I had a supervisor once, an Englishwoman, who used to say

Life's a bitch, but the puppies are cute.

I'll agree with the first, but I haven't been seeing any puppies lately.

Still, I do hope for better times. If nothing else, the weather is lovely here these days. Maybe the rest will follow.

omg It is ( Read more... )

Me, neither. Consider this, though. Sesame Street has turned 40. Forty! And I precede the generation(s) that grew up with it. Wah!

To feel a little bit better, check out Google. Not sure how long they've been/they will be doing it, but their logo is featuring some familiar faces. Okay, yesterday it was actually Big Bird's legs. Today I ( Read more... )

It's thundering outside. Although there's only a 40% chance of rain ( Read more... )

Just had a bad day followed by a very bad day. Even was kind of sick for a while. Hope when I wake up tomorrow the world has reset itself into a more amenable mood.

The good news is that I've seen the new Star Trek movie. Last night, in fact.

The bad news is that this has put me behind on e-mail and LJ. But I'm on target with work and am going to try to catch up a little now, so it's not really bad news.

The warm weather continues, although I don't think today is quite as bad as yesterday or the day before. However, because all the windows are open due to the warmth and because it's the heigth of pollen season, my throat has been feeling dusty, and I'm given to freqent little coughs ( Read more... )

I'm afraid I didn't do anything in particular for Earth Day. But I do try to be at least moderately thoughtful about the Earth most of the time, so perhaps it doesn't matter too much.

Today is the feast day of St. Servatius, according to my Forgotten English 366-day calendar (a gift this past Christmas). He is, among other things I'm sure, a patron of rat-catchers ( Read more... )

Back, and crankier than when I left. Cranky, cranky, cranky!