National Day of Mourning

Found this quiz in Lorelia’s entry for today: A WHITE Dragon Lies Beneath! I took the Inner Dragon online quiz and found out I am a White Dragon on the inside. If there ever was an apparition of balance, power and reclusive intelligence, my Inner Dragon is it. Whites are a fairly common dragon and…

That’s how The Socialist refers to Tuesdays … at least how he refers to them during the current semester. Tuesday is the only day he’s teaching an evening class this semester, making it the longest day of his week. Today I’m inclined to agree with him. -I’ve forgotten my employee ID/pass and my keys, making…

It’s been another one of those days. I’ve been out of my office for nearly the entire day, due to an emergency in an area where my primary duties are. I spent over two hours on my feet, making snap decisions and recording information for later use. I’ve been having trouble with both my right…

sigh. Just when I get a good head of cynicism and contempt going, somebody has to come along and kick my legs out from under me. Case in point: The Minion. I believe that in a very recent entry (like maybe my last one) I had my nose out of joint because the Mouth and…

I think I’m mostly recuperated from my big concert adventure now. I have to reiterate that a day of exhaustion was absolutely a price worth paying for seeing that show. I don’t think I’ll be purchasing any more concert tickets in the near future though. Worth it or not, I can only pay this price…

Kittehs and water don’t usually mix, but Nazzaning, a six-year-old Turkish Van cat (Turkish Vans are natural swimmers), is using water for her own good. She was suffering from partial paralysis in her paw and couldn’t walk anymore. A neurologist at the hospital suggested hydrotherapy to help Nazzaning walk again. He explained, “Her muscles needed…