Late last week we discovered the first ding on Papa Smurf. On the left hand passenger door there’s an obvious dent where someone has opened another car door into him. Luckily the paint wasn’t damaged, but still …. *sigh*
I’ve been home sick today. I don’t handle being sick very well – lots of guilt cos [...]
This is going to be giving me nightmares …
Sad #1 – Arthur C Clarke has died at age 90
Sad #2 – some people really really suck
This is a very public apology to SL. T and I were supposed to be going to his place for dinner tonight, but the landlord finally came around to fix the non-opening garage door, and is still hard at it now. He likes to do the repairs himself. I’m not a handyman, but I’m sure [...]
I’ve spent this morning pouring over an amazing website that shows injuries sustained by soldiers in WWI, and the surgeries involved in reconstruction. It took years for some of these poor souls to be finished, often with repeat hospital admissions but one poor lad was listed as being inhospital for a single admission lasting 3 [...]
I was discussing this topic with T the other day. Trust isn’t always a good thing. In fact, trust can be an excuse for sheer laziness and a means to try avoiding responsibility for your own actions.
Don’t get me wrong, trust is a great thing. It’s very hard (and very unenjoyable) getting through life without [...]
Things seem to be really picking up, not just for me but also for those around me. I have my new job (which I’m absolutely loving), we have our new car (we do so love our Papa Smurf), and now T and I are engaged.
In addition, we have friends getting jobs, a friend booked in [...]