican. :)

Gold Neat = "Welcome to the Marriot, may I help you?"

:7

and asking me if I thought we should go with the striped 'Cary Grantish' number. At least that's how my very faulty short term memory recalls it this many months later.

So little time. :)

Moschino. I wanted Moschino.

Just kidding, as long as it's a long one, for the extra vertabrae, Moschino would be great.

wonder if things are any better this year. That online place you found early on in the game said at the time that they were going to expand their extra-long line in the near future...

Or did you reread the thread? Amazing. Hmm, I wonder if they have... :rofl:

I have a bizarro memory -- often remember trivial bits of information for no good reason. I never know what's going to stick and what isn't.

included again on a fitting b'day gift for our Keith. I loved the whole tie thingy. Obviously, he did too.

He's probably wearing the tie to let us know he doesn't really need another one and thanks for thinking of him but no stalking please and another in person delivery of the tie is not all that necessary. Either that or all the other ties were at the cleaners.

short time frame? I know we'd hoped to avoid that... oh, well. In any case, the Tie sighting might be related to something else -- did anyone hear him with Dan Patrick on Friday? I got interrupted just as Dan was saying something about hearing that there have been complaints about KO's wardrobe at MSNBC and they were going to talk about that later and Keith said something about stripes with stripes do go together but I didn't catch what happened after the break. Maybe the tie was related to that...

about his appearing overly stripey. We've discussed it: some nights, stripes in every direction.

So, I guess now we also have to say, "Hi, Dan!" :hi:

I used to listen only to the Dan/Keith hour, but I find myself tuning in earlier and earlier now, just to listen to Dan. Not that I understand what's being said... ;-)

He can be very funny on his own, and you can always count on Phil the Showkiller for a laugh.

so much as his insight. I don't know; just like to listen to him natter, sometimes.

his tailor told him that stripes-on-stripes is the new fashion trend or something. He was saying this because Dan was saying HE was getting e-mails (Dan, not Keith) every day from some guy who watched Keith on Countdown and didn't like his wardrobe and was e-mailing DAN to tell Keith to stop wearing stripes on stripes!

I have to admit, I'm with the man. I think Keith's tailor is nuts if he thinks lots of different KINDS of stripes go together--or that stripes and grids go together, or whatever. I may be a fashion dropout, but I just think they clash.

Of course, Keith doesn't care. He wears whatever his tailor tells him is hot!

:shrug:

Did you call the cable company? That's just bizarre.

:hi:

I just convinced him and his entire family in Canada to watch KO but I still can't get the channel in.
I'm plotzing I tell you.

I'd be going nuts.

:hi: Shabbat Shalom

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

In all the excitement, I didn't see your post. :hi:

OH, KO! :loveya:

I just went and looked to see what he was wearing, and OMG, it's the tie.

Been working late this week-

:hi:

:hi:

:hi: KO ...... nice bear shout out last night.

Drive by blog ....... the republican women await :rofl:

Omigod...this is the FIRST time he's worn The Tie since the...well, the first time!

Did he just lose it somewhere?

I'm excited...and I wasn't even here back when you guys picked it out and sent it!

:toast: TTTTB!

but, yes! This is the first time in a while. And a Rove story... Joy!

:loveya:

I don't think it caused as much of a panic as the first. I've read THAT thread!

:loveya: Keith for the tie.

and I think it's :rofl: that we can still get so :bounce: over a Tie sighting.

That's never gonna get old. :hi:

that neither Bigfoot nor the Loch Ness Monster appear at command, either. ;)

does this particular Bigfoot do at command? :evilgrin:

once she comes to, that is. :evilgrin:

Wha happened?

began a very controversial special hunting season on bears. Seems they are scaring too many exurbanites. Umm, they were there first folks. It's times like these that I truly experience the shame of being from NJ.

:patriot:

Nice to see an homage to the KOEB again. :)

Nice to see you! Yep, and the al-libi story and Rove/Fitz news! What a great night.

