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Crossposting is broken
I turned off crossposting, since it no longer works. New stuff:
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Vaccination
Woo-Hoo! Today I got my first Covid vaccination (Moderna), with follow-up appointment in 4 weeks, April 8th. My best guess for why I got an email inviting me to sign up is having Kaiser medical coverage via Stanford University (as an early retiree, but I won't question it). California is currently limited to age 65+ or essential workers including ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter and the Pangolin of Doom
In the Harry Potter books, there are several scenes in divination class where Harry tries to use the crystal ball to see the future, and he just makes up something vague, writing down whatever pops into his head at the last minute. And yet, several of those predictions come true (for example, a hippogriff flies away).
Maybe the same thing happens ( Read more... ) -
C-1 Singing Call figures
Disclaimer: I haven't done proofreading. It is possible ( Read more... ) -
C-4 Singing call "Only You"
WORK SWING CHAIN: 4 LADIES CENTER, TEACUP LIKE A DAISY ( Read more... ) -
Ask the Square Dance Guru
Well, my personal Stanford website is gone, the copy at Dosado.com is gone, and Comcast no longer has personal web pages, so I guess this is the right place for the Square Dance Guru web page. It's too big for LJ, so (until I break it into separate and comment-friendly posts) here's the index, and the links should go to my Dreamwidth post:Ask the ( Read more... ) -
50th Birthday
My real birthday party will be at the Albuquerque A&C fly-in, but my folks volunteered to host a local get-together at their house in San Jose ( Read more... ) -
Replacing the fence, and the sewer, too!
After we scheduled the fence replacement, the plumber who snaked out the clogged sewer line showed us that there were roots growing in it. Orangeburg pipe's useful life is "about 50 years under ideal conditions" according to Wikipedia. Ours held out for 55 years so I guess we're lucky. The people up and down the block had to replace theirs ( Read more... ) -
Passover Pesach 2015 Seder Rube Goldberg Machine from Technion in Israel
Jonathan shared it on Facebook, and I thought it was cute. There's also a "making of" video, which was also interesting.
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