Yeah there's just something I've gotta get off my chest, so to speak. I think that the triple whammy of tenure and winter and back pain have all conspired against me to turn me into a somewhat less than optimistic, kinda crabby, less than confident, sorta insecure, more negative than I care to be, almost furtive bundle of nerves. So, I hereby resolve to get back on track. I, Patricia Murphy, will:
-- complain less (don't expect miracles; it's a work in progress)
-- frown less (frowning is especially dangerous at my age, as it makes me look tired and old in a sort of Hillary Clinton way, sorry Hil)
-- make a HUGE effort to go back to being the naive and optimistic secular humanist (for lack of a more fitting term) who walked down that aisle at graduation way back in 2003 clutching that empty diploma holder and ready to change the world
-- reassert myself as more than cog, while remembering we're all cogs to a certain degree (the ultimate irony/agony of being a pragmatist?)
-- build a bomb; no I just put that in to amuse you
-- cheer up, for goodness sake. After all, winter will end, tenure will come or not, and by golly, people like me . . .
There! I feel better, a little.
Help me keep my resolve, will ya, especially if you work with me. If I'm "goin' off," just tell me to shut up. Thanks
Happy Anniversary

My Loves

Vincent Murphy
Central New York

Rocks!
Spring

Come On!
Awwwwww

I miss my Missy
Better Days

they'll come again
Alicia Vida Billman
is 29 today
This says it all!

Friday noon, you're coming home with me Vinny.
Vincent Murphy?

What!?
Tuesday nights

are gonna change in May
Mr. Murphy

waiting for his haircut
When I get bored

I take pictures of myself in bathrooms
Graphic Boulevard

blown transformers and a tree
Cars in Bergenfield

didn't do well
House on Queen St

with a for sale sign in front of it
Bergenfield

Storm 2010
Vincent Murphy

and his look alike Bob Murphy
Off my back porch

Don't worry I didn't take this pic while falling
Down Kellogg Street

Up Kellogg Street

My house, our cars

Winter 2010
Summer!

I want summer back!
Keep your chin up, Murphy. You ain't no scowly Hillary.
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