The Thing That Ate My Newsletter
Occasional online postings by Emanimal,
Crowd Pleaser
Emanimal: The Man Who Crossed
the Street and Lived)
UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME
Mail responses to
Emmanuel Wilson
Home address: 1172 N. Lynnebrook
Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio 45224-3244.
Home phone: 542-3474. (There is an answering machine.)
Work Phone: 513-556-1975. (You can leave a message on
the voice mail.)
Internet E-mail address: emanimal@gmail.com or emanimal@yahoo.com
World Wide Web Home Page -- www.geocities.com/emanimal/daily.htm
Mirror Site -- www.emanimal.com
Currently no Official Language Lab fax available,
but I can receive faxes--if you simply must send
them--at the German Dept. number: 513-556-1991
November 19, 2007—One of my new workers turned 21
today. I bought her a cake.
November 27, 2007—I am dealing with
new baby fish in my aquarium. I wish for better luck this time. 2 babies
from the last batch (school?) of 12 survived the plague. And somebody important
has a birthday today.
December 9, 2007—I have 6 baby fish
growing in a special section of my tank. So far, so good. I recently bought
a few more adult fish since my aquarium seems stable now.
December 17, 2007—Today a cat that
had always hidden from me did not hide.
December 27, 2007—Christmas came
and went. It went pretty well. I used some of my presents immediately.
January 1, 2008—I went to see Juno with
a friend. We both liked it a lot.
January 13, 2008—I have seen The Savages
with a friend, and I liked it. I have freed the baby fish to live in the
wider community of the aquarium. I have passed on an e-mail forward version
of Scrabble.
January 23, 2008—A friend asked about what CD's
I had in my collection which were complilations of 80's hits, like
Living
in Oblivion and
New Wave Hits of the 80's. I did have some of
those, I reported back to my friend.
February 2, 2008—I had breakfast.
I went grocerery shopping. I watched some DVDs from Netflix. I went to
a cheap movie theater with a friend.
February 2, 2008—I had breakfast.
I went grocerery shopping. I watched some DVDs from Netflix. I took a quick
trip in to work. I went to a cheap movie theater with a friend.
February 2, 2008—I had a pancake
breakfast. I went grocerery shopping. I watched some DVDs from Netflix.
I took a quick trip in to work. I went to a cheap movie theater with a
friend.
February 2, 2008—I had a pancake
breakfast. I went grocerery shopping. I watched some DVDs from Netflix.
I took a quick trip in to work. I went to a cheap movie theater with a
friend. I remembered that it was Groundhog Day.
February 11, 2008—I discovered a
new version of
The Day the Earth Stood Still is being produced for
this spring. That was after I had decided to use a photo of Gort as a fake
ID picture.
February 25, 2008—I had a surprise
visitor last week. I rode the bus a few days when the weather was bad.
Otherwise, I still drive to UC.
March 7, 2008—A snow storm caused
UC to close at 2:00 p.m. Half a snow day is better than none!
March 21, 2008—Several of my friends
and I myself have had birthdays since March 7. Also, sadly, an uncle of
mine died.
April 17, 2008—More birthdays; a
birth of a child; announcement of a pregnancy. About 30 black mollies were
born 10 days after a single other fish was born in my aquarium; I set up
my old 10 gallon aquarium as a nursery for the babies.
May 8, 2008—More birthdays; more and more mollies
were born; I bought an 29 gallon aquarium, but the excessive births make
that eventually inadequate; I will keep males and females in separate tanks.
I was caught by surprise when a friend announced the decision to seek
a divorce.
May 25, 2008—More birthdays; more
mollies were born.
I was caught by surprise when a friend announced the decision to seek
a divorce.
June 11, 2008—A twentysomething birthday
for someone I like a lot. Some fish have been given away, but many more
are still in residence.
July 8, 2008—A fiftysomething birthday
for someone related to me. I have 2 new baby fish despite trying to keep
males and females separate. Summer quarter started with the most complicated
summer schedule ever! I have to make a new schedule for each week rather
than one that lasts all summer. I have been busy with parental health issues.
August 1, 2008—Health issues continue
for my parents and also for some friends. Human babies have been born among
my friends. My fish babies are growing. I have a new cell phone with speaker
phone and camera.
August 22, 2008—Recently a two fish
jumped out of the aquarium when I opened the lid to feed the fish in the
morning. The fish were okay. I put them back in the tank and they are healthy--and
maybe just very hungry!
September 7, 2008—I had some vacation
time. I caught up on some reading and video viewing.
September 19, 2008—Due to hurricane force winds, the
power was out at our house from Sunday the 14th until Thursday the 18th.
