When you feel too sick to pat a purring cat, it truly is a sad day indeed ( Read more... )

The other day I was shopping at the mall because I needed a new pair of jeans. It was, I think, a Monday afternoon, and the mall was mostly empty. As I was walking down the deserted alleys, I started to feel uneasy. All around me stood empty shops full of merchandise waiting to be sold, so much merchandise - plastic accessories, brightly-colored ( Read more... )