Haiku to Yetzirah

OK, I got curious. If one is “hapless”, then what is “hap”? Immediate guess was “hap” as in “happy”, or “with hap”. This would make “hap” the gladsome quality a happy person possesses. That didn’t quite fit the definition of hapless as I knew it though, so I poked about on the web and discovered…

Kitten from Hell was in prime hellion mode this past weekend. My personal favorite escapade involves her actually getting into the cupboard, stealing a pack of Pounce tartar control treats, and ripping the pack open in the middle of the carpet between the living room and dining room. The Professor got to witness all this;…

I just checked my email. This was waiting for me: From: [email protected] To: ****@%%%%.### Subject: Thank you for your online registration! Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:35:43 -0400 (EDT) Dear Complete-name-of-the-Salamander, Thank you for activating your membership online at the Doubleday Book Club! We are delighted that you have chosen the convenience of online access…

If one is tuned to the Soft Rock “Sounds of the Season” station on cable, is one watching television, or listening to music? It hardly matters; the sound track sucks either way. I’m sitting here staring at the little factoid slide-show that Music Choice scrolls through while playing music by musicians I would never listen…

Passing Score: 650Scale: 300-900 Assisting the Pharmacist in Serving Patients: 835Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems: 866Participating in the Administration and Management of Pharmacy Practice: 900 Total Scaled Score: 850 Not as good as I would have liked, but not shabby. NOW maybe I can get somebody to respond to my job applications.

Around these parts, we don’t have a mouse or mole problem in our gardens so much as a vole problem. Voles can be easily mistaken for mice or moles at first glance, and actually look a bit like a cross between the two (tiny little mole eyes with a mouse-like tail which is actually a…