The Gumption Blog » 2008 » July http://www.gumption.com/blog Resisting Gumption Traps Since 1995 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Pascal Update http://www.gumption.com/blog/2008/07/22/pascal-update/ http://www.gumption.com/blog/2008/07/22/pascal-update/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:05:03 +0000 thomas http://www.gumption.com/blog/?p=133 He’s doing so well he doesn’t have to stay for the full 24 hours and is coming home tonight!  We’ve got a string of normal vet visits ahead of us to readjust his insulin levels, but that’s a minor adventure after what we experienced this morning.

“The world is a dangerous and uncertain place.  A few odd moments of respect and affection here and there is about as good as life gets.” — Hal Hartley, Ambition

]]> http://www.gumption.com/blog/2008/07/22/pascal-update/feed/ The Most Unthinkable Disasters http://www.gumption.com/blog/2008/07/22/the-most-unthinkable-disasters/ http://www.gumption.com/blog/2008/07/22/the-most-unthinkable-disasters/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:35:20 +0000 thomas http://www.gumption.com/blog/?p=130 Over the weekend Jen and I got our spankin’ new iPhones, which made us very, very happy.  This morning, after our usual walk, Pascal had a diabetic seizure and is now beginning a 24 hour stay at the emergency vet.  Interestingly, I’m reminded of one of the most truthful and scary quotes by the narrator of A Christmas Story:

Oh, life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.

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