You know when folks ask you “what’s new?” how you instantly determine what of the new things in your life could possibly interest them and then politely reply “nothing”?
Well if nothing else my life has been interesting to me. Rabbit and I have been listening to scud-loads (a Stuart Leddy expression that I hope is not rude or offensive to those who know what it means, [read:euphemism]) of talk radio.
Tune in to CBC and listen to the countries finest look for ways to work words like “ostensibly” and “visceral” into sentences. I am convinced that this is how people remind themselves of their PHDs when their away from the office. Not to sound as though I’m above all that; I hang my college certificate (not diploma) above my desk with pride. Yes sir, George Brown College Commercial Art Certificate. In case your wondering the difference between a Commercial Art Certificate and a Graphic Design Diploma is two years of a persons life. So, dear reader what does one reap for the above demonstration of scholastic diligence? A string of life experiences terminating at a job in a small ISP. My advice is if you don’t know which star to hitch your wagon to make sure you hitch it to something.
I have begun reading The Hobbit again. With a little work I should be done by the time The Fellowship of the Ring hits the theatres.
The morning’s drive in to work rewarded me with a homespun CBC story about an apartment where 97 cats were recently liberated. This leaves the poor dedicated folks down at the by the Peterborough Human Society http://www.peterboroughathome.com/humane with the job of finding homes for 97 housecats, many of whom have lost touch with their desire to use a sandbox to relieve themselves. Rabbit and I were lucky with our Humane Society cat. Her only behavior problem is her predilection towards public nudity.
scud (sk d)
intr.v. scud·ded, scud·ding, scuds
1. To run or skim along swiftly and easily: dark clouds scudding by.
2. Nautical. To run before a gale with little or no sail set.
n.
1. The act of scudding.
2.
a. Wind-driven clouds, mist, or rain.
b. A gust of wind.
c. Ragged low clouds, moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer.