:loveya:

I haven't been participating like I should. But, I have been watching Keef and looking for our beautiful tie.

I think we should drop him a line and tell him how well dressed he looked tonight. :loveya:

edit: going to watch in the other room where the tv lives.

Someone wake me - please. :loveya:

It'll come in handy the next time Keith says or does something that makes me, ah, feel faint.

Someone's got a case of the vapors. :)

that "the vapors" is the equivalent of "gas."
Mrs. Olsen had the vapors and was telling everyone, until the good Doc set her straight. :evilgrin:

every bit of circulation they had.

Mrs. Olsen ROCKS!!! She was so great. Damn, I loved that show. Some days, you can still find me on the couch, watching it on the Hallmark Channel.

Viveca Novak's dates conflict with Luskins-

Santa Fitz is coming to town......

color if slow. Been warming ourselves up with hot coco with liberal amounts of raspberry liqueur.

Does his wearing the tie mean a yes to a studio tour????? :loveya:

to stay at Chez Keith.

he wants rev to join us in nyc. :)


dg

oh my little wolvie feet were already happily tapping away when the rove story came on...rove's atty might be in trouble with fitz...repeat after me "CONFLICT OF INTEREST"...luskin's withdrawal/firing is imminent...ok back to the den on my happy little wolvie feet singing "santa fitz is comin' to town" at the top of my lungs....

dg

on many, many levels....

it meant that but it is great to see he has it and is wearing it. But you are the Pope Cheesy so I'll follow your wisdom. Like it better too.

Another bonus. :loveya:

Okay, it took me a day to catch up. As long as KKKarl remains under investigation, I'm good. "Faulty memory" my ass.

See, Keith asked the same question about Luskin that I did yesterday. I'm glad, once again, to know I'm not totally slow. Jeez, you miss one day, you miss a whole lotta stuff. I hate that. I'm tired of having to figure out what the hell is going on. Can't we just go back to peace and prosperity?


Sunday, Shuster on the CIA Leak case. 7 & 11 p.m. MSNBC. Be there, aloha!

is always delayed due to football. Hope for overtime. :)

because I change the channel at 8 for West Wing.

And the tie? I think it's definitely sending us a message. And that message is:
"Please send me another tie this birthday."

And not only that, but he turned toward the camera during the script toss...almost as if to deliberately provide us with a view of, ah, that which is normally hidden by the desk...

...ahhhh...

I was typing and not looking. Damn!

KO: :loveya:

lost my place in the tape when we bopped over to the mark we'd set to watch last Sunday's "West Wing". Now, if you'd told me he wasn't wearing any pants at all, it might be worth my time to... Patsy? Did you just hear a thud? Jeez, Berry, not again...

I rewatched my tape, and noticed that after he tosses the script, he gets all modest and kind of folds his hands in front of, er, the area.

*THUNK*

about padding the floor. if this goes on much longer, berry might get a concussion or something.

dg

Why would you do that as an attorney?

"Putting the 'ho' in 'Ho, ho, ho!'"

Hello, gang! :hi:

Did you see the tie and say "I must visit the KOEB"?

:hi:

How are you?

With my jobs, trips to the dentist, one holy day of obligation, wimpy co-workers who get the vapors over a little snow :eyes:, and not one Christmas or Hanukkah card written, I was a tad on the Grinchy side.

But I'm much better now. :hi:

On edit: Oh, yes, THE TIE! A proud moment for the group!

Yes, bleeve, it's funny.


Poor kid. What a freak way to go. A weird tragedy. This, btw, is my only flying fear: landing. Not actually even landing, just the part where the brakes kick in and I'm sure we're not gonna stop. Thanks for lettin' me share.

I'm usually okay the rest of the time unless there's a lot of turbulence -- then I'm a basket case.

i want to take a flight that lands at la guardia in the middle of february.... :scared:

that poor little kid. :cry:

dg

would have been just as funny if it were our gov't. In fact, what's funny is the bill they were fighting over actually passed.

one of these days, the way things are going.

