My friend died on the 14th, and the funeral was the 19th. I did the first reading and my voice broke. Apparently this has led the many legal professionals in attendance to believe I have a heart. I am grateful that I got to go to see him in ICU and tell him goodbye ( Read more... )

Well, since last time, I have taken one cat to the vet, had my new onlineshoes.com shoes Not Fit (can feet shrink?) got a new battery for my car, been on five hospital visits to one of my old mentors, and then found out today that he is in ICU and not expected to live. He is 82, but still, I've been lunching with him twice a week for the past year ( Read more... )

I have been increasingly aware that I should, uh, indicate that I am in the land of the living. At least, to those who don't know where I live.

Why the silence? The sheer weight of accumulated every day life factors...I can't get decent office internet service at a rate below robbery; I am hardly in the office as I am working two indigent ( Read more... )

I heard the NPR story last Saturday and have been waiting impatiently for the follow up, especially that couple who had budgeted so they had $0 by midnight tonight. So, I guess, it's midnight, Florida time? Hee hee hee hee. I mean, isn't it already the 21st in New Zealand?

On the good side, I paid myself.

On the bad side, I have to go to bed in a minute so I can go do jail visits in the morning.

It's been an interesting week. Our benighted Chief Justice has, blaming tornado relief, cut the court system and we are losing two thirds of the court clerical staff in our courthouse by September 1. I haven't got a pink ( Read more... )

So any emails from me with odd subject lines--me not using the word "dude" somehow--are probably spam. Two entities, kroger and I think Netflix or something, got their ( Read more... )

Humor Amid The Ruin - Decaturdaily.com

I thought I had better check in, since I have some time. I seem to spend some evenings doing nothing in particular, and then, boom, it's time for bed ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who thought of me and contacted me--as we are supposed to conserve power I will make this short ( Read more... )

I am just briefly getting online to let y'all know I'm okay and only without ( Read more... )