KKChat -- 23 July 2006

[Bynw]

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[16:16] <DeryniBot> The smell from Wrengl's kitchen draws KK into the
chat.
[16:16] <kelric> ooh. kk's here
[16:16] <jemler> hello kk
[16:16] <KK> Hi, guys.
[16:16] <kelric> ok so everyone WAS quiet. I thought I was peered
[16:16] <Wrengl> evening katherine
[16:16] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK!
[16:16] <KK> Wow, I must be early.
[16:16] <Wrengl> how is edgar?
[16:17] <Wrengl> yes you are about 45 minutes early
[16:17] <kelric> man. I forgot how depressing the Heirs trilogy was at
some points. It makes a lot of events in the kelson books so
uplifting.
[16:17] <KK> He's doing great. No more coughing, and has put back on
some weight.
[16:17] <RainbowDragon> better early than never :-)
[16:17] <jemler> it's only about 5:20 here, KK
[16:17] <Wrengl> good for edgar
[16:17] <Wrengl> we were worried about him
[16:17] <KK> I need to check with the vet this week and see when they
want him in for more blood work.
[16:18] <RainbowDragon> What's wrong with Edgar?
[16:18] <kelric> ooh.
[16:18] <Wrengl> i can sympathize with him about blood work!
[16:18] <KK> They want to wean him off his diuretic, now that we seem
to have the fluid away from his lungs.
[16:18] <Wrengl> go edgar!
[16:18] <Wrengl>
[16:18] <KK> He takes his pills (Tiny ones) like a trooper.
[16:18] <kelric> good for him
[16:18] <RainbowDragon> thats good
[16:18] <Wrengl> that's good
[16:19] * Wrengl has had struggles with kitties and dogs over pills
[16:19] <KK> He was having coughing bouts--can sympathize with
that!--and had 4x the level of thyroid hormone that he should have had.
Also, racing heartbeat.
[16:19] <RainbowDragon> oh my!
[16:20] <Wrengl> and at his advanced age anythiing going wrong is
serious
[16:20] <RainbowDragon> that sounds really serious
[16:20] <KK> All the symptoms apparently were coming from the thyroid
imbalance, which appears to be responding well to medication. So I
think we've bought him some more good quality time. Kidney function is
still excellent, but could have been an additional complication.
[16:21] <KK> He's a great cat, and he's had an amazing life thus far.
[16:21] <Wrengl> true kidney failure can be the last straw with them
[16:21] <KK> Absolutely. No real reprieve from that.
[16:21] <Wrengl> nope
[16:22] <KK> Anyway, everybody else is doing well. And Cameron is home
for the week--goes back Friday--and we had a great party for him here
at the house last night. It was good to see the house entertaining
like it was designed to do.
[16:23] <RainbowDragon> How goes the house situation?
[16:23] <Wrengl> i am sure it was happy to be filled with people
[16:23] <KK> We close on Friday; are planning to move the last week in
August--temporarily, down to a friend's cottage in Arklow.
[16:25] <Wrengl> so they will take possession just around the time
school begins, if they have kids in school
[16:25] <RainbowDragon> but, you will have to live in temporary digs
until you finalize things on a new place?
[16:26] <KK> That's right. We should know by the end of the week,
whether we're getting the castle we want.
[16:26] <RainbowDragon> lets hope!
[16:26] <Mistyck> Hi Katherine!
[16:26] <jemler> do you find it easier writing about castles by living
in one?
[16:27] <Mistyck> that's a good question Jemler...I don't remember
anyone ever asking her that!
[16:27] <Wrengl> fingers are crossed for you getting the castle
[16:27] <KK> Welllll--we don't really live in a castle right now, so I
can't say for sure. And the one we want is a more modern castle--not
like a medieval one. But visiting castles definitely helps visualize
them.
[16:28] <Mistyck> :-)
[16:28] <KK> This house was good inspiration for Adam Sinclair's world.
[16:28] <Wrengl> ah
[16:28] <Mistyck> I can see how that would be
[16:28] <Wrengl> speaking of Sir Adam, any word on him?
