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Lexi has a lump on her underbelly and I swear when I took her in months ago "they" said it was nothing to worry about. Well, it got bigger, so I took her in yesterday to the veterinarian that I trust the most at my vet's complex (there's 4 vets there) and he said that we should remove it. He said it wasn't a cyst, which I gathered is just a mass full of puss or something and can be drained. So, I scheduled an appointment for Lexi on Thursday for surgery. This makes me sad. First, and most importantly, I'm worried that she's sick. Secondly, and not very important for someone who loves their dog, it's going to cost around $500.

Joel went his first night without a binky (pacifier) last night. He did pretty well, we think. I laid with him for most of the night however. What happened was that he wasn't (and still isn't) feeling well so he was up crying. At one point Christi asked me to go lie down with him. Well, I never got back up. Probably from all the alcohol.

Joel with his new Binky Buddy

I didn't know this!

"The null value ... can only be assigned by your code."
From Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov

This will alert "10":
var num = num || 10;
alert(num);

But so will this:
num = 0;
var num = num || 10;
alert(num);

Watch out for the cases where num is "falsey".

The following convert to false when applied to a double negation in JavaScript:
""
null
undefined
0
NaN

"... if you try to return anything [from a constructor] that is not an object [emphasis mine], the constructor will proceed with its usual behavior and return this."
From Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov

I was reading Juriy Zaytsev's (@kangax) article "Optimizing HTML" and had a few comments.

1. I have used <!CDATA[...]> sections when I'm embedding "<" and ">" but I think that's just because I've used XSL before and they have caused problems when performing transformations. But I'll try to remove it from my HTML as he suggests.

2. If I don't have a URL to use in the href attribute, I'll still use "javascript:void(0)" because I really don't like the hash being added to my URL. Perhaps I should just add some jQuery code:

$("a[href='#']").click(function(){return false;});

That's 49 characters, so I would have to change only 3 links to use the hash instead of "javascript:void(0)" to save space.

Alyssa [to Christi]: I know what I'm getting at Grandma and Grandad's house!
Christi: What?
Alyssa: A movie.
Christi: How do you know that?
Alyssa: Because daddy shook it.

It is a sign of the times when you find out through Facebook your high school best friend got engaged.

Anyone have a funny Thanksgiving quote? The only one I can remember was from my brother: "I'm only friends [on Facebook] with people I don't know." It was also funny to see my face popup on his Droid.

I also was reminded of how much I love my wife. Since she didn't come to my parents at the same time I did, I waited until she showed. At one point we all heard the door open and my mom said that is was probably "Chris". I immediately got excited because I thought it was my wife instead of my brother. (Sorry Chris!)

Lexi celebrated her 10th birthday this Thanksgiving! (The big one-oh. Double digits.) We gave her treats and lots of love.