What. A. Surprise.

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…

The Salamander is feeling philosophical (and a tad wistful) (and fairly opinionated) this morning. Feel free to make your escape now, should you desire. The tests I provided earlier this morning should keep you amused and give you sufficient reason to avoid an entry that is really of no interest to anyone but myself. I’m…

My site meter has registered two more accesses through Google in the last 24 hours. One was for “men are horrible” (which was a quote from someone else – I never said that) and the other was for “overweight” and “cat pics”. I’m hoping both visitors left somewhat disappointed. The Clueless Wonder isn’t that fat…….

Well, I’m alot closer now to what I was originally hoping for in the Palimpsest decor department. I really wanted to go with something more tan, but tweaking in some yellow makes the contrast better, and makes things easier to read. I probably won’t stop tweaking, but I am going to give it a rest…

I actually got some solid blocks of sleep last night. First in a long time, and it felt good. I also have started a very productive cough. It eases my lungs to rid themselves of some of this junk, but I’ve done something to the muscles on my right side, just under the rib cage….

Gads, I can’t remember the last time I saw Mary Poppins. I do remember the first time – I was eight years old and my whole family went to the drive-in movie. I remember in particular Dick van Dyke’s penguin dance and the bird woman scene. ABC Family is playing it now, and while I…