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[16:28] <DeryniBot> The smell from Wrengl's kitchen draws the_Bee into
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[16:28] <Wrengl> hi bee
[16:28] <Mistyck> hiyas Bee
[16:28] <jemler> bee!
[16:29] <the_Bee> hi wrengl. How ya doin'? Hi jemler and Mistyck
[16:29] <Wrengl> doing pretty good
[16:29] <KK> Debby and I are working on the proposal for the Adept
prequel, which <may> be framed within a new Adam Sinclair adventure, as
the story is told of how the Hunting Lodge, in its most recent
incarnation, came to be.
[16:29] <Wrengl> gyncologist says tumor is responding to this chemo
drug
[16:30] <Mistyck> good to hear Pat
[16:30] <KK> Oh, excellent!
[16:30] <the_Bee> cool!
[16:30] <KK> This means it's worth it, for the extra discomfort this
latest treatment has been causing,
[16:30] <kelric> excellent
[16:30] <Wrengl> of course he also says it needs to be treated as a
chronic condition which means continuing the chemo when we get home
from the cruise
[16:30] <KK> You go, lady!
[16:30] <Wrengl> yup
[16:31] <KK> Chronic is way better than acute!
[16:31] <Wrengl> and she has put me on procrit so the anemia/fatigue
should go away soon
[16:31] <Wrengl> this is true!
[16:31] <KK> That's terrific.
[16:31] <KK> I think you'll enjoy your cruise. Just don't overdo when
you go ashore. My mom did, and came home exhausted.
[16:31] <Wrengl> and since the lousy blood counts are my only side
effect (my hair is coming back) I can live with that
[16:32] <KK> She did enjoy the cruise, though.
[16:32] <Wrengl> i have only signed us up for two shore expeditions
[16:32] <Wrengl> one to visit the native american village
[16:32] <KK> That's good. Spend the rest of the time aboard and
resting, relaxing.
[16:32] <Wrengl> and a whale watching boat ride that includes a good
view of the glacier
[16:33] <KK> Whale-watching is a good, sedentary occupation, with
mostly the eyes exercised!
[16:33] <Wrengl> well we will probably go ashore at the other ports but
just kinda toodle around near the docks, like we did on our two night
cruise to bermuda
[16:33] <Wrengl> yup
[16:33] <jemler> unlike girl watching!
[16:33] <KK> That sounds like the best plan.
[16:33] <Wrengl> and they promise you will at least see them in the
distance or you get most of your money back
[16:34] <Wrengl> tee hee, jemler
[16:34] <Wrengl> boy watching is better, though!
[16:34] <the_Bee> Watch out for mosquitos! I hear that in Alaska
they're big enough to ride like horses. ;o)
[16:34] <KK> I suspect they know where to find the whales. :-)
[16:34] <Wrengl> tee hee
[16:34] <Wrengl> yup
[16:34] <KK> I've heard that too. Hate mosquitos!
[16:34] <jemler> only if i'm the one you're watching!
[16:34] <Wrengl> i have the off wipes I did not use in north dakota
last summer
[16:34] <Wrengl> tee hee jemler
[16:35] <Wrengl> well I sort of prefer blonds in black, to tell the
truth
[16:35] <Wrengl> alaric - luke skywalker
[16:35] <jemler> i'm ash blond
[16:35] <jemler> in blue
[16:35] <Wrengl> well then
[16:35] <Wrengl> well blue is okay
[16:35] <KK> That works. ;-)
[16:36] <Wrengl> blue is my favourite colour
[16:36] <Wrengl> i like most colour as long as they are blue
[16:36] * the_Bee likes 'em tall, dark and handsome.
[16:36] <Wrengl> although i AM allergic to pink
[16:36] <jemler> so am i
[16:36] <Wrengl> tall is good (although luke isn't!)
[16:36] <KK> brb
[16:37] <Wrengl> k
[16:37] <jemler> if we keep abbreviating, we'll eventually work out the
rest of the alphabet!
