: Sick day :
I took the day off today from work, as my cold is being very persistent. I'm not too terribly sick, but it would have been one of those days when I'd be sitting at my desk watching the clock. That's not good for me or my employer, so it's better to just use a sick day. I don't really plan to get sick very often based on past history, so I shouldn't be shy about using them.
Even though I'm home, I did do some work because a report needed to be done today, but it only took about an hour to do. The rest of the time I've been watching movies, a Yankee game, and reading comics. I got a shipment of old comics in the mail yesterday, and last night I got some old movies and CDs from a used music store, stuff that I used to have. The comics are a potpourri of old titles I used to read - Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (1981), Deathstroke the Terminator (1991), Kitty Pryde and Wolverine mini-series (1984) and some assorted What If? stories from the same general time period. I suppose that my love of What If? comics stems from my interest in the hypothetical, which occupies my thoughts from time to time.
I also cooked another big pot of spaghetti sauce, using some fresh basil from my family herb garden. I swear, I must be half-Italian with as much effort as I put into my spaghetti sauce, although it's not really from scratch. I saute minced garlic, chopped onions, sliced mushrooms and diced Roma tomatoes, then add sauce and the chopped basil, dried oregano, red pepper flakes, sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Nothing too terribly innovative, but tasty nonetheless.
I just got up from a nap, so I think I'll watch another short movie before going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be over this thing, because we have a pretty big weekend planned.
Even though I'm home, I did do some work because a report needed to be done today, but it only took about an hour to do. The rest of the time I've been watching movies, a Yankee game, and reading comics. I got a shipment of old comics in the mail yesterday, and last night I got some old movies and CDs from a used music store, stuff that I used to have. The comics are a potpourri of old titles I used to read - Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (1981), Deathstroke the Terminator (1991), Kitty Pryde and Wolverine mini-series (1984) and some assorted What If? stories from the same general time period. I suppose that my love of What If? comics stems from my interest in the hypothetical, which occupies my thoughts from time to time.
I also cooked another big pot of spaghetti sauce, using some fresh basil from my family herb garden. I swear, I must be half-Italian with as much effort as I put into my spaghetti sauce, although it's not really from scratch. I saute minced garlic, chopped onions, sliced mushrooms and diced Roma tomatoes, then add sauce and the chopped basil, dried oregano, red pepper flakes, sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Nothing too terribly innovative, but tasty nonetheless.
I just got up from a nap, so I think I'll watch another short movie before going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be over this thing, because we have a pretty big weekend planned.
