Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Botanic Garden Afternoon
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Dr. Susan, R. and I had a wonderful time at the Botanic Gardens this afternoon. It was a beautiful day, windy, but perfect for our outing. I thoroughly enjoyed the elevated nature walk and can see myself stealing down there sometimes when I [...]
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Son of the Bicycle Going Nowhere
Yesterday afternoon was Big Project Time. The kind of event that has me stringing theater rope and saying, “No feline assistance required.” (That doesn’t work, of course, but it maintains my illusion of control to try anyway.)
You see after my morning ride on the Bicycle Going Nowhere yesterday I had to concede defeat to a [...]
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
A Cardinal and a Bluejay Remind Me to Slow Down
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Alas Mondays do not come with coupon codes. There are no discounts for factory seconds or banged up packaging. Mondays are take them as they come and this one roared in with a vengeance, severely complicated by R. being up at 8 a.m. and in a thoroughly impossible mood that kept [...]
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Sunday Morning Snappage
I should be sitting at my desk shredding all the piled up life insurance and credit card offers. Instead I’ve been answering emails, piddling on the net, and watching “Babel” on my newly installed cable-company DVR. (For the record, thoroughly depressing and, at times, confusing film.)
This is also apparently my weekend to break exercise equipment. [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Sunday Afternoon Laundry
Yesterday was not a day when the drumbeat of my thoughts tapped out, “build muscle,” or even “do work.” It was more like “take step” then “take another step.” Yes, I had what I call a Molasses Day, when every move and thought felt as if they slogged forward through a sticky, thick morass. By [...]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Random Musings on Energy
A futon is the closest thing to one of those adjustable beds I’ve ever used. When I do put the head up, as I did last night to actually spend a few minutes reading, the maneuver deeply intrigues the cats, who instantly crawl between the mattress and the frame and start playing paw games through [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Good Help Is SO Hard to Find
Yesterday I received a message about my on the job performance from our feral feline Midnight that could not have been more clear had she flashed it with large red letters on digital signage.
You see, I forgot to go out and feed her.
No, more precisely, I saw her sitting at the patio door and chose [...]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Volume Level 63
This weekend I took something of a break from the technology. That’s right no articles about the virtue of the unlocked phone – iPhone or otherwise — no fanfic, very little online gaming (just enough to keep up with my Scrabulous friends), and minimal email and twits.
In part this somewhat radical step can be attributed [...]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Growing in Popularity
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Storm Clouds Gathered
Although R. does not trust me to take apart the vacuum cleaner, she does seem to feel I have super hero powers and can simply hold my hand up to the heavens and intone, “Abate until the onion rings are consumed.” Yes, last night was a Sonic date, her favorite junk food junket, and she [...]