One molly fish was lost. About a hundred still remain of the mollies.
October 12, 2008--My father died September 29. Our
family has been in a whirlwind of emotion and responsibility since then.
We are pleased he is no longer in pain, and we are pleased he had the kind
of funeral he wanted.
October 29, 2008--A friend announced
she was expecting another child, and, since Halloween is coming, she envisioned
me in my famous Pumpkin T-shirt. Alas, I am now too fat to wear that. I
still have it, though.
November 15, 2008--A friend announced
she gave birth to her 4th child earlier in the week. I have been doing
a little playing around on Facebook. The election results mostly pleased
me. I have hope that there will now be MATURITY and INTELLIGENCE in the
White House.
November 16, 2008--A close friend
sent e-mail that she had moved to Florida to start a new life. I wished
her all the best.
November 23, 2008--I raked leaves with an old fashioned
rake. I had tried to use a blower/vacuum, but it was taking too long (and
my arms were getting cramped). I did use the leaf vacuum after I had created
a big pile. The vacuum helped to compress the leaves for bagging.
December 5, 2008--I was glad that
the last day of the quarter had arrived! I really look forward to time
off after exam week. I decided to change a few things on this pared down
website. My friends can find me on Facebook these days. And there's always
e-mail, or phone calls or actual visits.
December 6, 2008--I washed my heavy
winter coat because it had the stink of the city on it. It was much nicer
smelling afterward. Sometimes it is the small things that make you happy.
January 8, 2009--I had a good Christmas
and New Year's. It was a bit strange without my father, but we are adjusting.
I still have over a hundred fish between 3 aquaria (or aquariums).
February 8, 2009--I reached the 5-year
anniversary with my car. Car loan to be paid off tomorrow!
March 16, 2009--I have my car title.
I have been to a couple of funerals. I bid my friend farewell, the friend
who has relocated to Florida. My friend was back in town to wrap up some
business.
April 7, 2009--I restored a friend's
computer over the weekend. I tried a lot of things, but in the end
I just had to use the restore disks that came with the system. I did rescue
the data from the hard drive before reformatting it. My friend's birthday
was also over the weekend.
Looking back, it was about a year
ago that the first of the horde of baby mollies began appearing in my fish
tank. Most of them are still alive today. A year from now, though, about
half will have died.
May 19, 2009--I didn't mean to ignore
this site for so long. It has been a busy time. Today is the second anniversary
of the death of my dear cat Halloween.
June 2, 2009--I had lunch with a
friend at Dewey's Pizza. My friend said she was moving to Madison, Wisconsin
on July 1. I wish her and her husband well!
July 16, 2009--I have had to make
several home improvements. I lost 7 fish in a power outage late last month.
The outage lasted 31 hours. We are considering an emergency generator.
Summer seems half over, but it isn't half over yet. I am still writing
a full Newsletter which goes out by e-mail only twice a month. This was
the day for the first issue of July.
July 27, 2009--I recently learned
of a divorce among friends via Facebook.
We have had several expensive repairs to the
house. I learned I will probably have to have surgery on a goiter.
August 21, 2009--Since July, I have
had visits from old friends, and I met my half-brother and his family.
All the meetings and visits were good ones.
October 21, 2009--Since August, I
have done and seen many things. I have had lunch with a couple of Labbettes.
I am thinking of not updating this page too often with any specifics. People
who really need to know about what I am up to can contact me by e-mail
or through Facebook I have no desire to do Twitter, but I have an account
there.
October 29, 2009--
Remembering
Andy Zingis: A joke he told a lot: “Psychology is that discipline which
seeks to determine if infants have more fun in infancy than adults do in
adultery.”
December 19, 2009--I got through
thyroidectomy on the 11th of December. I am spending my winter break recuperating
and relaxing. I was more relieved to find out a friend's lymphoma is likely
to respond to treatment.
January 26, 2010--No fish deaths in the past month!
Year started with cold and snow then an unusually warm period of weather.
Now back to average winter weather.
Waiting for my W-2 for the year 2009.
Remembering Andy Zingis: He would often tell me "You can get
married or you can stay single. Either way, you're gonna suffer." Somehow
he thought that would encourage me to try the marriage thing.
April 11, 2010--Only a couple of fish deaths in the
past few months! Still plenty left. Still 3 tanks. It has been about 2
years since the black mollies were born.
Since Jan. 26, I've had a birthday,
and I've helped to celebrate the birthdays of others.
April 1 was the worst April Fool's day ever.
I heard from a friend that her mother had died. I heard from another that
she has thyroid cancer--curable with thyroid removal.
