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Twizzler passed away about a half hour ago. She was our pet rat, the last of four that I’ve had. They are such pure, sweet little souls…so full of personality. They are wonderful pets, except for the fact that they have short lives. Twizzler was about 3-1/4 years old, which is pretty ancient for a rat. Her sister, Tofu, died almost exactly a year ago, so Twizzler’s been on her own since then. We will miss them both very much. I may have pet rats again, but for now, we’ve got a house full of cats and a black Lab, so I think we’re good to go on the animal front for the time being. I treasure my memories of all of them, though. I’m still uploading photos of both of them to Flickr; I’ll be able to post more soon.

Twizzler the rat

(Photo on Flickr)

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A tough discussion today; our pet rat Twizzler is getting close to the end of her life. I talk about pets, pet rats, Twizzler in particular, and the my thoughts on the responsibilities we have as pet owners to make sure she maintains good quality of life through the end of it. A podcast I wish I didn’t have to do, but it’s just about time.

Dog Days of Podcasting

Feed URL: http://kenzoid.com/podcast.rss
Episode links: direct MP3 download link

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I talk as I travel today…driving back to Atlanta. I discuss my family, my summer SiriusXM trial, pro sports preferences, and some work I’m doing to add an intro and/or outro to the ‘cast.

(Update: I should have listened to this before posting…the car noise is much louder here; I must have been too far from the mike for some reason. I’m trying to fix “in post” [ie, by mucking around a bit at the Auphonic website]. Fingers crossed).

(Update 2: No joy, really. I may continue to fiddle with it, but for now, my tweaks haven’t resulted in much. If I come up with something better, I’ll replace the audio file and that point and save my future subscribers some pain…)

Links:

Dog Days of Podcasting
Evil Genius Chronicles
The music of Paul Fidalgo (to be used with permission!)

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Episode links: direct MP3 download link

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A lazy Sunday podcast; not much going on, other than watching the BBC 12th Doctor announcement special, and the block of shows following that highlighted each of the original Doctors (1-7). I also installed Locket on one of my Android devices today, using Dave Slusher’s referral code. Boy, talk about a wild and crazy afternoon! See ya again tomorrow.

Links:

Dog Days of Podcasting
Peter Capaldi to be 12th Doctor
Doctor Who
Locket (Android lock screen app)

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Episode links: direct MP3 download link

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I’m still working out what sorts of things I’ll be talking about on a daily basis for the next month…podcasts (more navel gazing!) and books that I’m reading seem like pretty good ideas. But we’re getting in the groove!

Links:

Dog Days of Podcasting
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Rule 34 (Halting State, Book 2)
Blindsight

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Episode links: direct MP3 download link

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Looks like two in a row…so far, so good! Down to the wire on this one, but we made it. I was travelling, so another short post; mostly about the changes necessary to the post-production work and setup. Don’t worry…these all won’t be navel gazing!

Links:

Dog Days of Podcasting
My Twitter feed
My G+ profile

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Episode links: direct MP3 download link