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  • 2/20

    As predicted, I managed the morning snow and slush to make it to the cancer doctor. Everything checked out fine. They did just about everything but pat me on the head and give me a lollipop, which is okay.    The girl who checks me out – Samantha – knows the whole experience is pretty Read more

  • 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

  • 1/10

    This is day two of my Groupon extravaganza. My little Hoosier hometown and surrounding areas aren’t big on Groupon.    This place in Florida is.    My blessed sister has gotten into a habit of buying Groupons for me for various relaxation and well-being services. For example, yesterday I met Dustin and Jessie, his wife.  Read more

  • 1/8

    Change of plans. I’m not going to the gym today.   Rather, I’m going to spend the day doing house and yard work.  My right leg is still feeling pretty spongy.   I’ve got to walk about 45 minutes (one way) to get to the gym.   I’m also feeling kind of sunburnt.  I didn’t use sunblock on Read more