A fine pug, if ever there was one ( Read more... )

Pertaining to the situation or status of being catalyzed, relating to the action of a catalyst ( Read more... )

Delta variant!!! OMG, even if you've gotten the "safe and effective vaccine", you should still be wearing masks inside. And if you have kids, you should be wearing masks around them, even if you don't have COVID, even though kids aren't adversely affected by it, even though as a virus mutates it becomes far more contagious but FAR LESS DEADLY... I ( Read more... )

There is a difference. A very real difference. Getting up to the cabin helped, that's for sure. The watershed moments I previously alluded to, huge shit. But I was officially promoted July 1, changed my email signature, and suddenly making, well, a LOT more money. I mean, nothing ridiculous, it's not like I got a 20 dollar/hour raise, but what I ( Read more... )

That thing... When your boss's boss tells him, top-down, that "we need to do something for Sean". And you end up getting a promotion, and a significant, and I do mean SIGNIFICANT raise, and it's all because of the hard work and dedication that you have put in over the years ( Read more... )

You know I got your number, number all night, I'm always on your team, I've got your back, allright? Taking those, taking those losses if it treats you right, I want to put you into the spotlight! (if the world would only know what you've been holding back), heart attacks, every night, oh you know it's not right! I'll follow you way down, wherever ( Read more... )

Off on Friday, booked out to Saugatuck for our anniversary. Had to come home yesterday, and we were both assed out, so that was pretty much a done deal. A day or two beforehand, I had opted to take Monday off, which was really a great idea; today's been a slow, round-to-it kind of day, and that's just a great thing indeed. Of course, it's back to ( Read more... )

I keep half-starting all these entries, lots on my mind, lots to ponder, but then I get sidetracked, and that's not a bad thing, because it means that I'm not living inside my head as much, not dwelling on things... Now, I mean, there's a lot going on; right now, although chilly out, it is sunny, it is green, I mean, really, the view out my office ( Read more... )

**I had started this one last weekend, but got busy and put a pin in it. Recurring theme that I already talked about yesterday, but also a great point about "being offended ( Read more... )

My inventions ( Read more... )