We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

Just got a letter from the state. My unemployment is extended through the last week of July. Why I should feel like less of a free-loader when I’m on unemployment than off of it is up for grabs, but at least I’m pulling some cash flow into this household while I look. The best prospect…

The five year reunion of my class from veterinary school was a bit of a bust. The way the reunions work for my school is that they hold an “Alumni Day” once a year on campus when any graduate can attend. During that alumni day, graduates celebrating their -5th or -10th anniversary a specially noted….

Last night I slept over nine hours. I don’t know that I’ve ever appreciated a good sound sleep as much as I do nowadays. It is an absolute luxury to wake up and actually feel refreshed. I even felt good enough to drag about four boxes up stuff upstairs. I didn’t unpack them or anything…

January 27, 1967. I was ten years old. I was one of those geek kids who was completely enamored with the space program. These were the days when they still wheeled the big television set into the classroom so we could watch take-offs and landings. On this day I was in the living room, laying…

Yup. He’s sick. Clueless just barfed spectacularly throughout the dining room of the apartment. Since he ate nothing this morning, this was last night’s dinner coming back. Confirmation of this took form of his completely intact Pounce treat in the middle of the barf. The Pounce treat that he got nearly nineteen hours ago with…

I first became aware of the “Theorem of Situational Shielding” while learning to drive. One of the corollaries to this theorem is “Car Glass is Opaque When Looking From the Outside In”. A short sit in slow traffic on any given day will demonstrate the concept. The woman belting out “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina”…