When global change fails

I’m off-center this morning. I’ve been this way since writing class last night. The class is not what I expected. It’s not what I wanted. I have to decide if it’s what I need, though. It was billed as “writing that first novel”. And, whatever else I might say, it is that. The class is…

Thanks TxSweets for the updated link! How much are you worth? at HumanForSale.com Apparently, I can command a price-tag of $1,761,844.00, even though I have more than four fillings and under-average athletic abilities. I suspect they may have overvalued the schooling and degree.

So here I am, on the second floor at my computer, by the window. I am watching one of my neighbors from across the way. I’ve been spying on her for two days. Right now she is hauling a fairly sizable piece of furniture across the lawn and through the trees. It looks like a…

It’s been a while.  I see that things have changed in my absence.  I’d gotten so used to coding the html myself that it’s almost disappointing to see that the whole thing has been "dumbed down".  Then again, there’s a spell checker now.  In all, I suppose that’s worth the trade off. Why did I…

The price one pays for refusing to have one big fracking breakdown is that one ends up breaking down just a little everyday. I have to wonder if I don’t do it on purpose, though. Perhaps when grief is all you have left, it becomes imperative to hang onto the grief just a little bit….

From Worthums to Sweetstar to me: 10 years ago… 1. I was 35 years old. 2. I had been married thirteen years. 3. I had just returned to college to redo all my undergraduate science and math courses in preparation for applying to veterinary school. 4. I was scared shitless. 5 years ago… 1. I…