[16:38] <Wrengl> lol
[16:38] <the_Bee> abcdefg.
[16:38] <Wrengl> tee hee
[16:38] <Wrengl> lmnop
[16:38] <jemler> hijklmnop
[16:38] <the_Bee> qrstuv
[16:38] <Wrengl> wxyz
[16:38] <jemler> w
[16:39] <Wrengl> gmta
[16:39] <jemler> we did it! aaaahh
[16:39] <the_Bee> chooo!
[16:39] <Wrengl> indeed we did
[16:39] <kelric> hijklmno
[16:39] <kelric> I need some hijklmno
[16:39] * jemler passes kelric a glass of cold water
[16:39] * RainbowDragon throws alphabet soup on this crazy bunch
[16:40] <Wrengl> lol
[16:40] <jemler> let's go spelling!
[16:40] <Wrengl> we have not gotten this silly in a long time
[16:40] <jemler> it's the heat
[16:40] * the_Bee sips the alphabet soup
[16:40] * Wrengl slaps rd with a dead salmon
[16:40] <KK> No, you're right, we haven't.
[16:40] <the_Bee> wb kk
[16:40] <jemler> my bad
[16:41] <jemler> i started it
[16:41] <Wrengl> we used to get silly all the time jemler
[16:41] <KK> Pat, is it super hot where you are? I know Shiral is
sweltering. Flat-cat syndrome and all.
[16:42] <Wrengl> it was the beginning of the week near a hundred with
almost as much humidity
[16:42] <the_Bee> hot all over the US
[16:42] <Wrengl> we have gradually gone down although it was super
humid through yesterday
[16:42] <Wrengl> i think Canada finally sent us some cool
[16:43] <Wrengl> although the hundred thousand people in Queens could
use cooler weather still since they have been powerless since monday
[16:43] <KK> I read that parts of Queens have been without power for
4-5 days. Yuck! No air con.
[16:43] <Wrengl> nope and they have lost everything in their freezers
and fridges so they are living with that stench
[16:43] <Wrengl> and no idea when power will return
[16:43] <the_Bee> I read about bad heat problems in Indianapolis
[16:44] <Wrengl> some got it back, restocked their fridges and then
lost power again
[16:44] <RainbowDragon> St. Louis, MO was without power last thursday
and friday from a big storm... not sure if the power is back or not
though
[16:44] <KK> And some apparently got power back just long enough to
restock their fridges and freezers--and then lost power again.
[16:44] <the_Bee> maybe is was St. Louis I was thinking of.
[16:44] <Wrengl> biggest problem here was the electric company lied for
days saying 2000 customers had no power
[16:45] <Wrengl> at the peak it was actually 35,000
[16:45] <the_Bee> the truth was how many?
[16:45] <kelric> I just hope the heat isn't horrible in Indianapolis
august 9-13th
[16:45] <KK> Amazing. And yucky.
[16:45] <the_Bee> k
[16:45] <Wrengl> which comes out to about a 100,000 people
[16:45] <the_Bee> what are you doing in Indianapolis, kelric?
[16:45] <Wrengl> and the maximum loss you can claim, with no guarantee
you will get much, is $1150
[16:46] <Wrengl> sorry $150 dollars
[16:46] <jemler> that's only abut 1 weeks worth!
[16:47] <Wrengl> we have more than that in the refrigerator and its
freezer, not counting the chest freezer
[16:47] <Wrengl> depending on where you shop that would be less than a
week's worth
[16:47] <kelric> gencon indy
[16:48] <Wrengl> ah
[16:48] <Wrengl> gaming con
[16:49] <the_Bee> If someone wins $500 at gencon indy, can they say
they won the indi 500?
[16:49] <kelric> lol
[16:50] <Wrengl> lol
[16:51] <the_Bee> I'll look forward to a new Adept book, KK
[16:51] <Wrengl> so will i
[16:51] <Wrengl> i am desperately looking around for a book to take
with me on vacation next month
[16:52] <Wrengl> i thought it would be warding of the witch world but
that will be finished by the end of the month
[16:52] <Wrengl> and davinci code will be finished by next chemo
[16:53] <the_Bee> have you read Nancy Kress's Probability trilogy?