Verrry close. House of Commons close. It was great. :)

Also, during the taser story last night, they showed a few seconds of Rick Sanchez. So good. He really likes us. :loveya:

Yes, it's true, Shaq wants to be a policeman when he grows up.

Last week I could watch Countdown but I had lost my star so I couldn't post on KOEB.
This week, I got my star back, but for the second day in a row my teevee plays every other station except my MSNBC channel. I just had a conversation with a very nice Canadian liberal cable guy who scheduled a repair visit for me this coming Thursday. He sent a signal to my box (sounds vaguely obscene) and I saw Keith's face for about 1 nanosecond. Repairguy says he doesn't know what could be wrong, he's never heard of only one channel going down. I found out he watches the daily show though and so I told him to watch Keith. He said that the inside of the cable wire might have a worn cable connection. I asked 'what is the likelihood that the cable is worn on the only channel I watch, and not any of the others?' We are both nonplussed.

So. Guess I'll read the thread and catch up that way, can't even watch the rerun. Keef just must not love me anymore and instructed that my MSNBC cable wire be disconnected. Sob.

I'm a Plamaholic so I'm especially jonesing for KO's insightful discussions about Fitz, Luskin, Rove and Novaks. Any idea what role Kim Novak may have played in any of this. I'm certainly getting 'Vertigo' reading all the twists and turns of this case and trying to guess where it's going.

Wait until you read the thread. Just wait.

Shuster is doing a Leak special on Sunday night.

:loveya:

Not a good night to miss the video. :(

I need a cocktail.

Saketini?

Danka dahlink.

:rofl:

Maybe you wore out your MSNBC connection from watching KO. Hope you get it back soon. Then we can say "How Bunny got her MSNBC back."

Hang in there, bunny. Probably a remodeling poltergeist.

:hi:

for exorcising my 70's kitchen.

guess JFK's assassination will never cease to fascinate....

So tacky. As tacky as Paris Hilton.

who have now lost all respect for KO because he claims to have stopped being a conspiracy theorist? Apparently you cannot be considered an intelligent, rational human being by some people unless you have your JFK :tinfoilhat: firmly affixed in place and it is picking up the exact same signals theirs is. Sheesh. And these people think freepers are intolerant!

As for me, I have no theories. I figure I'm not going to find out what truly happened in THAT mess until I'm dead and God reveals the secrets of the universe to me. Until then, I'd just as soon NOT spend lots of time studying which direction someone's brain matter is spattering and blowing in on some old movie film. (Did I mention that some people on said thread included frames and moving images from the Zapruder film in their posts to "prove" their points--WITHOUT any warnings about having included a disturbing image?)

i suppose they'd lose respect for me too. i actually visited the school book depository & came away thinking it could only have been oswald. nothing i've seen since then convinces me otherwise, "magic bullets" & all.

dg

dinner, but I'm finally here. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

You're here on a special night. :toast:

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

and :hi: Bun-Bun! I'm frustrated for ya! Man, if just watching too much Keith could burn out your cable connection to MSNBC, mine would've fried a long time ago!

Get home fast! :loveya:

Since I wasn't here the last two nights and watched on tape all by myself.

if not, Crispi, be advised that the word "trollop" was used when they were touting the Paris Hilton story at the beginning of the show. Isn't is nice to get a shout-out? :rofl:

Dear Keith,

I'd just like to take a moment and look back at your last year of broadcasts and make an observation.

While we here have all lauded you in various ways, for various things, over the last 13 months, one thing at this point is clear: you have continually exceeded our high expectations of you.

Your intelligence, your humaneness, stemming perhaps from the fact that you are not trying to do your best imitation of what a newsman is supposed to be; you are simply being that, and in being yourself, remain human and accessible. You therefore make the news human and accessible in a way that other broadcast journalists rarely do.

