Going, going, GONE!

Funny thing happened today: I inherited my Mom’s eyes. My parents had eye sight from opposite ends of the spectrum: Dad was horribly myopic, and Mom was slightly farsighted. My sister inherited Dad’s eyes: she was legally blind (without her glasses) before she entered high school. I was slightly nearsighted in middle school. I got…

It has been a strange day. First, I slept late. Work has been surreal. In the next few hours I’ll be heading to the barn to take care of Isis. I always get there when it’s too late to work Rajiyyah. Pretty soon it won’t matter what time I leave because it will be dark…

I’ve been healing very well from the accident. The physical therapist and my regular doctor have been positive and upbeat about how quickly I’ve been recovering. I have been doing regular exercises and trying to not work too much on the computer. The strain from looking down exacerbates the neck sprain. The good news is…

The Inauguration entry from the Online Etymology Dictionary: 1569, from Fr. inauguration “installation, consecration,” from L. inaugurationem (nom. inauguratio) “consecration, installment under good omens,” from inaugurare “take omens from the flight of birds, consecrate or install when such omens are favorable,” from in- “on, in” + augurare “to act as an augur, predict” (see augur)….

Imagine the surprise of finding a horse in an automated teller booth. A customer at a bank in Berlin, Germany, arrived in the early morning to find a horse (looks like a Belgian from the picture) in the teller stall with the drunk rider asleep on the floor. Police were called to take care of…