Postcard from the Edge

Tonight I try my hand at making class beads. With my Kreskin-like ESP I sense a bunch of “playing with fire” jokes coming my way. No matter. It’s a five-week course at the local high school, one night a week. It was relatively inexpensive, and it will give me something else to do other than…

The Socialist and I had a talk last night. Evidently I’m always Gloomy Gus anymore, which makes it hard for him to hang around me. He says I never smile, and I seldom see the bright side of things. I wanted to argue with him that it wasn’t true, that I spent a good part…

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…

I came up as this whimp? Take the Which Star Wars Hero are You? Quiz! …created by Kenzie. I’d rather be my number two match, please: Take the Which Star Wars Hero are You? Quiz! …created by Kenzie. Practice talking in inversion I believe I will now do.

Well, the ex showed up at my doorstep yesterday promptly at 8:00, and dropped off the tax info from last year that I needed. Or at least, what I thought I’d need. I then bundled myself up (it was cold in these parts yesterday) and did some errands. My company has a LOT of nice…

Kitten from Hell is a Domestic Shorthair no-name brand. She was a “dump” at the clinic where a friend of mine practices. She was about 8 to 10 weeks old when she was abandoned at the vet’s, and other than ear mites was in good health. My friend was away at the time the kitten…