arthritic kitty

Claude is filled with oldness, and I've noticed his back legs aren't working nearly as well as they used to. Nothing too serious -- he can still jump up onto desks and tables, but definitely something going on with his hips. I'm guessing he has a touch of arthritis. Today I discovered Zuke's Hip Action Cat Treats. I had done a bit of research on arthritis and cats, and saw many people had success with glucosamine pills and powders. This is so much easier than pilling him daily.

They say you should see results in about a month, so we'll see if he's moving any easier then!

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Dear Tivo: It's been a good run. I've loved your Linuxness, your ease of upgrading, and general fun UI. But the time has come for me to get some HD channels, and Charter's HD lineup sucks donkey balls. And besides, you're just a Series 2, and can't record HD anyway. So I could shell out $300 for a new HD Tivo, or just take the supplied DVR from DirecTV. I bet it's not nearly as fun, but it'll probably get the job done. It's even got two tuners. As of Saturday, assuming all goes well, you'll just sit there until I've watched all you can give me.

(I finally got sick of how crappy SD signals looked on my TV, so I got DirecTV HD -- should be installed Saturday afternoon. Yeah, I could just get Charter's HD cable, but they're lacking "essentials" like Sci Fi HD, etc. Screw Charter. For way cheaper than I can get their 20 or so HD channels, I'll get ~100.)

(anyone want a perfectly working series 2 tivo? upgraded to have a 160GB hard drive the 40 that came with it. it won't be right away, since there's lots of stuff on it for me to watch still, and it doesn't have a lifetime subscription, so it'll be $13/mo for service. it will have a wireless adapter, though, since I'm assuming that won't work with the directv dvr)