I’m a jerk. Dogs are awesome, and also jerks. Siri is useless for my life. It’s creature dinner time, so I’m getting out the dishes and the food and starting to portion out everybody’s share. Some of the creatures are old and sedentary, some are young and boisterous, and not all are of the sameContinue reading “Buncha Thoughts at Evening”
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Building Everything from Scratch
You know what I love about programming? The part where I get to solve interesting problems. You know what isn’t interesting? solving the same problem over and over again. Even less interesting is having to solve a problem that I know someone else has solved but where I can’t copy the answer. That’s not onlyContinue reading “Building Everything from Scratch”
When Should You Have Lived?
So, Lise is off in Minneapolis for AWP. Neither one of us sleeps particularly well when we’re apart anyway, but she’s out there to talk to lots of people (not her favorite activity) and get them excited about Lithomobilus. And in the frenzy of packing, she remembered earplugs but forgot melatonin. The love of myContinue reading “When Should You Have Lived?”
Artisanal Is the New Organic
As we now know, organic food isn’t a health issue for the consumer but for the producer, but back in the 1970s only a very few people were hip to that. Back then, “organic,” vegetables meant that they were: more expensive weird looking small only available at the hippie stores Nowadays, you can find organic vegetablesContinue reading “Artisanal Is the New Organic”
Smart
Dagmar just got her teeth cleaned. I was waiting in the front office for the tech to bring her out and one of the staff asked me if she was smart. I was nonplussed. I never even thought about it. I said she’d never done the kid’s math homework. I should have said I haveContinue reading “Smart”
Remembering my People
Tonight is All Souls’ eve. The QBCPS tradition for this evening is to have our family dinner and, during dinner, we go around the table and tell stories about our loved ones who’ve died. But this year, we are all in different places. I’m at home with the creatures, the Goddess is at a sleepover,Continue reading “Remembering my People”
Spam Poetry
Got a weird spam email this morning. It’s a time of year when relatives are sending out random e-cards all the time, with no announcement, so I wasn’t quite sure whether this was legit. Not wanting to click any links or fetch any images in a dodgy-looking email, I went to the source. Lo! ItContinue reading “Spam Poetry”
Morning Roundup
So, I’m again listening to David Sedaris’ book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and just got to the bit where he’s talking about going on book tours. The passage where he describes his restrictions and arbitrary rules (smokers got priority on one tour, as they are going to die sooner so their minutes of lifeContinue reading “Morning Roundup”
Can I Get a Cuppa Joe?
I like Santa Cruz. It’s a swell town. It’s been getting some attention lately because of its happy tweets and its job growth, but just now I’m feeling more like the character, Grandpa, in “The Lost Boys.” In the morning, I just want some coffee. If I have errands to run and a full dayContinue reading “Can I Get a Cuppa Joe?”
It Smells Branded in Here
Things go in cycles. I know this, and yet I’m always a little surprised when the entrepreneurial cycle comes around to me again. Yesterday, I was at a St. Patrick’s Day party as my genius wife’s plus one, and I wound up having several conversations with people who are working hard on their new projects. IContinue reading “It Smells Branded in Here”