Having been on my own the past couple of days, except for the dog, and except for a few brief trips out into the world yesterday, I’m starting to feel weirdly disconnected already. My normal routine has been pretty much shot. The dog wakes me up very early to go out and be fed, and then . . . → Read More: “You should know upfront, this is not a love story.”
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Online acquaintance (and fellow capper) Reynard is participating in Bike MS: Express Scripts Gateway Getaway Ride to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (As well as to support another fellow capper who was recently diagnosed.) I know you don’t know him from Adam, but if you’re so inclined, I hope you’ll consider donating to help him . . . → Read More: Monday various “Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge.” That’s what my fortune cookie said this evening, anyway. A quick search suggests it’s from the Bhagavad Gita, which seems an odd and unexpected source of fortune-cookie wisdom, but it is a nice sentiment nevertheless. It ties in a little weirdly with a movie I watched . . . → Read More: The sword of self-knowledge Just a typical Sunday hereabouts, one part New York Times crossword, one part writing group. On my way home from writing, I picked up a kneeling chair I’d bought at the beginning of July, when my back was starting to hurt me more than usual. I have a friend with several herniated discs who swears by the . . . → Read More: It’s just a restless feeling by my side I’ve always thought that competitive eating contests were, at best, disgusting and dumb, and, at worst, encouragers of some really awful and unhealthy behavior. Turns out, it’s much worse than I ever imagined. [via] Who could have guessed that an H.G. Wells story contest that banned science fiction and required manuscripts be handwritten would get no entries? The . . . → Read More: Thursday various Not much to report. The first week of summer hours, arriving early and working late, is at an end, with the half-day reward tomorrow. Already, I’m not entirely sure that it’s been worth it. Meanwhile, I’ve been getting issues of Kaleidotrope ready for mail over the weekend — and, as I periodically do, thinking about going the . . . → Read More: This must be a Thursday. Today is supposedly the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, but I can say as I noticed. It was mostly an unexciting day, despite its being my first back at work since last Thursday. I’m feeling a whole lot better, though I can’t quite shake this cough. Today’s Forgotten English is “puthering,” meaning “pouring . . . → Read More: The longest day I was woken up first thing this morning by my father, asking me to help him push one of the cars into the street because the battery had died. And, well, today is Father’s Day, so who am I to say no? It was incredibly hot and muggy outside, though, even before nine o’clock (which is . . . → Read More: Happy Father’s Day More of the same today, mostly, with the most exciting thing being the new episode of Doctor Who that I watched. (And I thought Russell T. Davies threw everything and the kitchen sink into his last season finale.) I’m not 100%, still with the cough, but I am feeling a whole lot . . . → Read More: June 19 I stayed home sick today, which was about as much fun and as exciting as you might expect. Not really the three-day weekend I’ve always dreamed of, I spent most of the day asleep or lying around. There were the Jehovah’s Witnesses and guy offering to give an estimate on driveway resurfacing that I turned away, . . . → Read More: Sick day |
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