Thirteen

I saw the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day this morning (taped from last night). I was a bit worried about it, since the BBC show has teamed with STARZ and I’d heard they’d Americanized the show a bit. Since Torchwood is a remote spin-off from Dr. Who, and since Dr. Who has a large…

It was the Day from Hell at work yesterday. Today promises a little relief, though not as much as I’d like. To compound things, it’s hot out there! The thermometer outside my office door registered 94 yesterday afternoon at around 4:00. Blegh. Recolored my hair Tuesday night. I think I might have left it on…

AQuietEvening wanted to know how I found out who gave the Doubleday book club my email address. It was actually due to the misspelling of my name. I knew I’d seen that particular misspelling somewhere before, but couldn’t place it. When I got home Friday, I started sorting my bills, getting things ready to be…

Twelve years ago Father’s day was Sunday, June 17th. I know because my father died on Father’s Day in 1990. He’d missed dying by heart attack in 1970. He missed dying by stroke in 1972. Both were diseases that were exacerbated, if not out-and-out caused, by smoking. Through it all, he peristed in smoking, to…

Wessex Books Found the Clavell book! And it was at a reasonable price. I forced myself off the site before I purchased anything else … but this has been a dangerous find.

It’s been a horrid day at work so far. Between the State and the Fed vets both putting in appearances today, and wanting more samples than any single animal is able to provide (exactly how many kidneys do they think an animal has, anyhow?), I’ve been getting persistent nosebleeds off and on. I’m sure it’s…