March 2026 in Review
Hello Funny People, Well, I've suffered and survived my first cold of the year, and I have to tell you: I hated it just as much as I did last time. The weather here in STL just cannot decide what it wants to be. Does it want to be Spring, Winter, muggy Summer--what? Answer: all the above, all at once. That said, I'm doing alright otherwise. A Brief Recapitulation The new job has been interesting so far. Don't misunderstand; I'm glad to be gainfully employed in nonprofit education with good benefits, a salary, a pension, and off that damn job market, which sounds like an ungodly nightmare right now. However, it's been interesting because of how radically different a change of pace it's been. This time of year at my old accounting job would normally be a time of high stress. Lots of "herding of cats," to use one of my favorite images. And around this time, we'd be super high strung because we're less than two weeks out fr...
