Gemisch/Gallimaufry
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Weekly Wrap-up (Mon Sept 27 – Sun Oct 3)
Autumn days. Autumn nights. Fog on the car windows in the mornings. Blue skies in the afternoons. Another quiet week. Not much going on. Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up (Mon Sept 20 – Sun Sept 26)
The mornings are darker. The days are shorter. The prettiest time of day is 3 in the afternoon. I often go for a short walk at that time, just to get out of the building and out in the air. It's been a quiet week in Lake Woebegone… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up ( Monday Sept 13 – Sunday Sept 19)
It's been distinctly autumnal. it's a bit cool in the mornings but what I notice most is the angle of the light. It just feels… like… fall. Not my favorite season, fall. It leads into winter which is my decidedly least favorite season. Ugh. I worked from home on Tuesday. I had approval from my… Continue reading
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We Didn’t Buy It For Its Looks
Although, to be honest, it draws the eye. 🙂 Yesterday as I walked out of the grocery store to my car, I was behind another shopper. As he passed behind our Scion XB (about 10 feet in front of me) he turned slightly, looked at it, and pronounced "That sure is an ugly car". I… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up (Sept 6 – Sept 12)
Monday was Labor Day. To celebrate Labor, we don't work 🙂 I discovered (from reading "For Better or For Worse", one of my favorite comic strips) that it was also Labor Day in Canada. Earlier in the day, my Mom had suggested that we drive north to Petaluma to a barbeque restaurant we all like,… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up ( Monday Aug 30 – Sunday Sept 5 )
The week started out cool but heated up again by Friday. Saturday was a real scorcher. Mom & Dad spent Monday and Tuesday of this week in Arizona and Nevada, returning to San Bruno on Tueday evening. Continue reading
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Pramoxine
Today I came up with a theory that fit the facts, then looked up some references that supported the theory. Cool! At dinner today I noticed a red area on my arm around a small scratch I got a couple of nights ago. Neither the red area nor the scratch hurt particularly. It's not infected.… Continue reading
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Back to School
The school across the street started the 2004/5 school year today. Some schools in the state started a week or more ago. This seems very early to me; when I was a kid, we didn't start till after Labor Day. In fact, the school system I went through (in State College, PA) still starts the… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up ( Monday Aug 23 – Sunday Aug 29)
As I type this, two soft balls of fluff relax nearby… the 40-pound marshmallow (aka the 20-pound pink Maine Coon) is sprawled tummy up on my desk. The Big Red Cat is by my elbow in "his place". The weather has been interesting this week. It was cool and foggy until Thursday. Thursday through Saturday… Continue reading
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Not So Friendly Skies
I don't fly much anymore (hey; I don't travel if I can help it). But I used to fly at least twice a year to conferences, mostly, and sometimes to visit relatives. I can remember at least half a dozen times that we called the airline the day before we were supposed to fly… Continue reading
