*blows off the dust and cobwebs ( Read more... )

I have reached that wonderful point in paper-writing when one goes back, reads what's written so far, and scratches half of it ( Read more... )

I only just learned about this notion of a golden birthday. Because apparently today is mine. Wish I'd known ahead of time; maybe I would have tried to plan something special for this "once in a lifetime" day (though I can't imagine what I would do). Thus far it's just been schmoozing around the house doing nothing. I decided not to clean or ( Read more... )

• First rain of the season.  Cold and wet: two things I hate to be. (cold is only acceptable if it's cold enough to turn the rain into snow)
  
• Finger slipped on the alarm pad at work while trying to disarm it this morning, set off the alarm.  And of course there are no instructions for disarming it once it's been tripped, out where they can be found.  ( Read more... )

I drove Alan to the airport yesterday. We got an early start and built in lots of fudge time, so we arrived in San Francisco at 11:30 (his flight wasn't until 4:30). The check-in windows for Virgin weren't even open yet, so we stood in line but didn't have to wait long. He checked his bag and got his boarding pass and we took our time walking ( Read more... )