Feeling Rather Goofy Today

Those of you have been following the blog for any length of time know that I can be, from time to time, slightly goofy. Ya know, puckish, as in "he ain't quite right in the head, is he?" Today is one of those days. I have nothing serious I wish to talk about, though there be much that is serious in the world, I tend to not write about it, except on rare occasions. This ain't one of those occasions. Just so's you know.

LUSH hard at work on her first post.

Okay, in all fairness to my youngest, she is suffering from what I like to call the "Lemoore Crud." Snuffy nose, bloodshot eyes, general lack of enthusiasm for doing anything requiring getting out of bed. Sounds like the common cold but it is oh so much worse.

Now she had her Mom out there for a month and a half, kids were both healthy and cooperative. Then her mother-in-law was visiting for a week or so. The kids were both healthy and cooperative. Now that both grandmothers have returned to their abodes, of course the youngest comes down with some kind of crud which makes her cranky and feverish.

A visit to the doctor (after multiple phone calls to get authorization on the weekend) the youngest is diagnosed with a "really bad cold." (Though I personally suspect the "Lemoore Crud.")

So while LUSH could have been regaling us with tales of her days in the Navy, she has instead been taking care of a sick child. After the child got well, you guessed it, Mom (LUSH) came down with whatever the youngest had only multiplied times five.

So I give her a pass. For now...

I believe I mentioned that Tuna was out and about the planet doing whatever it is that Tuna does when he's not hard at work back home in Sandy Eggo. From all accounts he is having far too good a time during his travels and I suspect he's not thinking about blogging at all. But then again, the deal was that he could post whenever he felt like it or not at all as the mood struck him.

Though it would be nice to see a post about those travels, I don't expect one very soon. Unlike me, Tuna is a very busy guy. So he tells me at any rate. And yes, I believe him. I'm trusting like that...

Juvat is my mainstay. Every Monday, like clockwork. I check and bingo, there's a post. (Well, there was that one time he forgot to schedule it. Not that I remember stuff like that...)

One more thing...

I wanted to let y'all know something about comments. I try to answer all comments on my posts. From what I've seen, so does Juvat, Tuna not so much. It's a personal preference whether an author responds to comments or not. On most posts I will respond, on some (like last Sunday's) I don't. Everything I wanted to say, I said in the post. It depends. I do read everything that shows up here. Posts, comments, I even chase links. (WARNING - If you leave a bad link, that is, it goes somewhere that angels fear to tread, then the comment will get deleted. Also certain words will get your comment deleted. I've only deleted three non-spam comments over the five years I've been doing this. As readers, y'all are a very polite lot. I appreciate that a great deal.)

If you leave a comment and it doesn't show up, it may have gotten stuck in the spam filter, which happens from time to time, or you're commenting on a post over a week old. All comments on older posts get moderated. Spam-bots are annoying, but they're not very smart apparently.

Anyhoo, this is what I like to call "Waterloo Week." The 202nd anniversary of the battle approaches and, as I do every year, I post something on the battle. Expect something a little different this year.

I just hope it doesn't suck.