Kevin and I went on another cruise this month, our longest and furthest from home to date. It was a 10-night Mediterranean cruise on Royal Caribbean, departing from Istanbul and docking at Haifa and Ashdod (both in Israel), Piraeus in Greece, and Kusadasi in Turkey before returning to Istanbul. I did take notes, but I don't think I have the energy ( Read more... )

With work out of the way, I made last-minute plans to attend Dragon*Con with Kevin over Labor Day weekend. I got my flight on Priceline and registered onsite. Despite the computerization of the pre-registration system, I still got my badge in about 1/4 the time it took Kevin to get his. We had the pleasure of running into our friend Maria upon ( Read more... )

These updates are coming later and later. Rest assured, I will do my utmost to keep them coming. I should have more time to write, but possibly less to write about, in that I left my job on Friday. The circumstances of my leaving were not ideal (i.e. I don't have anything else lined up), but it's for the best, and without going into details I am in ( Read more... )

Once again my monthly post is delayed, but this time I have an excuse. I was out of town when the 15th rolled around, and since I got back it's been too hot to sit in my computer room long enough to compose an entry. Today it's supposed to drop back into the 80s after several days in the 100s ( Read more... )

Make that ten days late...but it's still June, so here's my monthly update!

• We took in several fantastic concerts since I last posted. We saw Elvis Costello at the Wang Theatre (featuring an onstage proposal), The Cars at House of Blues, Tim Minchin[1] at the Wilbur, and last, but not least, The Monkees at Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
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I missed my monthly update. Watch this space, I'll try to post this weekend.

It's that time again, but I'm hard pressed to think of anything significant that's happened in the past month, aside from the fact that I turned 40. I've been suffering with a cold this weekend, and sleeping a lot, so maybe I'm just not thinking clearly. I'm not even sure if these are worth bulleting, but for the sake of consistency here we go.

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Here's what I've been up to lately...

• We watched our friend Sarah do stand-up as part of a showcase at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square (above the Hong Kong restaurant). The following week, we returned to the Hong Kong with Sarah and Andy for drinks (they make an excellent Mai Tai) after seeing Sarah Vowell read from her new book, Unfamiliar ( Read more... )

I'll start with the good news I received today: my blood pressure, which had been rising steadily over the last year or so, has responded positively to a low dose of medication. Of course, that doesn't let me off the hook for losing weight and exercising regularly. I'm working on that too.

Let's see, what else is new since my last update?

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Okay, I figure I can manage an update once a month. It's not like people are knocking down my door begging for more news about me.

February started off with another blizzard. Things cleared up enough for us to make it to Neko Case on the 3rd. It was a long concert and kept us up very late on a weeknight, but we enjoyed it ( Read more... )