A truly marvelous plan
I am in the middle of a truly marvelous adventure. Let me show you it. My dad lives in Virginia. He is moving to Western Michigan. He had planned to load a trailer with stuff and make a run up the East coast to deliver…
Real Life
On kids, and the cute
We had three houseguests last night. One of them was two (and a half!). The adults, of course, were very fun to have over. I want to talk about the little girl. She spent dinner sacked out on the couch. Sound asleep, being occasionally investigated…
Archives
I have a lot of digital records. Not a lot by, like, Library of Congress standards – but more than most of the folks that I know personally. I try to maintain an email INBOX without a scrollbar – such that I have perhaps at…
EBay, redux
Okay, those of you who asked if I had run into scammers on EBay? I said, “no?” I would like to change my answer: Dear fdmts, Hello,i am the winner of your item so i want you to give me your pay pal email address…
Ebay
So, I’ve actually received money for selling something on EBay. It was a shockingly positive experience, so I want to share. First off, I’m not quitting my day job. I’m trying to de-clutter my life. Turns out that after a couple of years of deliberately…
In Which I Get Called Out
Last week, technolope came over for a quick lunch, which is one of those rare treats when you work from home. We went to Common Grounds cafe, an eclectic little restaurant around the corner from my house. The restaurant is run by a small community…
Cirque du Soleil
Went to see the touring production of Ovo by Cirque du Soleil last night. It was wonderful – as usual. CdS shows always give me the impression that I’ve had the opportunity to visit a strange and colorful other world. It’s the classic magical kingdom,…
Merchant of Venice
When we were in Ashland, Oregon a couple of weeks ago, we took in a performance of the Merchant of Venice by the venerable and reputable Oregon shakespeare festival. Let it be noted that my cold, hard heart has only rarely been warmed by staged…
I speak from authority
Having exhausted all brainpower for the day, I’m cleaning out my under-desk shelves. On said shelves I find a little electronic whatsit that was superficially cool in like 2002 – but it should go now. I fling it to the trash, muttering, “this is the…
The foul calculus
I keep staring at the world, and thinking how the value of life is so incredibly low. The measured value of non-human life is zero dollars. Birds, tortoises, buffalo … whatever you pick … the “cost” of buying their meat, fouling their habitat, or driving…