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  • 2/19

    Okay, so hi there. I’m feeling better. Didn’t wake up with Athena splitting brain cells this morning. The throat doesn’t feel like it’s completely made out of molten lava.   I was able to tame it enough to down some soggy cereal — because Honey Graham corners are just to sharp right now. Better.  Better and… Read more

  • 2/17

    Day ??? of feeling like crap weakly warmed over. But.. this day is a little different. This day comes with a couple of cold sores and a fairly numbed grading brain. —  I suppose fever sores would be more accurate.   Mom said I used to get them when I had a bad fever. I was… Read more

  • 2/16

    Well, I still pretty much feel like crap on a crap shingle. Yesterday was particularly rough. By about nine p.m, I was shivering and sweating buckets.  I wasn’t really sleeping, but more unconscious.  When I woke, which was frequently, it was to drink what felt like a liter of water, soda, tea… just anything I… Read more

  • 2/13

    Today has been odd. Odd as in not weird odd, but odd as in I’ve felt like crap. Headache, dizziness, feeling weak. No coughing or runny nose or anything. Just the general crappy feeling. A crap tomatoe and pickle sandwich with a side of crap. The crap in the CRAAP test. Just…. crap. For some… Read more

  • 2/12

    The weather is 30, not 80. It’s been raining on and off for the past couple of days instead of a blue sky. The rivers swell and I’m wearing pants, not shorts.  (Blue jeans, even if they’re out of style.) I’m in a house of four others instead of just one. I don’t have to… Read more

  • 2/7

    Americans are funny people. I consider each and every one of us mutts. My German, English, Dutch, Scottish, Irish background qualifies me as a mutt. I’m okay with that. I know that there are some Americans who don’t have that type of heritable background, but that’s okay.   They’re mutts by association.  They may not know… Read more

  • The Tale of Sir Sneezles

    Full name: – Little Mister Sneezles. Original name: – Little Mister Aliases: – Cat – Hey you – Kit-kit – What do you think you’re doing? – Sneezies Sneezles, as he is most commonly known, came into our life about ten or eleven years ago.  Mister, our first fantastically pain in the butt cat had… Read more

  • 1/24

    Something strange happened this morning. I fell. It wasn’t just a little fall either.  It had two parts. First, there was the pre-lack of coordination.  This is when I performed the morning ritual of bribing… not giving… bribing the cat with some 6am snacks as a way let Jason get another hour of sleep before… Read more

  • 1/21

    Today feels like it’s going to be lazy. At one point, I thought that was a curse…  a day without running around in some form of panic and anxiety.  But, I’ve become pretty cool with it as long as it doesn’t happen too often. Actually, I’m feeling fairly tired again. I might take a nap.… Read more

  • 1/17

    Change of plans. Today, I was going to head back to the gym.  But, my left leg has started to feel spongy just like my right leg, except in a different spot.    It’s getting to be kind of painful to walk any distance.   —  Guessing it’s pulled muscles from the 70+ km I did… Read more