There’s an old wive’s tale that a salamander can pass through fire unharmed. In real life, many salamanders can shed their tail to escape danger, essentially giving up a less critical part of themselves to save everything that is important. Salamanders go through a metamorphic life cycle, changing from one aspect to another as they grow. And Salamander is a rather clever play on my real name. It seemed too good to pass up.
Saw this in Moonridden’s diary. Being the test taking sucker I am, I went to the site straight-away. Turns out that, like MR, I too am David. Bummer. I really, really, really wanted to be Robot from Lost in Space. Or maybe Orac from Blake’s Seven. He was obnoxious, but at least he had attitude.
I suppose eventually someone around here is going to point out how unprofessional it is to have these hanging in my office.
At least, it will be good medicine if that damned Kitten doesn’t have me laughing so hard that I split my incision! I believe I mentioned in passing a few entries back that my older sister gave me a cat toy for a birthday present, a cat toy that the Kitten has become absolutely enamored…
The weekend was, all in all, uneventful. That made it restful to experience, but pretty difficult to write about. I’m still oscillating between being unable to sleep and then sleeping for ten or eleven hours like some winter-bound tulip bulb, but at least it means that I can look forward to a good night’s sleep…
For those of you astute enough to notice – yup, I back-dated this one. I really did begin this on the 21st, but the fourth big snowstorm of this month kept me distracted enough that I spent too much time mesmerized by watching snow accumulate (a far more active process than one might imagine, as…
I am typing this on my computer at work. Why, you might ask, am I typing this on a computer terminal that has no access to my journal? That is an excellent question. I am typing this at work so I can attach it to an email and send it to myself at home. Iâm…
Ah yes, the mythological salamander…
i know you can’t mention it hear, but what sort of messag board do you guys run? Email me.
i would not like to see you go private. i’d miss ya! Do what you have to though. Take care!!