[16:53] <KK> If you can get the new Jacqueline Carey book, Kushiel's
Scion, it's excellent! Hardcover only, though. (I also just got the
paperback of Harry Potter & the Halfblood Prince yesterday--will start
that when I finish the Kushiel book.)
[16:53] <Wrengl> have not read that trilogy, although i think i read
something by her
[16:54] <Wrengl> i may look for a tony hillerman
[16:54] <the_Bee> she wrore "Brain Rose."
[16:54] <KK> Kushiel's Dart is amazing--and she's our pro GOH at
Darkover this year.
[16:54] <Wrengl> i love his navaho cop books
[16:54] <Wrengl> that is a good reason to look for her
[16:54] <KK> Navaho cops? This sounds interesting.
[16:55] <the_Bee> can you borrow something from your library, or will
you be gone too long?
[16:55] <Wrengl> there is also a series of books about dragons as air
force in the napoleonic wars i may look for
[16:55] <Wrengl> Hillerman's are good
[16:55] <the_Bee> PBS has done several of Hillerman's novels on Mystery
[16:55] <RainbowDragon> Dragons as an air force?
[16:55] <Wrengl> he has recieved awards from the navaho
[16:56] <KK> cool!
[16:56] <Wrengl> get a lot of good navaho information
[16:56] <Wrengl> yes, rd
[16:57] <the_Bee> Are you looking for a fast read on the plane, or a
slow read to fill your leisure time?
[16:57] <Wrengl> his majesty's dragon is i believe the first one
[16:57] <KK> I think I've heard of those.
[16:57] <the_Bee> who wrote it?
[16:57] <Wrengl> well something to read on the plane and in the hotel
at night (5 nights in seattle before the cruise)
[16:57] <Wrengl> so not too fast a read
[16:58] <KK> Kushiel will keep you occupied--and turning pages far too
late inot the night!
[16:58] <Harvey> The dragons in Napoleonic wars are by Naomi Novik, I
think
[16:58] <the_Bee> ty
[16:58] <Wrengl> yes
[16:58] <Harvey> I haven't read them, but I saw a review
[16:58] <Wrengl> she is a new writer
[16:58] <Wrengl> i read about her in writer's digest
[17:00] <Wrengl> since i will be getting an amazon gift certificate
from one of the companies i am with I may just get the trilogy
[17:00] <Wrengl> since i do not have a large bookseller around to pick
them up
[17:02] <KK> Oh, dear, late night last night is catching up wtih me.
I'd better sign off. But I've polished a couple more chapters in High
Deryni, this past week.
[17:02] <KK> I will do more this week.
[17:02] <RainbowDragon> thats good news, KK
[17:02] <Wrengl> great!
[17:02] <Wrengl> night katherine
[17:02] <KK> And Gus has just jumped up on my lap to tell me to come to
bed.
[17:02] <Wrengl> did everyone see that landis won the tour de france?!
[17:02] <KK> More next week.
[17:02] <the_Bee> sweet dreams and better waking hours, KK
[17:02] <Harvey> Good night, kk.
[17:02] <Harvey> Have a good week.
[17:03] <Wrengl> good for gus
[17:03] <the_Bee> hi gus!
[17:03] <Wrengl> have a great and productive week katherine
[17:03] <RainbowDragon> I wonder if gus did it with gus-to!
[17:03] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in
a shower of--wait for it!--<purple> sparkles!
[17:03] <Wrengl> hello gus from the meow mafia
[17:03] <RainbowDragon> purple!
[17:03] <Wrengl> tee hee rd
[17:03] <KK> Gus waves a paaw.
[17:03] <Wrengl> of course he did
[17:04] <KK> Nighters, all.
[17:04] <Wrengl> nighters
[17:04] <Wrengl> huggles
[17:04] <RainbowDragon> See you next week?
[17:04] <KK> Should do.
[17:04] <the_Bee> goodnight, Katherine
[17:04] * KK Quit
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