The Big Fix

This was waiting on my front doorstep this afternoon. I checked. Gardenias aren’t toxic to cats, so I can even bring it in come winter! I’ll just need to fence it off, so the cattle don’t graze on it.

You know that old saying that if you want to stiff a waitress, don’t leave her a tip, but if you want to insult her, leave her a penny? Actually, that’s not really an old saying. I just made that up. I got my review today. I believe I have just been insulted. On an…

When I went to bed at two this morning, it was snowing. When I got up this morning, it was still snowing. The results of ten additional hours of snowfall were obvious. The Socialist spent two hours last night after I retired starting the dig-out process. I’m sure it made a difference, but the wind…

It’s a slow, grey afternoon. The highlight so far has been the discovery that my neighbor’s car door opener sounds identical to the input pad on my microwave oven. I was sitting at my desk, staring at my 5748th game of Snood (no lie, I took that directly off of the Snood score page) and…

Actually, on the evils of corticosteroids. My first encounter with steroids was post surgical, last summer. The second was just these past four weeks or so. They have a deserved reputation for affecting mood, and for appetite enhancement. The mood swings for me are the worst. I have been nearly suicidal, I’ve been manic, I’ve…

Today is May 5th, 2001. Several weeks ago, I received my copies of the final divorce papers. My twenty-second wedding anniversary would have been in two weeks. We never fought. We never cheated on each other. He loved me dearly and will probably never understand why I left him. We never spoke at the dinner…