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Today would have been my father’s 83rd birthday. He’s been dead for twelve years now, but I haven’t yet forgotten his birthday when it comes by. He hated birthdays, or any fuss being made. He hated anything that departed from routine. He didn’t even like taking vacations away from the house. He was a tough…

Today has been rough. I write this while waiting for word from my veterinarian’s office. This morning I awoke to find Clueless fast asleep on top of my legs. Clueless is not a “bed cat”. He doesn’t mind if he visits for a few brief minutes when his people are first snuggling down for the…

I’ve become quite settled in my jobless routine. Which is why it was so unsettling to read in the national news about problems at a sister corporation to my former employer. The problem is related to some of the things I once had some peripheral input to, and it’s a big enough fiasco that my…

Someone reading this has done something to hurt me. It was not an accidental slight. This was mean-spirited, malicious and required some small amount of preparation. Please, don’t e-mail me to ask if it was you. If you aren’t sure, then it wasn’t you. If you are sure, you really won’t have any reason to…

At least, it would be Indian Summer, were the sun out. It’s in the sixties, and the bit of rain we had earlier this morning has passed now. I can even fancy seeing a bit of blue sky to the west, but I’m not counting on anything. I stopped by the shipping store last night…