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| Friday, May 25th, 2012 | | 11:05 am |
Happy knees
I started considering weight as a quality-of-life issue, and have dropped 28 pounds since mid-February. I really thought my knees would still hurt, but mostly, they don't, any more. I still get a little pain going down stairs, but for the most part, I can walk with no pain at all. Wow. Now I'm considering getting a bike, if I can find one for cheap that lets me ride without pain. Go, me! | | Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 | | 1:13 pm |
| | Thursday, April 26th, 2012 | | 1:55 pm |
| | Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | | 11:16 am |
| | Thursday, March 29th, 2012 | | 1:48 pm |
Such drama!
Yesterday I started the day with a kitchen fire, extinguished by using most of two fire extinguishers. Then, of course, there were several hours of cleaning up the fire extinguisher chemicals. But then I thought, if your day starts with a fire, it has to be better after that, right? Then I got stuck in traffic, seriously stuck, so that a trip to see a student that should have taken 30 minutes took 100 minutes. No problem, my students said, just come when you can. Oookay. Pushing on! Then when I got to the second student's house, somehow, on the way up the stairs, I sprained my finger. I have no idea what happened, but at the bottom I was fine, and at the top I had sincere pain. AFAICT, I did nothing to incur said pain. Student gave me ice for it, didn't help much, but oookay. Pushing on! Finally got home at nearly 11 pm, just in time to take more aspirin and fall into bed. Finger still hurts today, but no fire, so far no traffic jam. I figure today's gotta be better than yesterday, right? Pushing on! Life ain't for wimps, that's for sure. | | Saturday, March 24th, 2012 | | 4:34 pm |
Just to clarify...
I'm appalled and shocked and horrified by the story of Trayvon Martin's murder. I hope that goes without saying, but maybe it's better to be clear about that. I hope his murderer is punished. And he shouldn't be a martyr for "Black America", he should be, to all of us, the victim of a terrible crime. | | 4:31 pm |
| | Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | | 11:54 pm |
Trayvon Martin needs ...
Well, no, Trayvon is past needing anything. But the people who are trying to make his murderer accountable need your help - sign the petition here: http://signon.org/sign/justice-for-trayvon-martinIt's just shameful that the richest country in the world is so full of racism that an unarmed boy can't even go to the store in his father's neighborhood without being shot. | | Sunday, March 18th, 2012 | | 10:07 pm |
Saved for future reference
I've often run across quotes from the founding fathers about separation of church and state, and wished I could find them all in one place. Then every time I heard that America was a Christian country, that it was founded by Christians, that separation only meant that the state should stay out of the church's business, not the other way round, why then I could send them to this one site. Today I found it: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/quotes_founders.htmlNice. :-) | | Thursday, March 15th, 2012 | | 11:11 am |
| | Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 | | 1:38 pm |
Birds on a wire
A flock of birds (can't tell what species) came to rest on the telephone wire I can see from my window, and (Hitchcockian flashbacks aside) I found myself interested in their spacing. I couldn't figure out why they didn't get a bit closer to each other, to share the warmth. It seemed the reasonable thing to do. I noticed that when one bird got too close to the next, the neighbor would move away to preserve the spacing. They were resting on the wire on both sides of the pole, and they started moving up toward the pole. One bird would move a tiny bit higher, and the next bird would move higher to keep away from the first, and cause an entire string of birds to start moving. I suspect for birds, as for cats, the higher ground is always preferable. Anyway, I finally realized, as they kept taking off and landing on the wire, that the spacing was just enough for a bird to take off or land without slapping his neighbor. So I have an hypothesis. :-) | | 11:43 am |
| | Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 | | 10:30 pm |
Lovely weahter we're having
Okay, January 22nd in Chicago, and we're having a thunderstorm. I'm looking out my back window at the snow melting on the roofs of the garages, while lightning illuminates the night. Well, the weather people said it might drizzle, so a downpour isn't really that far off, right? | | Saturday, December 17th, 2011 | | 4:10 pm |
| | Friday, December 16th, 2011 | | 12:18 pm |
I didn't even know the guy
but reading that Christopher Hitchens died yesterday made me cry. He was contentious, caustic, fierce, fearless and amazing, and I disagreed with him as often as I agreed, but he was undeniably a force. I'll miss him. And I didn't even know the guy. | | Thursday, November 24th, 2011 | | 9:52 pm |
Anne McCaffrey is dead
I loved her Pern books - she wrote the kind of fiction you could get lost in. When I was doing a major clean out this summer, I threw out lots (read hundreds, maybe thousands) of books. I had only a few criteria for keeping one: math and other textbooks were kept; reference materials were kept; and books that really meant something to me at some time in my life were kept. All her books were kept. I haven't read any of her stuff for years, but I still feel a great loss. | | Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 | | 9:56 pm |
Bath & Body Works - but move fast
Tonight until midnight, well, I'll let wantnot.net tell you: Through midnight, Bath and Body Works is offering a Buy 1, Get 1 Free deal on their Signature bath items. But you can actually apply coupon code F115065 on top of that for a free item when you buy 1, which effectively makes both items free. Pay only shipping, which should be $5.99 for two full-size items. (end quoted material) I got $22 worth of stuff for $5.99 shipping plus tax. A link that will take you right to the sale stuff is http://wantnot.net/BBWEnjoy! | | 9:41 pm |
Excellent Land's End coupon
If anybody's interested, according to wantnot.net: Through November 28th, 2011, use coupon code DRUMSTICK with PIN 1121 for 30% off and free shipping on any order, valid at both Lands’ End and Lands’ End Canvas. | | Thursday, November 10th, 2011 | | 3:11 pm |
| | 2:48 pm |
It's snowing!
I know, I know, when you're a grownup you're supposed to groan at the first snow. I just can't help it - the first snow of the year is just magical. It makes me hear sleigh bells. Although I suspect that the roofers I'm watching out of the window are probably less enthused. ;-) |
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