Unknown Sender

Dear Jack,

Today has been one of those "days". I received an ominous message from my supervisor. I'm not sure what to make of it. It doesn't really bother me, but still, not the way one wants to start the day.

What is weird, is that my assistant and I were discussing the message (as he was copied on it), and strategizing on how to respond this afternoon. Apparently while sitting at my desk talking with him, my computer sent me 7 emails. All of the emails were from "Unknown Sender" with the Subject "No Subject" and the body of "QUIT".

I found it a little odd at first, not knowing their origins. I spoke with our IT person and he said they came from my computer, while I was sitting with Jon at it (neither of using it). We ran a scan on the computer, and no virus or malware has shown up.

Probably nothing, but weird.

Edmund Fitzgerald

Dear Jack,

Every now and again I have times where a phrase or word or subject repeats itself within a short amount of time. I have often wondered why this occurs. Part of me wonders if it is a sign related to that word. I had once heard someone hypothesize that there was a mass thought process that allows multiple people to have the same thought or similar thought at the same time.

My most recent experience with this is the Edmund Fitzgerald. At home a couple of days ago, I downloaded the new Google Earth on our Acer computer. The new feature is "Oceans", meaning they've added more details about oceans and lakes. One such detail was shipwrecks were marked. For whatever reason, I started looking at the ones on Lake Erie. That moved me along the great lakes until I had reached Superior. On the east side of the lake was the Edmond Fitzgerald.

I had once thought I heard my uncle Mike mention that he almost traveled on that ship. I can't recall the context wholly, and it seems to fantastical to know for sure.

Well today, as I sit in the office at HWLC, I hear the Gordon Lightfoot ballad playing in one of the classrooms. I do not know the context of why the class would be playing his music, but it was eerie that it came so shortly after my reviewing of the wreck on Google Maps.

I know there is nothing to it probably but still it makes one think about coincidences. Is there more than just similar coinciding events...some link.

Scrappy Was Scared

Dear Jack,

So Katsumi brought Scrappy to work for Halloween. Jon brought Choco. The day was pretty uneventful, 'cept that we were all dressed up. I was in my Hogwarts outfit, going as "Dumbledore's Ex-Boyfriend". We handed out candy to the students.

So here is the weird thing that happened. Around 4pm we were all chatting in the open area, and out of no where, Scrappy starts freaking out. I mean he was barking frantically, and running in a circle, running back and forth, scared, jumping at Katsumi. Then he leaped up into Jon's arms and pissed on him. Still barking, and peeing, he was pushed into the office, and the door was closed. We had never seen anything like it before. Katsu said Scrappy has never behaved like that. We sent Jon home, because he was covered in dog pee. Scrappy began to calm down.

At 5pm Abigail came with Lucia and Stephanie. We were chatting, all petting Scrappy (Choco having gone home with Jon). We were chatting and then out of nowhere, Scrappy did it again. He started barking and freaking out, and this time not only did he pee, but he pooped on Alana, and we put him in the office again, and he kept freaking out.

The bark was such a frantic bark, and he was looking behind me when it began. Then, out of nowhere, my nose started bleeding...and it gushed. I haven't had a substantial nose bleed in ages. It was so weird. I can't help but hypothesize that the two are related, and if they are, I don't want to know how.

Later I went with the girls to the Halloween Parade. Then I joined Michael in Astoria, and we went to a party, and then Albatross, then a diner, and then home.

It was a busy Halloween.