Cats sleeping at last. They’ve pushed me out of my bed. Must buy more tissues.

Cats at bedroom door. Shoo cats! Let me sleep awhile. Cats think “food”, not “flu”. I promise I’ll make a real entry soon. It’s just easier to compose haiku in bed than it is to compose entries.

My nose is running. It’s more athletic than I and leaves me breathless. **************************** To the question: Where is Palimpsest? Palimpsest is where Palimpsest always should have been. Palimpsest has returned to her home under the rock. It was foolish to allow the shadows to frighten her away, and it was more foolish to stay…

Day two of the flu Sneezing becomes a fine art My nose hurts like hell

Fever, chills, nausea, Muscle aches, headache and snot. Influenza sucks.

I am more open than I once was. It’s a strength. It’s a vulnerability. It takes me off-guard at times. The most profound moments in my life are those moments when the picture shifts. It’s the real life version of the optical illusion sketches that fascinated you as kids. You’ve seen examples of what I’m…

subtitled: What I didn’t do last evening. I couldn’t do it. The Socialist called me an asshole and a few other unkind things, but I just couldn’t go to the movies alone. It was probably just as well. I got out of work later than I wanted, and didn’t get home until 6:30. The movie…

Encyclopedia of Arda: Orc Click on “orc” in the text for more information than you ever wanted on the evil critters under Sauron’s sway. The Encyclopedia of Arda is the best on-line reference for everything Middle Earth.

OK. I have four free tickets to tonight’s 7:40 Return of the King. That’s free. “Free” as in “I didn’t have to pay for them, you don’t have to pay for them, you save $8.50 on three and a half hours worth of entertainment.” Everyone going with me tonight has backed out. I have four…

More pluses than minuses. Enjoyed very much. Kiddie relevant facts: No sex; no gore (lots of fighting and blood but no guts or ghastly wounds); one burned alive; lots of ugly critters, including a spider with attitude; triumph of good over evil; triumph of the little guy over the big guy; 3.5 hours long. If…