Devil Duck!

Last night, on my way home from work, I was making a right hand turn onto a four lane highway. The light had just turned green, and while I wasn’t “jumping the light”, neither was I allowing more than a split second elapse from the time the light turned green until the time my right…

I showed up promptly for my 1:30 meeting this afternoon … only to find it was cancelled and no one remembered to tell me. Again. I’m trying hard to be aggravated, but all it really means is that I can take a lunch break with impunity today. I finally made it to the gym yesterday…

Only two more days until my next paracentesis. At the rate I’m building up fluid, I won’t be surprised if Dr. Liver wants to move me to weekly tap-outs. It would certainly make me feel better if he did, but if I start losing that much time at work I might as well just go…

Just called the vet hospital, and the Grey Terror is doing well. Her temperature is back down to normal, she hasn’t vomitted at all (not that she’s eaten anything to vomit), she’s bright and alert, and she apparently hasn’t broken any equipment that they feel compelled to ask me to reimburse the hospital for. They’re…

Most days I think I make a difference. Most days I think I am at least somewhat respected. Most days I can force the equations to add up to a number greater than zero. This is not one of those days. I made a good, solid, correct decision. It was overridden because it was not…

The Professor teaches until late tonight. With time on my hands and no idea how to celebrate, I took myself to Borders Books, where I spent my 25% off one item, not-to-be-combined-with-any-other-discount-or-offer, not-valid-for-electronics-or-DVD-sets birthday coupon on Orson Scott Card’s latest book of short stories. I also got a book on reading cat body language and…