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At home and out and about
Home: The neighborhood cookout went well. I finally got new kitchen shelving and I feel much better organized. Also my sweetheart painted the walls so the colors are much better together, got basement plumbing repairs/upgrades, and I got a new refrigerator (old one was 1999 or earlier vintage). My niece got a paying job and moved out, and I de- ( Read more... ) -
Worldcon Business Meeting, Personal Account -- thanks Steven for your service and write-up!
Originally posted by stevendj at Worldcon Business Meeting, Personal Account
I attended all four sessions of this year's WSFS Business Meeting (12 hours), helping shepherd two Constitional amendments to ratification. I really don't like thrusting myself into public notice, but it seemed important.
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Upcoming DC / Montgomery County homeschooling co-op Literary Fantasy course
To be taught by a friend of mine who is the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winner! I love her books and she writes great reviews and essays at Black Gate.
Originally posted by dr_pretentious at So I'm Teaching This Course On Literary Fantasy
A homeschooling cooperative asked if I'd be interested in teaching a class of high school age kids. They knew I would be ( Read more... ) -
Broken nose?
Pretty sure I broke my nose last week and somehow didn't realize it until this morning. Timeline:- Went to NC last week for the annual family summer vacation (at the beach by our hometown). Pretty good time, also had to work some and got some chores done (e.g., got crack in car's front glass sealed).
- Thursday? Or was it Friday morning? a fierce ( Read more... )
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Journeys, Housemate, Balticon, Dancing, Music
I went to a gorgeous play in May, a production of *Journey to the West*, a Chinese literature classic which has been adapted in many forms. Years ago I acquired a sheet of playing cards based off a Chinese mini-series of it. Last week a friend of mine got a very short comic book adaptation of it as a freebie with some shipment. I saw the fun and ( Read more... ) -
"Hell", eek
Accidentally said that to my choir director last night. We were taking our tea break, and he mentioned leadingly, the church will need some soloists this summer while the choir's off. So I mentioned my sister's spasmodic disphonia (I'd been thinking about telling him), and that my voice sometimes "jumps like hell"
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Girly
Some three or four years ago, I pampered myself with my first-ever pedicure. I kind of wanted to get a green glittery polish for Penguicon, but my language skills weren't up to it. It might have just been a clear polish; I don't remember. When I got my second pedicure a year ago (more pampering, a few weeks after my dad died), I went with what ( Read more... ) -
Jim Hines' Shield Theory (complementary to spoon theory)
Originally posted by jimhines at Shield Theory
My son and I both had rough days yesterday, and right before bedtime, my wife and I were talking to him about good days and bad days, limits, and why at a certain point we all start to feel overwhelmed and fall apart. I considered bringing up spoon theory, but thought it would be a bit too abstract for him. So ( Read more... ) -
Kindness, charades, cherry blossoms, competence
A few weeks ago, I straggled into a store. I thought my hair was in need of a cut, kind of sticking out from my head, but the woman behind the cash register thought it was great, and told me so in a kind of rushed quiet voice, "Love your hair!" or some such. Maybe it looked punk-on-purpose or something. :-) I thought *her* hair was gorgeous, ( Read more... ) -
Verizon 1, neighbor 0
I like my neighbor, but I'm not impressed with her architect boyfriend, and neither is Verizon. FIOS and phone restored with temp overland wire. Tech told me my neighbor took out at least 4 people and she's going to be fined for not calling "Miss Utility" when her boyfriend put in the steps that go down from her backyard. Verizon will be in my ( Read more... )