I Took Classes Like This

The office tends to be a very hierarchical place. I use the term “office” loosely, as in “place where you go each day so they’ll give you your paycheck”, as opposed to the “place where they arrange desks in cubicles in order to maximize efficiency by minimizing privacy”. Anyhow, any established workplace has a definite…

Have I mentioned recently how much I love my regular doctor? In the course of my life I’ve had good doctors and bad, technically excellent doctors who have no ability to talk in terms the patient understands, and doctors who simply don’t talk at all. And then there’s my GP. I had a 10:00 a.m….

At least that’s one thing that went right today. Doesn’t exactly balance the scales with what went wrong, but I’ll take my victories where I can.

For those who inquired, I found a nice little web page that tells a bit about ornamental gourds. The American Gourd Society, which I didn’t even know existed until I went looking for specific gourd information, has more information than I ever knew to ask anyhow. For those who simply want to cut tot he…

OK, did Kitten pose for this garden ornament or what? Unfortunately, poor Kitten had the smug wiped off her face this afternoon, when the apartment maintenance guys showed up to fix the toilet in the master bedroom and work on one of the bedroom doors so it would close properly (when it gets humid the…

Not particularly flattering, eh? Ah well, I’ll take “apple” over “banana” any day of the week. Finally heard from The Professor, who made a quick pass through cyberspace last night. He found a way to download one of the digital pictures from his camera onto the net (don’t ask me how; I didn’t think he…