Sorry for the long delay in writing. I’ve been distracted by trying, not very successfully, to get caught up on stuff at home. I’ve also been getting ready for an upcoming storytelling show (live only and sold out, so I’ll spare you the shameless self promotion this time).

Celebrity Death Watch: Edwin Wilson was a theatre critic, primarily ( Read more... )

Celebrity Death Watch: Lisa Brown acted in soap operas. Marilyn McLeod was a singer-songwriter. Jim Warren was a computer scientist and co-founder of Dr. Dobb’s Journal. Yvonne Wilder was an actress who appeared in several plays and films, including West Side Story. Charles Moose was the chief of the Montgomery County (Maryland) police from ( Read more... )

Much of today was occupied with packaging cookies for mailing. I discovered that the mailing boxes I had were way too big. So I made a quick trip to Staples to try to find more suitable boxes. While there, I saw a new product I thought might work - Scotch Flex and Seal Shipping Roll. You cut this and fold it around the thing you are shipping ( Read more... )

They are sort of predicting snow tomorrow morning. I say “sort of” because: a) it is only a 30% chance and b) the temperature is supposed to be above freezing (34 - 36 Fahrenheit). And it’s been warm enough for the past few days that there is pretty much no chance of anything sticking.

I am hoping for just enough light flakes falling to collect in ( Read more... )

Weather: Before I blather on about politics, I have a weird question about weather forecasts. The weather app on my phone gives a daily high and nightly low. But they don’t make sense. For example, right now, the forecast text says today’s high will be 44. But it is currently 45 and predicted to stay that high for the next few hours. And the ( Read more... )

Elections: Most of the election in my district was uninteresting, since I live in an area that is so blue that it is practically indigo. The Republicans no longer bother running candidates for Delegate or State Senator here. But we did have an interesting race for our representative to the County Board of Supervisors, with a Republican candidate ( Read more... )

Celebrity Death Watch: James Ingram was an R&B singer/songwriter. Dick Miller was an actor who appeared in a lot of Roger Corman’s movies. Stewart Adams developed ibuprofen. Ron Joyce cofounded Tim Hortons. Candice Jean Earley was an actress, best known for a long-running role on All My Children. Harold Bradley was a country guitarist. Clive ( Read more... )

Despite my Red Sox fandom, I have not lived in New England since 1980. However, when I visit Boston, I do feel like I belong there.

Not a Good Weekend to Look at Social Media: A lot of my friends from the puzzle community are at MIT for the Mystery Hunt. A lot of my traveling friends are in Singapore for SinDo (a big annual frequent flyer party ( Read more... )

Don’t Analyze This Dream, Part 1: My car had a warning light on, which was in the shape of an exclamation point.

Don’t Analyze This Dream, Part 2: One of my colleagues needed to renew his badge at work. I pointed out to him that he needed to take the elevator to the 8th floor in order to get to the 3rd floor.

Weather Whine: We got 10 inches of ( Read more... )

I had a busy day today ( Read more... )