Last night I had a multi-tasking dream. Espionage, aliens, a garage sale, a boat trip, climbing a tree, zombies, and time travel. I went back and forth between these dreamlets and many others before I finally dragged myself out of sleep. Really tired this morning and not looking forward to a day of multi-tasking at work. It was weird, I’m usually really on point when I dream. Defend the planet, rewrite history, destroy a sentient subway system – pretty basic stuff. This was all over the map.
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The recent rains – i.e. all summer – have brought back the slugs to my back porch. Huge ones – and as bright orange as sherbet.

Great.

Now I want orange sherbet and I’m also grossed out by the thought of eating it.

I’ve been observing them and have avoided touching any of them – that orange “stuff” is insidious.

I clearly have some issues with slugs and I’ve decided to start some aversion therapy on myself. I recently bought some fake banana slugs that claim to be sticky and slimy. I’m hoping that if I handle these in a controlled environment, I can work my way up to the real things – sometime before the summer ends and they go hide where-ever slugs hide for the winter.  Which, I suspect, is in the souls of innocents.

Note that I said the fake slugs “claim” to be sticky and slimy. I haven’t actually taken them out of the package yet.

Yeah.

So, we’ll see how that goes…
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When I broke my arm, the muscles around the elbow got kinda messed up. That, along with not using that side for a long time, meant that my left hand has lost some strength.

And my physical therapist has been on my case about not working it enough.

Sigh.

So, I’ve been using some – and this is the real name – Power Putty. It’s essentially silly putty, but blue. And the blue must make it firmer – this is not your dad’s silly putty. No, this is industrial strength silly putty.

According to the packing, the Dark Blue (Medium) is one step down from the highest level – Firm (Dark Green).

I’ve been squeezing this a few times a day until the heat of my hand makes it too easy. It’s working – the PT was impressed at my progress – but boring. I haven’t used it to copy comics from the newspaper or modeled this into any obscene shapes. I just squeeze it, fold it over, and squeeze it again. Over and over.

I’m going to see if they’ll upgrade me next time I go in. Maybe with the Dark Green I’ll gain so much hand strength I’ll be able to crush a baseball.

HULK SMASH! Huh, maybe that’s why the firmest is Dark green…

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Today is the second of the days we’ve speculated that layoffs may come. End of the fiscal year and all. So far, all is quiet.

The computer center had a minor flood, I had chicken and rice for lunch, and it’s pretty much a normal day here. If we don’t get any word today, then all bets are off and even the speculation breaks down.

Normal and strange – all in one day.