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a birthday celebration
Friday December 27
Today "J" and I went to her parents' house for a family gathering, celebrating her father's 80th birthday a bit in advance. Her sister "C", sister's husband "M", and their son and daughter "T" and "T" were visiting too; I hadn't seen them in a while, particularly T. It was nice seeing them after so long.
After hanging around at ( Read more... ) -
Happy Festivus!
Happy Festivus morning to all! -
winter solstice
Happy solstice! -
chimney sweep, shelf pegs, recreational programming debugging
Thursday December 19
This morning we had a visit from a chimney sweep. A while ago, "J" had tried to have a fire in the wood stove, but the smoke didn't want to go up the chimney. I looked around on Yelp for a chimney sweep, and J and I chose Next Level Chimneys. Based on the Yelp, they're more expensive than some, but the quality of the work is ( Read more... ) -
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Monday December 9
Took another bid for the fence
Took "T" to his usual Monday appointment.
Took T to karate private lesson and group class. -
power failure ends
Hooray! Our electricity is back. -
costume construction
Tuesday October 22
I was home all day, much of it working on the Halloween costume. It now has a tail and a window screen, but the latter is only partially attached.
I also tested the spray paint on the screen. It's not as obvious as I'd like.
Update: I had thought the screen would mean a large discontinuity in the look of the costume, but on ( Read more... ) -
political activities
Saturday October 19
Today I took "T" to his karate group class, as usual. He had a good class.
Back home, "J" and I marked our ballots, which arrived in the mail yesterday. All Democrats, yes on a school bond issue, and no on all four statewide initiatives, which were all financed by the same hedge fund manager.
I visited my parents briefly, ( Read more... ) -
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Ahoy matey!
"Talk Like a Pirate with an NYU Linguistics Professor" - September 19.
Less academic:
Why do pirates talk like that? - September 19. -
restaurant meal, new belt
Wednesday July 31
This afternoon, "J" and I met her parents at a restaurant, York River Landing. It's pretty nice; we've been here before. I had yummy fish and chips.
J and her father competed to pick up the tab, reminiscent of when my father and grandfather did much the same.
On the way back to the cabin, we stopped for more groceries. We also ( Read more... )