I Took Classes Like This

It’s been exactly two weeks today. Ex-work screwed up last week and neglected to direct deposit my final week’s worth of earned pay into my savings account. Apparently the 71+ hours of accrued PTO I had was also supposed to be direct deposited but that too didn’t make it. Both should go in today. My…

It never really occurred to me that anyone would notice my absence for a couple of days. Especially if I kept making comments. So when I started seeing my name in the title lines of people’s diary entries today I was taken aback a tad. At first I started making personal explanations as to what…

No, hardly a stroll, I fear. This was three hours of climbing straight uphill, then heading straight downhill, only to head straight uphill again. It was good exercise, and I enjoyed myself immensely, but sheesh, haven’t those guys ever heard of “switchbacks”????? The Professor and I spent the day at Susquehannock State Park, which is…

For the first time in perhaps half a year, the Professor went to bed when I did. He got up when I did too, although that was hunger driven rather than his being ready to rise. In fact, when I came home from work today, he was back in bed. He said he only got…

There’s a daily newslist for people who have the same cancer that I do. It’s surprisingly active, considering how few of us there are. The discussions this week centered mostly around people getting rejected for life and disability insurance. Based on comments from participants plus the forum’s moderator (a reputable foundation for this disease) having…

“Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come wherein humanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by…