Surprisingly not as hot as expected. Thank you, clouds, your presence is much appreciated.

I'm ecstatic that Netflix has finally put "Touching Evil" --3 seasons!!-- on insta-view. Nothing like the thought of a Robson Green fix as a reward for slogging through another review.

and BTW -- Happy Birthday, Mary!!


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We have completed the 1st week of official summer vacation. This was a pretty low-stress week--but then, the heat hasn't been really, really gross here. Yet ( Read more... )

(in spite of myself ( Read more... )

before summer vacation begins at around 11am Thursday: Eeeeek ( Read more... )

this is catch-up more than actual valuable commentary--but then, it's mostly been catch-up the last few months. Not quite sure why. Partly, maybe, is that I am trying out this new approach to getting a working schedule. Turning in reviews Before they are due, rather than just at noon on The Day. Getting some exercise (so far, this is about 30 min ( Read more... )

Yes, indeed. I've slacked off on the schedule-making and I'm not getting nearly enough non-mundane work done. Better get it together since I'm losing time this weekend (away for the quarterly D&D clan gathering), and a doctor's appointment will eat the best part of the day on Friday morning. Add the humidity, heat, and sinus-squashing low pressure ( Read more... )

I am now the owner of a dress. A LBD, in fact (otherwise known as a "Little Black Dress"). And sparkly green sandals, which don't go with it, but are fine with jeans and make me feel strangely cheerful-- strange, because I am not, but -not-, a "shoe" person. If this is a mid-life crisis, I am getting off cheap ( Read more... )

Yes, I do. And normally I would be happy to read nearly any pop science book, or issue of Nature or Science or...you get the picture. But now I'm trying really, really hard to get through this book on electricity in the human body (Spark of Life, by Frances Ashcroft; I think it's a Sept title?) and I'm just...bogging...down. Love the discussion ( Read more... )

Blocking everything out on paper the night before does help, somewhat. Now I have to get more realistic about figuring out how long a job should take, and how to keep myself from getting distracted away from the schedule after I've done it for a few hours ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned my schedule ( Read more... )