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Just to get that out there first thing.  What is Knight of the Burning Pestle? It’s a play written by Francis Beaumont around 1607. Lucky him, he’s been overshadowed in history by some guy pretentious enough to land the epithet of ‘Bard of Avon’.  And that’s a real shame in its way, because Knight of the Burning Pestle ( Read more... )

Now that I’ve told those who need to be told first, I can now say that earlier today I accepted a new job offer. As this year passes and a new one arrives, I’ll be stepping down from Regis and (re)joining Brandeis as their new Academic System Administrator. It’s a big change in some ways, and a little change in some others. As I have seven years ( Read more... )

Well, in honor of my 20th anniversary being in, out, around, over, under, and through the SCA (yeah, 20… I looked. Feast of the Simple Fare in Barony Beyond the Mountain in 1994 was my first event. Hard to pin it to an exact day though), I’ve gone and done something I’ve never done before.

I’ve become a paid member.

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Our household has recently gotten an upgrade of the furry nature. This weekend we went out and found two new cats to join our family. We weren’t expecting two. We were expecting one. But these two came as a pair, and we decided it worked out best to keep them that way. So here are Abelard and Heloise, but we’re generally referring to them as Abel ( ( Read more... )

Today:

• The deck crew did not show to do their work, have said they’ll be here tomorrow.
• Was supposed to take niece to thrown weapons and archery practice. She threw up all over the backseat one highway exit away. Drove her back and did not throw (universe has conspired to keep me from throwing for the past 2 months).
• Almost every car detailing place ( Read more... )

This is (literally) your uplifting video of the day.

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And remember: each balloon has a basket underneath with at least one person floating up in it.

Mirrored from The Black Horse of the Blog World.

Had a really good weekend.

Friday (I have fridays off in the summer) Jaeger and I went to our Music Together class where he fell in love with a new djembe, then we we went to the library for books and trains. After that we went home for fluffernutters and naps. Mimi and Poppi (the names he picked for my parents) came by and Amanda came home from a ( Read more... )

My kid has recently proven that he has the strength to weight ratio and the coordination and the cognitive ability to put it all together and to pull himself up and over the railing of his crib and to lower himself down to the floor.

Kinda defeats the purpose of having a crib, doesn’t it?

So we’ll be transitioning to a toddler bed sooner than ( Read more... )

So, a long post now that the knife’s edge is blunted a bit.


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Goodbye Ozymandias.  Full post another day when I don’t hurt so much.
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