by Mir | Oct 7, 2004 | Detritus
Because I signed myself up for the Do Not Call Registry as soon as it became available, instead of receiving eleventy billion unwanted calls every day, I only receive one or two. This reduction is a good thing. However, it has rendered my standard methods for dealing...
by Mir | Oct 6, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
You know what’s really, really cool about being a parent? Children are an endless source of entertainment, and you can torment them in endless ways that are not technically considered abuse. This morning at breakfast–horror of horrors!–we had...
by Mir | Oct 6, 2004 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin, What do I do all day?
I love prednisone, yes, I really really do, because my leg, it very nearly looks like a leg, today. It doesn’t even itch. See? Here I am, not scratching! Hurray! But, oh how I hate the prednisone. Hate hate HATE. The prednisone? It is opposed to sleeping. The...
by Mir | Oct 5, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
Low blood sugar, you know. In addition to the crazy prednisone. So that’s what I’m going to blame the following random thoughts on, if pressed. But don’t press me; I prefer to be gently squeezed. (Also blaming that last statement on the lack of food,...
by Mir | Oct 5, 2004 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
Another fine excursion to the dump, today. My car was packed to the gills with recycling; I’ve cut another path through the basement and expanded the walking room in the garage with the number of cardboard boxes I removed. The stack of discarded Boston Globes no...
