Waiting for Santa

Memorial Day weekend ended mostly unremarkable. Indeed, things in general are far less remarkable than they were last year this time. Perhaps the most remarkable thing that happened was that the Younger Sister called to give me her regards on the anniversary of the transplant (as measured by the day-before-Memorial-Day as opposed as measuring from…

There’s a challenge making the rounds at DD now to take the book nearest to you right now, as you are reading this, open it to page 23, and post the fifth line in your diary. Here’s mine. From Lao Tzu Tao te Ching, A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way…

So here I sit, feeling sorry for myself, when my station plays a song I haven’t heard for many years. I may not believe in God, but there are uncanny coincidences in our lives. Some of those pick you up and shake you by the shoulders at just the right time. When I went out…

Well, the Aspirus movement seems to be growing slowly but surely. I continue to get daily hits from search engines that have been instructed to seek out “aspirus” on the net, but now I note I am not the only Dear Diary journal to come up on these searches. I also note with interest that…

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…

Yahoo!*Hot*jobs. JuJu . SimplyHired. Monster.com. USA Jobs. I know ‘em all, and a few score others. You can spend hours bouncing like a ping-pong ball from site to site, looking for that elusive will o’ the wisp job. The closest thing I’ve come to finding that fits my desires and skill sets is located in…