We here are the kind of people who are obsessed with news, and media, and politics. We have high expectations for critical thought, authentic curiosity, and humility. You meet these, and by breaking new ground and integrating the most serious stories with the most absurd, and looking at the news of the moment as reflected off compelling pieces of previous history and culture, you've created the next model for network news. Unfortunately, network news isn't smart enough to know it.

But that's okay with us. We want you to have a full hour. Actually, nobody here would complain about an hour and a half.

So, thanks for the good work. Keep it up. It means a lot to people who really care about American democracy.


Signed,

Did you send it to him?

If not, to heck with the lot of them!

:)

Thanks. :hi:

It's all true. :loveya:

:yourock:

:applause:

and I feel the same. While I'd love for Keith to have the honor and recognition of being a network newscaster, I'm not sure he needs the pressure in his life. Nor am I sure he'd be happy having only 20-odd minutes to report the news--or that I would be. Nor, I admit, would I want to share him with the millions. :loveya:

I kind of like Keith being our little secret...so long as his career isn't truly suffering and he's getting to do mostly what he wants to do. (as in, make us happy by being so great at giving us news :loveya:)

:thumbsup: & :loveya: bleev

:loveya: to ko for everything bleev said

dg

you sure see a lot. :thumbsup:

:loveya::loveya::loveya:

I've been missing you lately, right? :hi:
Anyways, it's nice to see you tonight!

of deadlines on a project at work.

bummer!

I received a manuscript of a Summary Plan Description this morning that has to be laid out and to the client by Monday -- it will be about 80-100 pages and will need to be proofread and edits made. No way could I have accomplished all that today and Monday, so I'll go in tomorrow and proof it at home on Sunday.

You know- being an American is "hard work!"

I hate having to get up early tomorrow -- I like to sleep in on Saturday. I definitely won't go in as early as a typical workday, though, so I'll get to sleep in a little.

:boring:

but on the weekend are not tons of fun. Get 'em myself once in a while. Was afraid I might have another of those this weekend, but turns out it's not that big after all. Now all I have to do is make sure I get to work Monday in time for an 8:30 conference call!

Please bring back the Newsquiz, thanks. :)

Just curious.

:rofl:

:rofl:

How's by you?

Thanks, MSNBC and KO. :loveya:

Much nudging, though.

Nice tie, huh?

:hi:

The kitty is nudging.

ed: clarity.

LOL :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo::rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

secretly thinking "hiring a hitman for cocaine is incredibly stupid ... but cheese. I would totally kill for a good cheese."

I would kill for a good cheese, too!

And hopefully, not need for you to kill on my behalf. O8)

And he can have her.

Full of stammering, couldn't think of an interesting thing to say...I have a feeling Keith was watching the clock and thinking "How could a guy with this much initiative and imagination about decorating his house be THIS boring to talk to?"

Oh well, they don't all pan out.

Hey, Rev, Keith threw to his girlfriend again tonight. LOL, just kiddin'. :-)

So dull. So, so dull.

my heart belongs to my true love. :loveya:

:loveya:

Seriously, though, this guy gave me an idea for an even better way of getting KO's attention than ties.

One of us has to decorate our house for Christmas with an "all-KO" theme.

Why not? This fella proved that such absurdity can be done.

I volunteer someone with a lawn. I don't have one.

but unfortunately, I also have a husband.

I'm guessing making him climb up on the very tall steep roof to hang a 4x8 foot kerry sign from the chimbley after my yard sign was stolen used up his decorating patience quota for the year.

Gold neat abandoned
no marriot boy for us
kieth looks fine. Yowza!

This neck tie lures me
to the estrogen brigade
sweet striped siren song

Hey, fern. Nice to see you. :hi: Great Tie-kus as always.

I had a feeling you'd show up here tonight. How are you?

:hi:

I'm doing great!

I freed up about 15 hours a week dropping some volunteer/fundraising cooking for 75 kids a day - I'm doing 7 more days of it, then I'm free! Free! (Well, free to return to my regular more than full-time hours). So I might be here a bit more, instead of spending every evening freaking out about how far behind I am in everything.

