I am Cassandra

Today has a strange feel to it. It rained a little last night, not enough to soak things through but instead just get them a little wet. This morning there were droplets of ice on my car’s windshield, and a thin band of ice holding the door shut. The door opened with only a little…

*sigh* So this is what it comes to. I got the part-time CPhT job at Big Chain Pharmacy. The pharmacist who hired me had basically decided he was hiring me before he even saw me. He asked me no personal questions and gave me little more than a quick run-down of the job description. If…

*sigh* I had a bad day at work Monday … Without going into the gruesome details, I ended up with some nasty stuff splashed across the front of me. I had my mouth open (talking) at the time, and a fair amount went into my mouth. I was hoping that the only repurcussions were going…

It’s been yet another while since I’ve written. I have a theory that I shall now make public: at the heart of every Christmas tree, menorah and Festiva pole lies a minute black hole that sucks all available time into it. It’s the only possible explanation. The alternate reunion (dubbed “Plan B”) was a success….

Nothing like another birthday to get a person all maudlin and introspective. Year sixty-one wasn’t too bad. The world only outright tried to kill me once with that heart attack last August, although the broken ankle in March might have been another half-hearted attempt by the fates. Calculating all the near misses in my life…

Another nine spam deleted. The sense of satisfaction in blasting that stuff to kingdom come is brief, but significant. What is it about this AtMail account that attracts the spam-meisters? I use it for nothing except notifies and corresponding with other diarists. I have three other accounts I use, and none of them get this…