December 2009

Weather!

December 8, 2009

Quite a little freshet blew through last night. Apparently it started around 11:30—that’s when my power went out—and carried on into the wee hours. Cassie woke me at one in the morning, barking at the distant thunder and fretting to go out. The wind was blowing so hard it made a weird, symphonic noise: like [...]

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Computers

December 7, 2009

I need to buy a laptop to replace the aging Dell that will have to go back to GDU in the next couple of weeks. I hardly use the Dell anymore, not because I wouldn’t prefer to sit in a comfortable chair or out on the patio, but because it’s a nuisance to operate, and [...]

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Sleep!

December 6, 2009

A miracle! The three a.m. wake-up call has stopped. The day after finishing my last real task for the Great Desert University, I fell into bed at 8:30 and slept all the way through to 7:00 a.m.: ten and a half glorious hours! Most amazingly, without interruption. Next night, I slept from 9:30 til around [...]

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Sons

December 5, 2009

What a marvelous thing a young man is, and so much the more marvelous if he’s your son. Not that a daughter isn’t a marvelous creature, too; only that when all you have is a son, he is indeed extraordinary. Shortly after I hit the “send” button throwing open the gate to my escape from [...]

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Gone!

December 4, 2009

I’m free. Yes. I quit. I’m gone. Out the door, never to return. A bird that has flown the coop. Last night, after I finally finished the latest iteration of the Index from the Black Lagoon, I mailed the damn thing off with an e-mail to our client editor letting him know I’m taking my [...]

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When Giving Goes Awry

December 3, 2009

Baker at Man vs. Debt hit the gong at several blog carnivals this week with his rumination on the various excuses not to give money to charities. While the article is well written and I respect the passion with which his readers respond, the enthusiasm for giving away hard-earned wages escapes me. I rarely donate [...]

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