It's hard to get back into large blocks of consecutive thought after getting so used to chunking things up for Twitter ( Read more... )

Today was a fun one at work. I dug up the half package of Halls menthol cough drops left over from the last time I was sick with a cough and brought them in with me.

Normally when I feel sick I just soldier on and try to be normal at work. But something about this (minor as it is) seems to be kicking my ass. It may just be me getting old has reduced ( Read more... )

The body responds to stress by going through three stages ( Read more... )

I feel really shitty lately. I'm not sure why, it continues even on the days when I go out of my way to ensure that I get a full night's sleep. It doesn't seem to make a great deal of difference. I still feel shitty in the morning, just less so ( Read more... )

I need to remember to take some time at work to call on that condo I'd like to know more about. Bill won't mind my taking the time, as much of a head start as we'll be having today.

Been spending a lot of time on my knees cleaning in preparation for "sparkle days" ("let's make a contest out of annual cleaning!"). It's good honest work, and I get ( Read more... )

There have been a number of occasions in my life where it has been a conscious effort of will to simply not give up and just go mad.

People take it lightly when I say I'm "crazy", but most of them don't know how just how close to rubber rooms and sedatives I have been at times.

Just got on my scale for the first time in a long time ( Read more... )

I bought a self-contained "closet" cheap at Target in an effort to free up closet space (by getting my clothes out of it). It's a little flimsy, but not too bad for the price. Then, I boxed/binned up some seldom used stuff and piled it in the closet ( Read more... )

A story from work I forgot to relate: Sunday before last (I think) I had a young woman whose last name was Amato. That happens to be my paternal grandmother's maiden name, and she had the distinctive unibrow that's common to that part of my family. I struck up a brief conversation. It was interesting ( Read more... )

My back's been bothering me since this past Sunday. Maybe since before then, but that's when it started to get really bad and started to affect my range of motion ( Read more... )