:applause: *sniff* beautiful - just beautiful.

:toast:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4418758&mesg_id=4418758 :loveya:

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Hey, Sparky! Get back here! We're dying of thirst. :hi:

an incredible thirst....

...you DO know what "slash fic" is???

I dunno, darlin'. The thought of reading a story about Sparky and Bleev, or Sparky and Botany, gettin' it on just doesn't do it for me.

Then again, it could turn out to be interesting.

Ladies and, uh, ladies, of the KOEB...presenting the sequel to Gull Bay...Bay Air-Back Mountain!

Well, at least naive. :blush:

Actually, I didn't see that part... all I read was "bodice rippers."

HEY - what's a guy doing wearing a bodice, anyways? :wtf:

I had to go back and forth over this sub-thread a couple of times to find the reference to "slash" myself. In any case, slash tends to either give me the giggles or squick me out; usually not both at the same time. ;-)

Glad to hear he's doing okay. Hope he comes back to the KOEB soon.

he's been away so long I thought that lil' news junkie would have to go into the DU Witness Protection Program and get a new handle 'cause he'd be afraid to come home. Glad to know he's still among the flirting. ;-)

:loveya: Sparky :loveya:

I'm finishing some baking. Don't tell me you're still wrestling with tomorrow's sermon.

Wait - wait. Now I'm awake. Sort of... and late for church. But I just couldn't leave you hanging...

Later, tater. :hi:

two hours a night of Keith. Great tie-ku LW. I am out of practice with keeping up with the thread and watching so just watched Keith. I am convinced Fitzmas is the gift that just keeps giving. Can't wait until they are all caught, shamed and jailed.

I am off to get stuff done. My cat Ayja has been at the vets all week since he wasn't eating and was wanting more attention than usual. I could only get two feet away before he had crying fits instead of four so I knew something was wrong. We were worried he had crystals and renal failure. Seems he has diabetes so they got him stabilized and eating. Started him on insulin last night and he is doing well so he gets to come home tomorrow after we learn how to give him his shots twice a day. Who would of thought diabetes would be good news but at least he can live a healthy life and stick around a few more year.

Night all, have a great weekend.

Glad Ayja has you for a mom - you give the best TLC.
:hug: I understand your relief, and I'm happy for ya.

a fur-kid. (he wouldn't like baby lol) Besides someone has to keep the ferrets humble, so who better than a siamese.
He is going to have to be contained to this room for a while so have to ferret proof his bathroom and dining areas. He uses my bed to sleep on and they have the sleeping accomidations arranged already so no worries there. night

Hope Ayja does well and lives long.

I have enough trouble getting liquid medicine down my tomcat!

is why we both have to go tomorrow and get lessons. And not looking forward to sticking him with a needle since both liquid and pills are next to impossible to get in him. Pills I learned to just shove down his throat deep as my fingers would go. Then hold his mouth shut and rub his throat downward. Worked by the 5th try. :rofl:
Will let you know if it is easier or harder.

we'll have Botany write up a story about how CC lost her cool (and fingers!) trying to medicate a cat.:rofl: Just don't forget the kitty strategy of acting fine with it at the vet's and, then, turning into a whirling dervish with claws at home! (KO, that's CC, the one with the blood dripping down her arm.)

Also that you are still in possession of both arms.

One thing I'd like to add: as much as I'd love for Keith's sake to see him have the prestige of a network, I'd hate to see him have to do anything that would take him away from being able to do his radio hour five days a week with Dan Patrick. I think he would, too--and if offered such a situation, he just might have the great good sense to turn it down, realizing there are some things that money and prestige can't buy.

"The opportunity to jaw about baseball and any other sport you want for an hour a day on the radio with a man who's as close to you as a brother, and act like a couple of 13-year-olds into the bargain? Priceless."

I think that if he were forced to choose between doing Countdown and doing Dan's show, he'd choose Dan and write a book or freelance some news articles.

