Dropped off my car at the repair shop after work, to get a disturbing rattling sound checked out first thing in the morning. It is about a half mile between my house and the mechanic's place. He and his assistant were still there, though the lights were off and it was long past closing time: I recognized their voices. Unable to resist, I loosed a ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I finally finished correcting a goof on a trio of cages ordered some months ago, and put them fully together, at the cost of internal bruising to my right palm. Too much prying and clamping. Ow. Have to use the hole punch at work left-handed. Needed to get that built, as the trio of does from the last litter were starting to have little ( Read more... )

Nifty: The names Reno Dakota, Rycroft Graham, Deneen Lessa, and Zusaan.

Not Nifty: Have two nose bleeds in the same number of days. And not seeing enough of my friends.

Niftometer Reading: Null.

A bat just flew in through the entrance of the garage, up to the window in front of me, about-faced, and flew out again ( Read more... )

I had a dream in the twilight hours of this morning. I answered a call on our kitchen phone, which turned out to be a woman calling from some company I had called in an emergency some time ago. (That was dream-knowledge: I know not the name of the woman, nor what company it was. The call I 'remembered' never actually took place.) I nearly hung up ( Read more... )

Last week I went on an interview for a lawyer's office as a receptionist. I was short on job references, so I asked the morning girl if I could put her name. She agreed. Couple days ago, she called me at work to see if I would be a job reference for her, and readily I agreed ( Read more... )

The moon looks especially big and cheese-like tonight.

Feel groggy today, not as 'blaugh' as the last couple days. Probably thanks to the weather; it's hard to feel ill-ish when the day cries out to you, "Come! Walk the dog! Read by sunlight! Mess with lawn machinery! Get a sunburn you won't care about because it was enjoyable getting it! There is so much you can do!... Oh wait, HAHAHAH, you have to ( Read more... )

for yourself: try to win something for someone else ( Read more... )

In the hopes of teaching children better eating habits, Cookie Monster's "C is for Cookie" is being replaced by "Cookies are a Sometimes Food ( Read more... )