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3rd Quarter 2024 - Books, Movies, Goals
Continuing the slow catch-up, here’s the 3rd quarter 2024 update.
Books:
Only 7 books this quarter.
- Jodi Picot and Jennifer Finnry Moylan, Mad Honey. I read this book for my primary book club and found it both interesting and provocative. Asher is the son of Olivia, a woman who left her husband, an abusive high powered cardiac surgeon. He ( Read more... )
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August 2024 Prompts - Part 2
I can’t seem to focus enough to write. But I keep trying.
1 AUG: Girlfriend’s Day: What are the ideal qualities in a girlfriend? My closest friends are the ones who help me when I really need help (e.g. driving me to medical appointments), suggest interesting things to do, and are always willing to listen to me kvetching.
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August 2024 Prompts - Part 1
1. What Do You Gain From Pursuing Something You Do Really, Really Badly? I think it’s always good to pursue goals, as long as they’re achievable goals. But pursuing goals that are unrealistic is only likely to be frustrating.
2. What Would You Be Willing to Wait in a Really Long Line For? My favorite example of this was at the 2010 Winter ( Read more... ) -
The Rest of August
The genealogy conference schedule had turned out to be very convenient for me, since a crossword tournament I like a lot was conveniently in New York on the weekend after the conference in Philadelphia. So I had arranged to go to Lollapuzzoola on Saturday and throw in some theatre going on both Friday and Saturday nights.
The Outsiders: I’d ( Read more... ) -
Distraction and Genealogy
Errands: I have been been absurdly distracted on all attempts to get caught up on things here. The first half of August was just errands, with dealing with things like updating insurance (because the company I had used for years decided to pull out of Virginia) and trying to make some plans for where to focus some decluttering efforts. It doesn’t ( Read more... ) -
July 2024 Prompts - Part 2
1 JULY: Second Half of the Year Day: How has the first half of 2024 been for you? It was rather a mixed bag. I had aa good trip to Portugal and the Azures. I enjoyed assorted theatre going and various events with friends. I went to some interesting genealogy talks, but am still way behind in research. I went to several fun storytelling events ( Read more... ) -
July 2024 Prompts - Part 1
I have a lot of stuff to catch up on. But I am home and working on it.
1. How Easy - or Hard - Is It for You to Say No When You Want To? It depends on how much I really do or don’t want to do something. There are many things I have mixed feelings about and sometimes I want to do something mostly to see friends rather than for the thing itself ( Read more... ) -
Big-D Con, Part 2 - Puzzling Times in Dallas
I had no problem checking into the Adolphus, which is an old hotel (opened in 1912) in the heart of downtown Dallas. I said hello to a few people and I apologize for boring them with my tales of HVAC woe. I unpacked and took a short nap, before calling into my book club meeting. (To my surprise, everyone liked Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and ( Read more... ) -
Big-D Con, Part 1 - A Side Quest in Oklahoma
Big-D Con was this year’s National Puzzlers’ league Convention, held in Dallas. Since I generally try to leverage off things I’m already planning to do to add on other odds and ends I want to do, I decided to take an excursion to Oklahoma City before the con to check off anotherAAA ballpark. So I flew into Dallas late on Sunday (after The ( Read more... ) -
June 2024 Prompts - Part 2
Thus finishes the June part of the catch-up.
1 JUNE: Go Barefoot Day: Do you like going barefoot? I like to go barefoot in certain places. e.g. the beach. But not on city pavement.
2 JUNE: Rotisserie Chicken Day: When’s the last time you ate anything cooked on a spit or a grill? Hmm, I really can’t remember. Probably at some buffet when I was ( Read more... )