Maybe we're not so dead yet

Well, the retainer I was so excited about didn't work out. That happens sometimes with startups. It's the nature of the business. Here's hoping they weather the stock market storms and come back to me with more work in the future. I continue working on the weekly articles about ultrasound news. I've also got a few local projects going. In some ways that's good - a meeting at the client's office doesn't take a week-long roadtrip - but in some ways it's a little weird to work for people who know your parents. I've had kind of a rough day today. My dog Duchess decided to slip her collar and go for a run this morning, herding cars on the road just out my back door. When she got one to stop she wasn't quite sure what to do with it, though. Some of the drivers were very nice about it. Some of them were annoyed and mean. Why are people like that? I was doing my best, and yes I was obviously failing to get my dog to obey me. The dog was causing other people inconvenience and scaring them. I was aware. I didn't need it yelled out the window at me. Now I guess I need to let it go and get on with work. Some people are just that way, and they're beyond my control.