I don't think he was kidding the other day when he said that the show is a kind of therapy.

radio show. :cry: I'm in the cave with no connection to the outside world. Though I do look in at DU when I can to see it the world is still out there. It really is in the basement, with no window and we had to stop live feeds and itunes use. Fifty plus computers in one big room playing a different song on each was way too much for sanity. Some mornings I get there and it is still dark, and dark again when I leave. Makes a person wonder if the sun ever came up. But I do like what I am doing, and learning lots that these people pay to learn and rarely if ever am bored. And after the 21st I get a month off so I really can't complain even if we all, including the boss, ask the maintenance guys if they could at least pipe in sunlight. :rofl:

first shot and no battle wounds.:bounce: Actually it was much easy to give him his insulin than it was to give him his liquid antibiotics. :rofl: Just gave him heated soft food and stuck him while he was eating. He was more concerned about getting petted. He missed me and heard the car pull up at the vets according to the vet. The vet knew I was there because the Siamese yowl started until he got to see me. He is now rearranging the ferrets while reminding them of their place in the bed.

at least with Nefer and Battle, doing insulin was way easier than giving pills or oral liquids (can you say pink spots in the cracks of the woodwork that will be there until the end of time)? The insulin syringes have a fairly thin needle, which isn't too painful and you kind of scruff 'em at the back of the neck and stick them there.

relieved at hearing their cat has diabetes, but with all the things it could of been this is treatable. Might take a couple weeks to get his dosage exactly right. Second shot went ok too. The vet said with proper diet and the insulin it could resolve itself. Keeping him out of the other cats food and the ferret food is a challenge. The other cats are suffering since I put up their food when he is out of the room. Oh and keeping the ferrets out of his food is hilarious. Its up out of reach but they are trying hard to reach it. If they get together and move furniture I am in trouble.
I just need to get better at the needle part since it takes a bit longer because I am extra cautious.

you'll get used to the needle. It's the food routine that will get old, fast. And if the ferrets ever get opposable thumbs, you're sunk. :-)

(Could you plug earphones into your computer to listen to stuff at work?)

getting an occasional urine sample to test can be fun, though. :7 On the whole, I'd rather have to deal with diabetes than FUS.

It was scary. He was at death's door by the time I got him to the vet. Luckily, he made it. But from that time forward, he became an indoor cat, because I needed to control his diet and know what he was eating. He was worse for getting into trash than a raccoon. Would eat literally any food but onions and fruit, and was insane for cheese (his eyes lit up like a maniac whenever he was near it). LOVED popcorn and crackers. Thought styrofoam packing material was popcorn, and would eat that too, then throw it up. I couldn't keep any kind of packaging in the house with him or he'd eat it.

lucky, though seems strange to say it. Since the vet was originally worried he was in renal failure. He looked that bad that fast. Everyone was happy to get him home. The ferrets went nuts, dooking, running and jumping all around him. Woke up this morning to a cat asleep next to me with five ferrets slightly under him and 1 blanket and surrounding him. Guess its ok that way since the blanket is between him and the ferret teeth and he likes the extra warmth. :rofl:

What's sweet for me? The new device I purchased for keeping my cats away from the Christmas tree! LOL!

It's a little can of compressed (cold!) air with a motion detector and an alarm. Whenever one of the cats comes near the tree, it beeps and emits a blast of cold air.

I've had the opportunity to see each of them, in sequence, go bolting across the room after having encountered its wrath.

Now I can go to bed tonight and to work tomorrow secure in the knowledge that my little "sentry" will protect my tree and teach my cats that "It knows when you're awake...it knows when you've been bad or good SO BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS' SAKE!"

and Christmas tree. I al sways put bells on the bottom and they usually just sleep under the tree. Now I would never let the ferret near the tree. And the air puffs would probably become a game to them. Sound like a neat device though and betting after Christmas you can use it to keep them out of anything else you don't want them in. Or away from the front door. Couple of mine try to escape whenever we open the door.