Special Ordered, Arrived Yesterday

[Obligatory note: If you read this as a personal attack on your participation in sports or in a sports event, then you haven’t read what I’ve written. I may not understand the point of sports, but I don’t understand the point of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches either. I will still defend to the death…

Well, I’m alot closer now to what I was originally hoping for in the Palimpsest decor department. I really wanted to go with something more tan, but tweaking in some yellow makes the contrast better, and makes things easier to read. I probably won’t stop tweaking, but I am going to give it a rest…

So last night I looked in on Waldo just after dinner time and found him in the standard “J” position of a caterpillar preparing to pupate. According to the book, that meant he was due to pupate in 24 hours. This morning Waldo was still “hanging in there”. Around 10:00 this morning I went downstairs…

OK, kids. This is the list I have of people who have requested five-question private interviews: CalichefallimomJamisincMoonriddenGirlAntigoneMonstergueThubtenToverfee If you requested an interview and aren’t on the list, let me know. I’m notorious for making partial lists. In fact, I’m the sort of person who goes to the store to get shampoo, and then comes home…

My Christmas cactus is getting ready to bloom for Easter. I don’t know who is more confused, me or the cactus. In answer to one of yesterday’s comments, nope, I am not vaccinated against Q-fever. Coxiella burneti is on the chart, but isn’t too great a concern with the animals I work with, all of…

Technically, the word was thirteen letters long, but that’s because I used the adjective form ending in “ing” instead of the noun form ending in “er”. And it isn’t that I rarely use it. As The Socialist will only be too happy to tell you, I never use it. I find it offensive. The poor…