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I hate being sick
I especially hate sinusitis. Haven't had an attack in years, so this episode really burns. The pain is awful, the cause is unavoidable, I feel trapped in an unhealthy workplace ( Read more... ) -
I wonder if I'm going senile prematurely
I finished reading the book I bought in 2005 and apparently never got to read, so now I'm reading the next (latest) in the series, and damn me if it looks like I never read that one, either ( Read more... ) -
When I was 45, it was a very bad year
Actually, I was fifty, but it wouldn't fit with the tune ( Read more... ) -
For want of a nail
I have been looking back, not in joy, but in sorrow. From childhood on, I can not honestly say that any male has looked upon me with uncomplicated affection, save for a couple of dogs and a cat ( Read more... ) -
Into the cave of winter
With the Land of the Midnight Sun now in the midnight stage (no sun), we here in more temperate (or so they tell us) climes are having a cold, windy, icy rainy day, just a few degrees above snow ( Read more... ) -
I have now seen DHII Twice (in 3D, no less)
The second time, I was with 2 adults who have not followed the books or the film series, and they were totally lost. The film cannot stand alone. But then, I never expected it could. It's a series for a reason.
The film moves quite briskly, until the Final Battle, where we spend far too much time staring at rubble and people doing nothing ( Read more... ) -
I'm hating myself
for my total inability to flog myself to do more unpleasant, pointless, hard work than I am already ( Read more... ) -
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Goddess, I'm feeling so sad. Today was my mother's birthday--she would have been 71, had she lived to see today. It's been 12.5 years since she died. And yet, I still feel the umbilical connection.
I have no idea if anyone else in the family is feeling it, but I think they must be. She was the heart of the family, holding all those rugged ( Read more... ) -
Not So Happy Stl Patrick's day
I am not the only one predicting doom and gloom for Japan and fear for the rest of the world.
This doesn't make me happy. Nor does the duplicity of the rich and connected in Japan, nor the stupidity of our pResident, insisting on building more death bombs here.