Monthly Archives: October 2012
They’re stealing our garbage!
Our city schedules a bulk waste collection week each fall to help us get rid of all our autumn yard waste and junk from our houses. We just pile it all up out at the curb and they come along … Continue reading
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Houses of higher learning
I have decided to adopt a more positive attitude toward my house. It isn’t the bane of my existence, continually plotting how to break yet again in some random, difficult and intensely aggravating way. No! This house is trying to … Continue reading
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Sandy Chainsaw Massacre
When we first moved into this house we found we had a dead tree in our yard. Years ago someone had planted a trio of aspens along the fence separating our yard from the neighbor’s. Two of them were on … Continue reading
What we do for love
It’s getting closed to 11:00 pm. That’s not late for many of you, I realize, but I should have been heading to bed an hour ago. But I’m still up. Why? My kids have found that the local library has … Continue reading
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Sport Report
…because you guys just can’t get enough of me bragging about my kids. 😉 Baseball season is over (again). We had both of the boys on the same team this time, which made things interesting. These two who often fight … Continue reading
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Unfinished: The difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
It’s rare that I don’t finish a book. But several different people have reminded me lately that life is too short to spend time on unworthy books. And so I will have to add a new type of review to … Continue reading
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Nothing to see here
I was just too tired last night after a day of digging out ditches and trimming trees (Happy Columbus Day!) to think, let alone write. I read a book instead. Good book, you ask? It’s okay. It’s “The Difference Engine”, … Continue reading
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Young lions
There comes a point in a pride of lions that one of the younger males feels big enough to challenge the top lion. If the young lion wins the older lion is banished and takes to the wilds alone. Fortunately … Continue reading
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The Dangerous neighborhood strikes again
Did I say there were two used book stores within a few blocks of my work? There are THREE! I found another one today while I was out walking. I thought I would just walk on by, maybe take a … Continue reading
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See America on a train
I’ve begun taking the train to work. I didn’t really have any preconceived notions of who I’d be riding with. What I’ve noticed is that my fellow riders are a decent cross-section of society. I haven’t seen anyone who is … Continue reading
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