Sunny Summer Sunday

It’s a sunny summer Sunday, and I’m bored. I seem to be bored a lot lately. This time, though, it’s a forced boredom. I bought a new box to use as a file server, so that those ever-increasingly frequent re-formats of my machines are made that much easier – if I don’t [...]

Two weeks

Yeah, I swore I’d keep up with this thing – and tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my last post. So even though I don’t have a lot to say, I’m here, because it seems like crossing that two week mark would be bad. No, I don’t know why it seems like it [...]

It’s Monday, and oh boy is it Monday.

I hate Mondays, I think I always have. Today was no exception. Nothing terrible or traumatic happened, I’m just tired, forgot to take my Allegra so my sinuses hurt, and I was in meetings for 4 hours of the day. That’s enough to make any Monday bad.
Oh, and J told me [...]

Man ordered to wear sign: ‘I am a liar. I am not a Marine’

I am a liar. I am not a Marine.
Usually news stories of criminal punishment, especially punishment by humiliation, generate little interest for me. But this one struck home for me, as a military wife. By claiming to be a veteran, and a war veteran to boot, this man did in fact disrespect [...]

Potato Chips and Coffee

Yup, that was my breakfast this morning. I’m fairly certain that Dr. Agaston would not approve. He probably would not approve of the guilt I feel over it, either. Well, not exactly guilt. More like shame. I made it through one whopping day on Phase I this time, my fourth. [...]