Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Badge of Honor
Since home lighting is nothing to me but a kilowatt consuming construct, I don’t use it during the summer when I have adequate light falling through the big windows in my bedroom. So when I jump on the exercise bike first thing, with the fan blowing in my face and the morning play of light [...]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
There’s Girls, and There’s Women, and There’s Ladies
While most people use the Internet to search for things like cheap hotels or bargain basement deals, my interests take me all over the place, from blogs to self-improvement sites and the occasional off-color fanfic romp. I’m used to seeing strange and sometimes vaguely shocking things pop up on my monitor. This morning, however, I [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Still Cranky After a Mall Excursion
Of all the tracts of commercial real estate in this world that I loathe and detest, a mall has to be up at the top of the list. I spent two hours in one yesterday. I might as well have said, “I spent two hours in hell.”
Why did I do this, you ask? Well, R.’s [...]
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Urban Turkey Encounter
I can say, unequivocally, that exercise has proven to be a passport to new experiences. This neighborhood I’ve chosen as the venue to ride while I build my confidence is tree-lined and shady. It appears to be straight and level, but actually undulates enough to offer a good workout. Squirrels frolic in the yards beside [...]
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Jam Packed Wednesday
About the only thing I didn’t do yesterday was mess with a bunch of CAT5e cables. On our busy scale, it was an off the charts day, and R. is still sound asleep — and snoring.
My morning was routine, writing for filthy lucre and riding the Bicycle Going Nowhere. Dr. Susan came over about 2 [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Squirrels . . .
. . . they’re sure it’s all about them.
Click thumb for larger image.
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Road Report
After a Sunday afternoon of writing about car parts, I decided to ask my favorite madman, the Wookie, if he wanted to go for a bike ride in the park. Have I mentioned he’s a sadistic SOB for whom the concept of “training wheels” is anathema?
It all started out benignly enough. I’m still pretty nervous [...]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Procrastinating at the Dining Room Table
This afternoon finds me sitting at the dining room table with an ungodly number of windows open on the laptop, Chopin playing over my good noise-canceling headphones, and my attention much more drawn to the birds and squirrels at the All You Can Eat Critter Bar than to the article on HDMI components I’m supposed [...]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Five Miles of Forward Motion
I’ve often thought that it would be nice if we could access all the data stored in our minds the same way we can pull stuff off memory cards. From my frightening first biking excursion in the park to my brief training runs in the driveway, I could feel my body trying to just settle [...]
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Out on the Fashion Limb
I’m blessed with a wide circle of friends with varied interests. If I’m talking with M.H. and the topic of saddles comes up, it’s the kind you throw on a horse’s back; with the Wookie the same topic means a bicycle seat.
I can talk about my unabashed love of goat meat with my Little Town [...]
