Yearly Archives: 2012
Flurry of updates
| August 23, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m concentrating on doing well in this block so that I’m eligible for research funding, so the blog writing has been a bit slow. I’m learning all sorts of facinating things, including I’m pretty sure we should be riding cows instead of horses – they are just so much sturdier in all sorts of ways […] more
Tess Drama
| August 20, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I haven’t dropped off the map – just had some Tess drama in the last day or two and haven’t felt like blogging. Harley got to her again, and while the injuries are not horrible and she’ll probably be fine, I had them recheck the tooth from an altercation last year…..and the news isn’t altogether […] more
"What’s for lunch" post
| August 17, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Once again the picture doesn’t do it justice….sigh. I’m just too impatient to deal with the correct lighting and backgrounds. After all these posts go up because I don’t have the time to do a real post! I should mention that I’m VERY lucky and live in California where fresh produce is both easy to […] more
Cool vet fact of the day
| August 15, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is a quote from one of my assigned reading cardio textbooks: “…a strong emotion can lead to precipitous hypotension with syncope (i.e., fainting). Conditioned reflexes can also elicit cardiovascular responses. For example, it is possible, by reward conditioning, to train an animal to increase or to decrease its heart rate.” One more thing to […] more
What I’m up to….
| August 15, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yesterday I rode. It’s been hot and humid here – much more humid than I can remember it being most summers. We may have started late, but Farley and I are getting plenty of heat training. I hope that each one of you, is at last once in your life blessed with as fun and […] more
Summer 2012 in pictures
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
School starts tomorrow (yes, I think it’s way early too…now accepting sympathy cards and cookies.) and while hopefully I’ll still be involved with the researcher and lab that I worked for over the summer, my major involvement in the lettuce project is done. Here’s a quick picture summary of Mel’s fantastic, awesome, let’s-repeat-this-annually, summer. The […] more
First Aid – with pictures!
| August 10, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you are a bit squeamish, you may not want to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the post. I will warn you. My barometer for gory things that might offend is based on what makes my boyfriend ill, as I seem to have lost my “what is appropriate for the general […] more
