I could be one of those people who posts obscure inside jokes and amuses himself at the expense of readers…for instance, I could mention Holly’s concern for Shakiro Cedric Potter-Leonard, and then we would all have a good laugh and be glad we are all in on the joke…but I won’t. Actually, I can’t think offhand of anyone who does that among the blogs that I read, so I’m not sure why I brought it up. Speaking of blogs, though, isn’t it nice when people think your blog/website is worth linking to, so that everyone who visits them can come visit your pages and your page hits go up and life is wonderful. Then I thought of my own site, and I feel kind of sorry for the people who were willing to link to it, because I still don’t update it with anything useful and when I do update it at all it ends up being some inside joke about butterflies and ugly sweaters. Well, I guess I only did that this once…but my point is still relevant…sort of. Another thing that people get to know about me (was there a first thing?) is my excessive use of the ellipsis. I use ellipses in my informal writing because it mirrors the drawling, fragmented manner in which I speak.

Wow. This post turned into a weird conglomeration of random thoughts. I’m going to post it, but I’m blaming its quality on the fact that I am sick and my brain is working in the same way that a rusting old Chevy on blocks in the front yard is considered to be in mint condition. I’m going to add the fact that I just lost “the game”, and I’m going to qualify that by saying that I will do my best to avoid inside jokes from here on out, and I will replace them with references to obscure science fiction works and classical literature with occasional forays into the use of semicolons and arcane sentence structures.

To continue the molodrama, here I present two of my constant companions in these days of illness.

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