"The Onion"

A morning of pewter-tinted skies with a cold mesh-like drizzle. Yesterday, the temp was in the 80's; today, the mercury grudgingly neared 45.

The interstate was one long ragged line of headlight-blazing cars mousing north and south. At least all I had to do was cross over it, not get on it.

Breakfast was the customary sausage and biscuit with a large coke from Mickey D's. Juggling bookbag, coke and keys, I shambled across the parking lot, into the building, down one floor and unlocked the door to my "spacious" window less, basement office. Just me and the blind cavefish. (Said office happens to be in an inter dimensional void between the women's restroom and an electrical closet. On more than one occasion, I'm convinced that I've seen Captain Kirk fade in and out in the hall.)

The other AM hours seem fuzzy. I know I worked with due diligence, I just don't remember the specifics. Ah! It comes back to me. I completed a national competition entry form for the web site. Rationale, strategy, execution, results! Lots of affirmative verbiage mixed with sonorous terms. Then I scanned, saved, altered, re-saved, doctored some more and saved again a couple of snaps to use as promotional files for a wildlife series. Took longer than I expected because the phone rang, people popped up at the door seeking favors, and Mr. Spock transported in looking for the Captain.

LUNCH! Food! Sustenance! Cookies!

Lurching back across the interstate, I zipped into a nearby deli cum bakery cum "one of the newest places in town to eat." Throwing caution and barf bag to the wind, I ordered the Cobb salad, ice tea and two cookies. Cobb salad should have stayed in Cobb County. "Sweet" ice tea was not. Cookies were strange, pumpernickel-looking flat oblongs. What did they taste like? Like strange, pumpernickel-looking flat oblongs. At least the view was kool - sight lines across the interstate with the ebb and flow of traffic in the wet.

And I did get to read a funny article in "Wired" about the web off-beat humor bag "The Onion." "Wired" sea "The Onion" can be vulgar, insensitive, sexist, antipapist and even offensive. Mentioned was given to a number of headlines from it:

"God Answers Prayers of Paralyzed Little Boy"
" 'No,' Says God"

" '98 Homosexual-Recruitment Drive Nearing Goal"

"Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia: Cities of Sjlbvdnzy, Grznt To Be First Recepients"
"Operation Vowel Storm"

The only other event of interest was when I got home I discovered that the cats has gone on a redecorating binge. Namely, they had managed to open the proverbial sock drawer, pull out most of the items and tastefully re-arrange them around the bedroom.

More tomorrow!!!!

PAX!