Pro: The little Chinese restaurant on the corner has pretty flavorful vegetarian entrees – and they get substantially better if you chat with the cook and ask him to make it like he likes to eat it. Con: More traffic noise than expected on my…
A notional list, based on more than a decade of observation: * First we become loud. * Then we all talk about how drunk we were, that one time. * Next, we reassure each other that we’re totally not drunk yet. Not at all. *…
My older cat (Merlot) has cancer of the jaw. Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you’ve got anything really pressing to say to her, you should probably say it immediately. The vet’s prognosis is “days to weeks,” and when even…
Please take note: If you find yourself ranting in the role of “Howard” here, then you irritate me. Note that “friends” locking a post will not prevent this crap. You. Yes you. Don’t look away from me: I’m talking to you. Facebook and livejournal are…
There’s a useless little column-let in the Times today titled “The Joy of Less.” I won’t claim that I read it – but I did read the title – and now off I go on my own thoughts. It seems somehow appropriate. The past week,…
Been busy lately. Gonna be busy today and for the foreseeable future. However, not too busy to geek out. A took a typing test that claims that I run around 72 words per minute at more than 95% accuracy. That was the 3 minute “tiger”…
Many things are going on. We bought a house. Our house rules. It has an awesome twisty curvy staircase and hardwood floors and a basement an an attic. It’s approximately three times the house we need and almost more house than we want. Today I…
So, I went back to randori night at judo today. Went about 9 rounds and played everyone in the room. I even made a shoulder throw work against the biggest guy in the room. Once. The injury came from banging my elbow really hard on…
Before it totally fades from memory, here are some more high points from Honduras: We hired a van to get from from the Lodge at Pico Bonito to the Maya Vista hotel in the town of Tela. The hotel was on top of the highest…
We had a member of the Russian national women’s judo team working out with my judo club this week. She was about my size – so I was a good person for her to throw a few (dozen) times. I think it’s great that the…