I Took Classes Like This

Sorry … I’ve had a few people ask me this now, and I keep forgetting to include it in an entry. We really don’t know why Clueless Wonder is sick. We’ve been able to rule out some things. No foreign object shows up on radiographs, so he didn’t swallow one of the ACfH’s toys or…

I’m going through the whole “what the hell am I keeping a diary for” phase again. This question has come up to plague me yearly since I started keeping this thing on line. I’ve come up with good reasons in the past. I’m just not sure they were valid reasons. Good and valid aren’t necessarily…

“I said to Life, ‘I would hear death speak.’ And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, ‘You hear him now!’ ” -Kahlil Gibran Am I doing what I ought to be with the time left to me? Have I contacted everyone I’d want to be in touch with? Have I let people…

You know that feeling you get the day after you injure yourself? Imagine that you’re hammering nails, and manage to wing your thumb instead of the nailhead. You don’t do any real damage, but it hurts like hell afterwards. Then the day after, your thumb doesn’t hurt any more, but it still remembers that it…

It’s 2:14 and I’m not asleep.

Her name is Selkie, after the Celtic mythological creature. She’s a terror and a sweatheart. Thank heaven The Professor is on a vampire schedule at the moment, so Selkie has somebody to keep her amused while I try to sleep. The Clueless Wonder is a little taken aback, but is getting used to sharing his…