Out on the island, and the hedge and the grass all have a few remnants of rime. Must have been downright chilly last night. And kitty, turning 11 years old this year, is more interested in watching the action from the windowsill with the heater under it than he is being out in it himself. He goes outside for 2-3 minutes at a time, but then his ( Read more... )

The local bird population has apparently not missed us while we were gone ( Read more... )

Today, I have to brag a bit about Lennart. He's currently at an ICFP (International Conference on Functional Programming) conference in Victoria, Canada, where he just now received this award:


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So I'll make an attempt to catch up! First, Valentine's Day and celebrations ( Read more... )

Ten years ago today, Lennart and I got married in a quick and dirty town hall ceremony which I didn't fully understand but nevertheless took very seriously. Today, we've been through bumps, some serious, some less so, and come through to drive on the mostly paved, slightly cracked, a bit potholed road of married life. We'll have kids if and when ( Read more... )

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Any cassette left in a car for more than a fortnight turns into Queen's Greatest Hits.Friday was Lennart's 51st birthday. Not a major birthday perhaps, but still. I got him a nice little hardback copy of Samuel Pepys's diary, and tickets to see We Will Rock You on Saturday afternoon. So, knowing the tricksiness that is the underground system on ( Read more... )

• I had downloaded the pilot episode of Ugly Betty from iTunes, and saw that it was taking place in New York. "That's cool!" thought I. It was all well and good, and then I saw the last 15 seconds. Ugly Betty works in the MetLife building. Lennart worked in the MetLife building! Ugly Betty walked across the street into Madison Square Park. We ( Read more... )

Lennart has a programming conference at MIT this week...he left an hour ago. But he had to rent a car yesterday, because the place he was renting at didn't have Sunday morning pick-ups. So we made a day of it, and drove to Philadelphia...well, rather, we first drove to Lahaska, PA where we visited the Peddler's Village, a cute little tourist trap ( Read more... )

Always look on the bright side of life!

Last evening, for Lennart's birthday, we went to the hilarious Broadway show Spamalot. Eric Idle has done an excellent job bringing this to the stage. There were new bits, and there were old bits, and laughter and fun was had by all ( Read more... )