It’s been a busy few days.

Monday Andrea and I went to Letterman. It turns out that he was taping two shows that day, so we got into the Monday taping. It makes me wonder why he was doing two shows since they had just come off a dark week. Maybe he is going to work three days a week now – he already tapes two shows on Thursday. The show was very good. Everyone seemed to be in a good mood after a week off. Charles Barkley was very funny, Gary Dell’Abate so-so, but the Kings of Leon kicked ass. It got cut, but before they played, Dave said something to effect of “The KOL are coming up and we here in the studio will get to enjoy a second song. You folks at home will only see the first one because, frankly, I don’t like your attitudes”.

Tuesday, we took Rosie for a walk to Prospect Park, then to the vet (about a 10 mile walk) to have them look at her tail which has been bothering her. We had just taken her to the vet last week for a checkup and the vet missed the sore on her tail. They had to shave a portion of it, the vet said it looks like its healing fine, just keep an eye on it. If it gets worse we’ll have to put some antibiotics on it and she’ll have to wear a surgical collar aka a cone. Of course, the shaving made it worse. By evening, she was constantly biting and licking at it.

I called the vet Wednesday morning, he wasn’t in, they said he’d call, he never did. It’s very difficult to get to our vet without a car, and I didn’t feel like spending three hours going there to buy their overpriced products. So, I went to Petland Discount, bought a collar and some antibiotic cream that has lidocaine in it to deaden the tail. Rosie did not like the cone at first, but finally gave up trying to get it off. The cream really made a difference in her agitation level. We had a showing last night, so I had to take her out for a walk while the realtor was here. The act of walking so irritated her tail that it took us 45 minutes to walk two blocks because she had to stop and sit until the pain subsided a bit. The weather yesterday was unbelievable. 72 degrees and about 90% humidity – it felt like August.

Today is a busy day. It’s going to be a sunny, warm day but the humidity has dropped drastically. Andrea and I are going to The Bodies exhibit at the South Street Seaport. I’ve seen it before, but Andrea hasn’t and the nurse in her is very intrigued. Then I have an interview and that will be followed by the King Tut exhibit at the Discovery Center in midtown.

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Get a bike with your name on it. From Geekologie.

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Unreal: Fox News claims Obama invoked racial segregation with his car analogy
After President Obama made the analogy that Republican politicians should have to ride “in the back seat” after driving “this car,” the United States, “into the ditch,” Fox News figures have tried to claim that Obama made an “offensive” and “appalling”  reference to racial segregation and “the back of the bus.” They have yet to explain why Obama would want to compare himself to segregationists and his political opponents to civil rights hero Rosa Parks. Read More at Media Matters.

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From Wired. How to hook your computer to your TV. It should be easier than it is.

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From Greg Palast at Truthout. Anybody who tells you that the money doesn’t influence coverage probably still believes in the Easter Bunny.

“Why am I picking on poor, little PBS? I’ll be the first to tell you they are the best you’re going to get on the US boob tube. And PBS has spared us embarrassing scenes of Anderson Cooper pretending to save an oily pelican while floating in a canoe with Bobby Jindal. But I expected more from a public broadcast system than a repetition of the oil industry’s self-serving propaganda campaign.

Last night, in a deep, serious voice, the PBS narrator told us, If BP had only paid attention to the warnings of experts and regulators, the Deepwater Horizon tragedy could have been prevented.

Damn right. And if PBS had paid attention to the oil story, maybe that too could have prevented the tragedy.”

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