A very merry unbirthday to you today, then.

And to us all. Unless it is anyone's birthday. Then happy birthday to him or her.

Pretty Siamese kitties.

Although I am a terrible person, because I think the "show" or "wedge-headed" Siamese cats are much more beautiful than the traditional "apple-head" Siamese. (Some people think the "show" Siamese have been bred to a bad extreme.)

I've heard tell that people who cheat rarely, if ever, win, and that those who win have not been known to cheat.

does a belated-birthday dance for sumi

Yeah, but if you don't buy into the other reasons (which is why, perhaps generously, I assume people don't follow that particular one), what's left other than fear of reprisal?

Well, that's a different problem. If you're trying to encourage a particular behavior, saying, "It's the law" is probably effective. When I say it's not a good reason, I mean logically. But I don't think people fail to wear seatbelts or helmet because they're getting philosophical about it.

I've heard tell that people who cheat rarely, if ever, win, and that those who win have not been known to cheat.

Heh. Those people have never played games with my family.

I'm scared.

I have an e-mail from one of my professors. I need to read it, because I need to make sure I'm going to pass the class if I stay in it.

But, I'm scared.

Also, I have a cold. My head is foggy. My throat hurts. And I'm coughing. Again. At least this isn't asthma coughing. Yet. I paged my doctor, 'cause it's just too close for comfort to the whole asthma thing. She's upping my steroids (again!) and increasing my albuterol use until the cold is over.

That's what I get for starting a conversation in Bitches about cheaters :)

bug, will it help if you virtually hold my hand while you click on the email?

Yes.

I know it's silly, but I don't feel like I deserve to do well in this class. I've done the best I can do this semester, but it's not my best, and that's bothersome. So, I feel like I don't deserve him working with me.

Well, shoot. All that and it's just an e-mail saying that he's been out of the country, but he sees that he got several e-mails from me, and he'll get back to me in the next couple of days.

Well, shoot. All that and it's just an e-mail saying that he's been out of the country, but he sees that he got several e-mails from me, and he'll get back to me in the next couple of days.

::points vw toward her own tagline::

The best you can do is your best. And, sure, sometimes that best is better than at other times -- but then again, there are no absolute standards of bugdom. You just do your best, and go on to do your best again the next time. You may never hit perfect, but all the separate minor bests add up to a lot.