OK, I'm doing better sleepwise, I guess. I slept from 23:30 'til 04:30, anyway. Just got up, checked my mail and all of the other journals and followed up on some atheist links. One one, I took a "short political test" and "discovered" that I was a libertarian. Another label for Doug. I also discovered that, since I put up The Net Atheist label on the front page, I have been dropped from some other peoples' link pages. Interesting... people like my journal, but they don't want people to know that they like anything an atheist does. Or maybe they just suddenly don't like my journal anymore. Nothing I can control, so I won't worry about it. I do like to check link pages, I've made some really good discoveries that way. As much as people say they hate link pages, that's the way the web is explored.

I promised Karen that I'd help her clean the house today, especially since we have company coming over (Herm and Debi) and it hasn't been cleaned for a while. I need to clean the carpet again (damn doggie... she still doesn't make it out the doggie door!) and mop the kitchen floor. I also need to fix the mower and mow the yard. The mower quit working last week when Andy was using it, he worked on it but never got it going again... it seems to be a community mower, a lot like a lot of other things I pay for... not that I mind, of course.

I've been feeling guilty about my awards page. Sure, I still haven't gotten any real "awards" but I have had a lot of nice people write and say that they like Nilknarf. I think I'll put up some excerpts on a separate page sometime soon.

31 August. The summer is gone. How did that happen so fast? Was I not paying attention, or what? Why does this always happen to me, anyway? I haven't got all my fishing done yet!

I wasn't going to post this 'til later, since I'll probably write later, too, but I will anyway. And then, since Karen isn't up yet, I think I'll go back to sleep for a while...

So, later...

Another treat! Karen found another poem I'd written to her on our Ninth Anniversary. I knew there were several more of those around somewhere! I've written her a poem every holiday and anniversary and birthday (with a few exceptions) ever since I've known her. She just keeps things hidden in strange places sometimes! We'll find them all eventually...

Disappointment! I got a call from Herman and he and Debi won't be able to make it tonight. I guess Karen and I'll have to find something to do by ourselves... that won't be too hard, but I was really looking forward to spending some time with Herm & Deb.

Karen's in Lawrence right now, picking up Brian. Kim offered to keep him tonight while we went out... maybe we won't tell her about Herm & Deb! Kim is much better today, she says...

I gave doggie a bath shortly after I got up, and she appreciated it. At least, she did after I got done. The last time I gave her a bath the shower doors were still on, but I've replaced them with a curtain since then. She immediately sensed that she could get out of the tub easily, so we did have a difficult time of it. I couldn't quite trust her, and you can imagine how she felt about me!

Karen and I just went over to Kim's to pick up Brian. Kim and Steve were watching a Beatles' special, aaahhh, the good old days, when four guys could play music and you could understand the lyrics! (Well, my mom said that she couldn't, but that doesn't really count, now, does it?)

Everybody must be out having a good time this weekend... very little email, and most of the journals I look at haven't been updated lately...

Anyway, hopefully I can get in a few more hours sleep before 04:00, but I'm not really counting on it the way I've been doing lately. I just hope I can get woke up in time to get some coffee and breakfast before Doug comes knocking on my door!

Thanx for being here!