He Died With His Boots On

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…

Adolescent Cat from Hell must be going through some sort of personal security crisis at the moment. When she was a kitten, she liked to sit on my shoulder. I encouraged this – I thought it was cute and it made my little black heart melt whenever she sought me out so she could sleep…

I had a strange dream last night, all the stranger for the fact that I remembered it. I know why I had it. Yesterday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. And yesterday I was speaking to friends about playing favorites with children. The anniversary of the moon landing leaves me nostalgic….

was a disaster, though not for the reasons I had anticipated. It’s hard to accuse someone else of screwing up when you find that you yourself are a bigger screw-up. Turns out The Prof did go to the math lab yesterday. He showed up an hour late, but he went. He didn’t over-sleep; his late…

Last Christmas the Professor took me to Laguna Beach see the Pacific Ocean. It was the first time I’d ever gotten my hands wet in any ocean other than the Atlantic. He laughed when I told him last year that I’d only ever seen sunrises over the ocean and longed to see a sunset. He…

“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” – American humorist Mark Twain And Lord, what fools we mortals be! So far, there have been two successful April’s Fool’s jokes played on me. The first was to wake up to find my car covered…