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Tag Archives: life
Happy Independence Day!
To all my friends Stateside, happy 4th of July.
To everyone else: Enjoy the extra bandwidth on WoW as Americans play outside for once.
How To Tell That It’s Spring
The neighbor’s car is parked just outside my window. And it has a new friend. Or, perhaps, an enemy.
A large, bright red cardinal is perched on it, looking pissed off and mussed. He’s a beautiful bird, with the brightest yellow beak I’ve seen, and deep red plumage. He’s loud, too. I’m not looking out the [...]
Talk is free
It seems that comment spam and blog comments have done some subtle damage.
You see, until just now, I had Wordpress set so that only previously-approved authors got automatically accepted for comments. I figured, that was enough — if you’ve posted before, no problem. Otherwise, hold for moderation, and I’d just accept the real comments.
Then I [...]
Things I learned on a trip to IKEA
It takes a Google Documents spreadsheet, six index cards, an iPhone, and a calculator to buy bookshelves, a TV stand, and a futon. Rather, it does if you’re me. Rational people will likely get by with less. When you’ve printed the Google Spreadsheet that you and your wife hashed out, with catalog numbers and expected cost, [...]
