I Took Classes Like This

I had dinner with the guy who works in my MIS department and his wife last night. They’re fun people, and I had a good time. I suspect it was a “pity dinner” on their part; they see me as a lost waif with no life outside the office. This made it hard, since I…

Apologies to anyone who has read previous entries on this. Apologies also for the length of this entry (believe it or not, I had to leave things out because it was getting too long). I have never before written all this down at one time, in one place. Today I needed to. I reserve the…

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upsidedown, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing…

D’uh? I chose my favorite color as grass green, my favorite container was a keg, and I noted that caffeine is necessary, and I get this?: Made by many not-so-well-known companies you really don’t get the praise or popularity you deserve. Fruit, refreshing, and orange. Now if you weren’t caffeine-free I might drink more of…

is really gawd-awful. Haven’t made up my mind about the series yet, but I believe I may start making it a point to tune in late so I don’t have to hear that John Denver wannabe singing one more time about how it’s “his turn to fly” and how he’s got “faith of the heart”….

Receiving the final divorce papers wasn’t as upsetting as I thought it was going to be. Even though I’d initiated the divorce, one does not leave a marriage of over twenty years lightly. I trust the fact that I’m only lightly unsettled by this means that I’ve done the right thing. I hope there’s no…