So, last night ended up being a 6 prednisone adventure.

This wasn't entirely by choice.  It was late, and waiting for the bus to pay a buck-25 to drag my bike home was taking too long.  I just don't like the idea of hanging out on Westheimer in the dark.  Some of my fellow bus people are not the coolest.  Some are, but at that time of night, some ( Read more... )

Today started off with me wondering why the bottom of my right leg feels like it has had half a wicker basket jammed underneath the skin ( Read more... )

And no... this just happens to fall conveniently on April 1st.

On the 8th of February, I was requested and required to vacate my place of residence. In fact, I stood in front of a judge to see if I could buy more time. His words still resound in my head.

"Mr. Manley, best of luck to you."

It was then that I realized how events were shaping up to be ( Read more... )

DISCLAIMER: I’m not trying to count this chicken before it hatches, but here’s why it’s tough to not crow about it… a little, anyway ( Read more... )

Today, I finally recovered from the financial doldrums of being behind on my cab lease.  Basically, what this entails is working like a day lease driver, having to go back into the yard every day and chip off little bits of your burden financially.  What started it off was the recent wave of high water days and a weekend compounded by the fact I ( Read more... )

Lucky for me, the day decided to honor me with early work and I knocked off early because people were getting goofier and goofier as the night pressed on. Literally, I cooled it off at about 11pm, satisfied I'd made enough cash.

Saw the new Star Trek yesterday and I've decided I need to see it again. I was originally grousing about the story in my ( Read more... )

I rescued a cat from euthanasia this morning and brought him home.  Nina is so unused to being aggressive around other cats, she doesn't even know which way to hiss right now.  It's pretty fuckin' hysterical... the male, I'm calling him "Elbee" for "Little Boy Cat," is token hissing back at her and myewing like he did in the cat carrier.  I think, ( Read more... )

...when you find 17 instances of Firefox help launched when you get home for a midday break.

Oh well.  It's not like she can ruin my credit any worse than it already has been.

For those of you who know me from way back when, you know what kind of admiration I USED to have for one Terry Gene Bollea: a man most of us still know as Hulk Hogan ( Read more... )

...and now, the world of NFL Films has lost Harry Kalas.

I first heard him as the studio host of NFL Review and Preview in the 70's, lending his pipes to already legendary narrations performed by the late John Facenda.  Frankly, I never heard that he was the broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies until today and I know those folks lost a good one ( Read more... )