Rammington Steele

Heh, found a neat story I started working on years ago, a post-cyberpunk thingy.

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:37:21 -0400

Two of the protagonists are South Asian, which is a habit I had when I wrote scifi. The story itself...

gly9h-the-hellhound: pillory: Oscar was adopted as a kitten...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:35 -0400

pillory:

Oscar was adopted as a kitten from an animal shelter and grew up in the third-floor end-stage dementia unit at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The 41-bed unit treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses, most of whom are in the end stage of life and are generally unaware of their surroundings. Oscar was one of six cats adopted by Steere House, which bills itself as a “pet friendly” facility.

After about six months, the staff noticed that Oscar, just like the doctors and nurses, would make his own rounds. Oscar would sniff and observe patients, then curl up to sleep with certain ones. The patients he would sleep with often died within several hours of his arrival. One of the first cases involved a patient who had a blood clot in her leg that was ice cold at the time. Oscar wrapped his body around her leg and stayed until the woman died.In another instance, the doctor had made a determination of impending death based on the patient’s condition, while Oscar simply walked away, causing the doctor to believe that Oscar’s streak (12 at the time) had ended. However, it would be later discovered that the doctor’s prognosis was simply 10 hours too early: Oscar later visited the patient, who died two hours later.

Oscar’s accuracy led the staff to institute a new and unusual protocol: once he is discovered sleeping with a patient, staff will call family members to notify them of the patient’s (expected) impending death.

Most of the time the patient’s family has no issue with Oscar being present at the time of death. On those occasions when he is removed from the room at the family’s request, he is known to pace back and forth in front of the door and meow in protest. When present, Oscar will stay by the patient until they die, then after death will quietly leave the room.

i find this very interesting as this behavior seems common in many cats that reside in mental and nursing homes. Often sharing the bed of the soon to be deceased. In the ancient world cats were revered by many cultures, most famously Ancient Egypt, as guardians of the underworld, keepers of the gate of death, and sometimes even harbingers of death itself. This makes me wonder whether this behavior was observed during ancient times as well and perhaps prompted this belief and many practices surrounding it.

If this is legit, then wow. It actually reminds me of something I heard when my grandmother was on her deathbed. According to my aunt, one of the nurses told her that the hospital used to play a lullaby over the PA whenever a baby was born on the maternity ward. Well, according to her, a few hours after that, a patient on the floor my grandmother was on would die. The hospital eventually stopped playing the music because several nurses who couldn’t have children of their own complained to the head of the hospital.

Supposedly.

moviescore: Murray GOLD “I Am The Doctor”Doctor Who (Series...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:34:22 -0400

moviescore:

Murray GOLD
“I Am The Doctor”
Doctor Who (Series 5)

Hello, I’m the Doctor. Basically…run.

...Gunner? Really?

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:26:08 -0400

wutangcat: god bless u britney

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:27 -0400

wutangcat:

god bless u britney

SHARK BOY.

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22:46 -0400

Ermahgerd.

pickourselvesup: “I think you and I are destined to do this...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:20:11 -0400

pickourselvesup:

“I think you and I are destined to do this forever.”

jenari: I do wrestling posts but I remember when he had his...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:19:19 -0400

jenari:

I do wrestling posts but I remember when he had his accident.

widdershinsgirl: geekboots: JESUS TUMBLR Captain Picard has...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:17:02 -0400

widdershinsgirl:

geekboots:

JESUS TUMBLR

Captain Picard has an Android phone with unlimited Data.

im sorry rosie youve been a good friend

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:16:19 -0400

im sorry rosie youve been a good friend

jenstansfield: smellslikegirlriot: Wonder Woman knows...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:15:10 -0400

jenstansfield:

smellslikegirlriot:

Wonder Woman knows what’s up.

boop boop （　´∀｀）

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:10:48 -0400

boop boop （　´∀｀）

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:10:19 -0400

tensbluebox: I’m still me

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:24 -0400

tensbluebox:

I’m still me

happyfuckingcamper: I require cuttlefish in my life.

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:25 -0400

happyfuckingcamper:

I require cuttlefish in my life.

adriofthedead: ＴＨＥ　ＲＩＴＵＡＬ　ＩＳ　ＣＯＭＰＬＥＴＥ

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:55:32 -0400

adriofthedead:

ＴＨＥ　ＲＩＴＵＡＬ　ＩＳ　ＣＯＭＰＬＥＴＥ

giver-of-armbands:

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:50:33 -0400

giver-of-armbands:

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:48:33 -0400

droptoehold: The Wall Street Journal’s portrait of Hulk Hogan...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:13 -0400

droptoehold:

The Wall Street Journal’s portrait of Hulk Hogan is pretty spot-on, brother.

How to clean your corgi.

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:39 -0400

How to clean your corgi.

Rammington Steele

Heh, found a neat story I started working on years ago, a post-cyberpunk thingy.

gly9h-the-hellhound: pillory: Oscar was adopted as a kitten...

moviescore: Murray GOLD “I Am The Doctor”Doctor Who (Series...

...Gunner? Really?

wutangcat: god bless u britney

SHARK BOY.

pickourselvesup: “I think you and I are destined to do this...

jenari: I do wrestling posts but I remember when he had his...

widdershinsgirl: geekboots: JESUS TUMBLR Captain Picard has...

im sorry rosie youve been a good friend

jenstansfield: smellslikegirlriot: Wonder Woman knows...

boop boop （ ´∀｀）

Photo

tensbluebox: I’m still me

happyfuckingcamper: I require cuttlefish in my life.

adriofthedead: ＴＨＥ ＲＩＴＵＡＬ ＩＳ ＣＯＭＰＬＥＴＥ

giver-of-armbands:

Photo

droptoehold: The Wall Street Journal’s portrait of Hulk Hogan...

How to clean your corgi.

boop boop （　´∀｀）

adriofthedead: ＴＨＥ　ＲＩＴＵＡＬ　ＩＳ　ＣＯＭＰＬＥＴＥ