May 24, 2010--A
couple more fish deaths in the past month! Still plenty left. Still 3 tanks.
My guess is that after 10 more fish are gone, I will be able to consolidate
into 2 tanks (keeping males and females separate). My guess for the time
of consolidation is September or October--unless there is a sudden, mass
die-off. Last year a summer power outage cost me 7 fish. (See above.)
My one friend is
adjusting to life without her mother. The other, mentioned above in April,
had thyroid removal and is receiving other treatment. Her throat is sore
from the treatments. Still, it looks like she will recover at some point.
June 13, 2010--3
fish deaths in 3 weeks! A SINGLE BABY FISH FOUND! How did that happen? As the
baby fish grows, it is looking like a catfish and not a black molly. Hmm.
I did have 2 catfish for a while, and one died recently with a bloody tail.
Hmm. Well, time will tell if the baby really is an ugly duckling. At UC the
school year ended. Workers graduated. The summer is looking interesting in
various ways. A friend made a surprise visit back to town, and we had Skyline
chili. Speaking of food, on June 6 I made a special trip to get soft serve
ice cream. It was worth the trip down memory lane.
July 6, 2010--The baby fish is not
an ugly duckling. It is a SPECKLED molly. I am close to consolidating into just
2 tanks.
The summer has been good so far. A friend
who avoided Facebook broke down and created an account. I am very sad that the 2
German shepherds that our new neighbor had were apparently stolen from his yard.
September 3, 2010--I have
consolidated into just
2 tanks. It's going well.
The stolen German Shepherds from next door
have not been seen or heard from.
I'm on the verge of a week off from
work.
October 10, 2010--The baby
speckled molly has stopped growing at about half the size of most of the other
fish.
Vacation was relaxing, but now the autumn
quarter has begun, and things are as busy as expected. The greatest comfort at
work is the return of a wonderful former worker. That person may only be around
again a quarter or two. It will be a sad second parting.
December 13, 2010--Yesterday
another black molly died. There are about 50 mollies left between the two tanks.
Recently I celebrated my 30th anniversary
as an employee on UC's staff. My anniversary day is the same day that John
Lennon was murdered.
January 14, 2011--3 more
fish died since December. The new year is going well with the exception of the cold
and snow. I am waiting for my 30 year service gift from the University.
March 26, 2011--I did get my
anniversary gift of a gold-plated pocket watch a while back. I am enjoying the
end of spring break. This week when I clicked on a link to read about an Ohio
woman celebrating her 119th birthday, that was when I saw the breaking news that
screeen legend Elizabeth Taylor had died at the not-nearly-as-old age of 79.
May 23, 2011--Small. victories:
Over the weekend I used a Turtle Wax headlight lens restorer to clean away the
cloudiness of my headlight lens. It worked well. Also, this morning, the new
work shoes I had purchased last week kept my feet dry in the rainy wetness as I
walked from my car to my work place.
The fish are down to almost a normal number in
each tank. They have reached their 3rd year anniversary (the black mollies have
anyway), and whichever ones continue to live are going beyond expected life
span.
August 28, 2011--Wow. A long time
since the last entry. That's because I send the real Newsletter via e-mail now,
and I do other networking via Facebook. Anyway, recently there was good news
about getting new computers at work! I recently discovered a friend and former
employee is expecting her 5th child. I've planted a tree in our backyard. The
tree is a seedling found already growing. I moved it to a new spot and took care
of it. It is nowover 2 feet tall, and it is a tree that is supposed to grow 2
feet each year.
In one tank, the fish are down to only 8. Those
are the male fish. In the other tank, the females number 19.
December 28, 2011--Wow. Another
long time since the last entry. Anyway, the new computers were installed at work
a week or so ago. A welcome improvement. Today I reconnected with an old friend
who had been lost in Florida..
The tree I had planted in the back yard is bare for the winter.
In the male tank, the fish are down to only 2
black mollies. I have added some tiger barbs and tetras to the tank to keep the
mollies company. When the mollies die off, I will put the others into the
"female" tank. In that female tank, the black mollies are down to 9, and there
are a few other fish in there as well. I look forward to the day of only one
fish tank to take care of.
February 24, 2013--I have one fish
tank with no black mollies.
The tree I had planted in the back yard is bare for the winter, but it is about
4 feet high. I expect it to grow another 2 feet this year. It should be taller
than I am by the end of this growing season.
Somebody important has a birthday today. Other important birthdays are tomorrow
and the 26th. :-)
I guess I am about 2 years from retirement, but it depends on
circumstances at that time. I do have expenses.
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emanimal@yahoo.com
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