April 2010

It LIVES!

April 30, 2010

So SDXB came through the gerzillion-bypass surgery with flying colors. They dissected him yesterday; today he he’s been up walking around twice, and he socialized so exuberantly with all his relatives that his sister (who runs the tribe) had to send them all out of the place so he would settle down and sleep. New [...]

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Link Love…

April 30, 2010

Between the semester-end deluge of student papers and SDXB’s illness, there hasn’t been a lot of time to write. But browsing other blogs seems to be irresistible, no matter how pressed for time you are! Over the last few days I’ve stumbled upon a few gems. Check these out: Simple Life in France put up [...]

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Sad news

April 29, 2010

Yesterday SDXB went into the hospital for an angiogram. He’d been having some mild shortness of breath, which he put down to a hangover from a severe respiratory infection he’d had a couple of months ago. The doctor, however, thought otherwise: he diagnosed it as angina, but given SDXB’s vigor and overall physical condition, he [...]

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The future of residential real estate

April 28, 2010

Several weeks ago, one of the longtime choir members passed away. A widower, he lived in the neighborhood, in a very nice 1950s home just one lot away from the park. He probably was the original owner. At least three adult children were at the memorial service. The house has not gone up for sale. [...]

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Drummers

April 27, 2010

Often at night, when Cassie the Corgi and I are strolling, we can hear someone in the park banging a drum. The sound is steady, fast, monotone, and it reverberates through the neighborhood: boomboomboomboomboomboom. Since I don’t go in or even near the park after sundown, I’ve thought it was some New Age nut case [...]

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Solar and rocket stoves: Survival Gear…Frugal Extreme…or Just Going Green?

April 26, 2010

Okay, so Armageddon is here and the power has gone out…permanently. Your shiny glass-topped stove doesn’t work, neither does the oven, and you have to cook all those pizzas in the freezer before they spoil! What’re you gonna do? That’s easy: whip out the tinfoil and a couple of cardboard boxes, and build yourself a [...]

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