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Christmas
Twelfth night has come and gone and the time for writing about Christmas is already past, but I did have a lovely Christmas. The weather was warm and it was even calm on Christmas eve, so we were able to light the luminarias without problem (unlike last year, when we gave up after 40 minutes of freezing our fingers off and only succeed in lighting ( Read more... ) -
Why I am really not all that fond of my phone
The verdict is now in with a vengeance for my phone. I am violently anti-it (of course, not so violently anti-it that I will take any action except ranting. That would require more effort and not be as satisfactorily self-righteous). To be fair, I don't think the fatal flaw is confined to this particular make; I imagine that it is common to all ( Read more... ) -
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I must confess: I saw this model once in the flesh (brick?) and have been coveting it ever since. In addition to it being a very lovely model of a very lovely building, it is, I believe, the largest lego set (by number of bricks, although this record may have been surpassed when I wasn't paying attention). It's pricey and impractical and huge (I ( Read more... ) -
Alas, poor Bike!
I have a cheap bike and I don't take very good care of it, ergo it is not in great shape. Actually, that's an understatement. The bike is currently unrideable and, if such a grand word can be used for such a little bike, it is, in fact, totaled. I've known this was coming for a while. Firstly, the wheel hubs are made of unpainted metal and they ( Read more... ) -
Happy Father's Day
First a little bit of background: I don't consider myself a picky eater. I am, on the whole, fond of food. I like Italian, Greek, Mexican, Vietnamese, Indian, Peruvian and French food. In fact, I've never meet a cuisine I don't like. I'll eat pretty much whatever's put in front of me. I've eaten tongue, tendons, star fruit, brussels sprouts, ( Read more... ) -
Bad Poetry
I have composed some "free verse" (by which I mean prose that I have formatted in a peculiar fashion). It captures how I feel. My apologies to all real poets and the people who love them.
Late on summer evenings ( Read more... ) -
The light shines in the darkness...
The bushes in front of my abode are now illuminated from within. It's a particularly nice sort of light coming from them; clear and sparkly like early morning sunshine reflected off a lake. Unfortunately, to get this pretty light we had to sacrifice a generous half of the bushes themselves ( Read more... ) -
The landlord
The landlord has been doing interesting things my metal fire escape/back stairs, including (but not limited to) welding metal plates over some of the rusty holes that have appeared over the years, blasting out new holes with power washing, welding over a couple more holes, and embellish the remaining holes with a fresh coat of paint so they be all ( Read more... ) -
Destiny
Given that I'm in serious work-avoidance mode ('cause I can write 60+ thoughtful, well phrased pages on my original research in two weeks, no problem. I have no idea what you're worried about), I've been doing all sorts of useful things. Like alphabetizing my spices or looking up my favorite childhood movies on Youtube. Just kidding: my spices ( Read more... ) -
Little victories
Last weekend I checked off one of the items on my list of "scary goals": I played an hour-long piano recital. I've been playing for over two decades (with on again/off again lessons) but have always hated preforming. Among other things, one of my nervous tics is shaking knees and that makes it remarkably difficult to manipulate piano pedals. I' ( Read more... )