Me too, Slipperperson.

It was bothering me that I didn’t know why this freaking ailment was called “shingles”. This annoyance probably should not have been anywhere near top of on my “Nuisance Items Of the Moment” list, but I allowed it to drift toward the top because it distracted me from other things that I have no ability…

It was so touching. I slept to 11:30 this morning, and may have kept sleeping a bit longer if it hadn’t been for the Kitten throwing herself at my bedroom door. The poor thing was agitated beyond belief, and I imagined her thinking that something was wrong with me and loyally trying to break down…

Today it will (just barely) cross 80ºF today. In my mind, rates marking today as the first official day of spring. Especially since we’ve had very few 70ºF days, much less an 80ºF day. Were I ruler of the universe, things like the start of a season would not be fixed to a calendar date…

A few years ago someone asked me in here why I did not recommend donating to the Humanse** Society of the United States (HSUS). I’d had some bad personal experiences with them, but I really couldn’t give a good, well-substantiated reason then. Now I can: HSUS overhead takes 50 cents of every dollar donated: report…

For those of you not on the metric wavelength, that’s about one and a half gallons. Eight pints in a gallon, a pint’s a pound the world around. That’s how much they pulled out of my abdomen today. Instant weight loss of about twelve pounds. I don’t recommend the diet, but damn it feels good…

*sigh* The one person I wanted to spend my birthday with slept through it. The Professor woke up at about three in the afternoon. We went out and grabbed a bite to eat; he paid, for which I feel guilty since he doesn’t have a lot of spare cash at the moment. When we got…