And… …I am in massive pain. It’s the old foot ailment. The story, for those coming late, is this. In college I, being the excitable person that I am, would spring from bed, jumping out of the top bunk and onto the hard tile floor. In time, this proved to be a stupid thing toContinue reading “On Wintry Aches and Pains”
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On the View at Wednesday
Let’s see how long this post grows to be; I’m not sure I have two brain cells left to rub together. I’ll put it this way. I broke five figures on word count at work today. My head doesn’t just feel like mush. I felt the hamsters inside my head running on their wheels, theContinue reading “On the View at Wednesday”
On Momentary Life Lulls
Life’s in a bit of a lull at the moment. This will pass.
On Thoughts This Wednesday Morning
Matt Frewer is coming to Farpoint! Okay, okay, many people are going to be geeking out that weekend over the winsome Felicia Day. But. Matt Frewer, people! Max Headroom! Sherlock Holmes! Doctor, Doctor! (Which so needs to be on DVD, dammit! I’d buy it. Right now!) Yes, I liked Frewer’s Holmes, from those four moviesContinue reading “On Thoughts This Wednesday Morning”
On Saturday Musings
A telemarketer called. I don’t know what he wanted. I didn’t hang up on him. I just put the phone down, got up, fixed lunch, hung out laundry, and then came back half an hour later. He wasn’t there any more. I put the phone back on the receiver. My grandmother seemed determined to sleepContinue reading “On Saturday Musings”
On the Consumption of Cashews
This week just past was a week of Mondays. Nothing but Mondays. Even Friday, which started out like a Friday, ended on a Mondayesque note. One contributing factor? On one of the Mondays this week, I ate some cashews. I needed a mid-morning snack. I went to the vending machine, I saw a packet ofContinue reading “On the Consumption of Cashews”
On the View at Thursday
Hello? Hello? Is this mic still on? However did it get to be Thursday? :tired: Oh, that‘s right. It’s called “work.” Since I really don’t have anything profound to say at the moment, I would point out that a survey of Doctor Who fans acclaimed “The Caves of Androzani” as the best story of allContinue reading “On the View at Thursday”
On Late Summer Doldrums
Ever feel just really disconnected? That’s about how I’m feeling these days. Politics? Not feeling engaged right now. Baseball? The Cubs :cubs: aren’t making me happy. Work? It’s there. Life? I have a headache. The only thing news worthy of the past week that’s held any interest for me is the splitting of Oasis withContinue reading “On Late Summer Doldrums”
On Being Histamatic
I am histamatic. That’s my word-coinage for the day, defined as “I itch all freakin’ over.” Why is Allyn histamatic? I ate some mango in a fruit salad a few days ago. Mango contains trace quantities of urushiol, the active toxin in poison ivy that causes skin irritation. Cashews also contain trace amounts of urushiol.Continue reading “On Being Histamatic”
On the Arrival of the Print
A week ago — well, eight days, if one must be precise — I ordered an Arthurian art print. Created by Todd Klein and J.H. Williams III, “Drawing the Sword” depicted the moment in the Arthurian mythos when young Arthur, unaware of his birthright as King of England, pulled the magical sword from the stone.Continue reading “On the Arrival of the Print”