Tuesday October 22
I was home all day, much of it working on the Halloween costume. It now has a tail and a window screen, but the latter is only partially attached.
I also tested the spray paint on the screen. It's not as obvious as I'd like.
Update: I had thought the screen would mean a large discontinuity in the look of the costume, but on ( Read more... )

Saturday October 19
Today I took "T" to his karate group class, as usual. He had a good class.
Back home, "J" and I marked our ballots, which arrived in the mail yesterday. All Democrats, yes on a school bond issue, and no on all four statewide initiatives, which were all financed by the same hedge fund manager.
I visited my parents briefly, ( Read more... )

Ahoy matey!

"Talk Like a Pirate with an NYU Linguistics Professor" - September 19.
Less academic:
Why do pirates talk like that? - September 19.

Wednesday July 24
This morning "J" got up very early to go care for her P-Patch before the weather got too warm. She got a lot more done on it this morning, by herself, than she does when I'm there with her, trying to help.
Later in the morning, the house cleaners visited. I had a lot of my stuff in the way of cleaning, and had to clear it out of ( Read more... )

Tuesday July 23
This afternoon I took "T" to bicycle "camp" again. He had fun, but he's been struggling not to be bored at home.
I've been working on the ellipse thing again today, like yesterday, but now I'm settling for a reasonable approximation instead of trying to do the numerical analysis for the exact intersection of an ellipse and a

Sunday July 21
The first errand of the day was to pick up "T" from his usual Sunday appointment. That went smoothly.
I have paused work on the clock; I'll need certification on wood shop power tools (specifically the drill press) to proceed, and I may have to revise the design, or at least cut it again with better-quality plywood. I figure if I'm ( Read more... )

A while back, "T" and I went to the library, where we checked out One Dead Spy, the first Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales book. More recently, we checked out The Underground Abductor. Yesterday I got a notice from the library that it's due back. (We checked it out in my name because he had misplaced his library card.) Anyway, he said that he's ( Read more... )

Monday July 1
Happy Canada Day, to those who celebrate it!
Usually, "T" has an appointment on Mondays, but today "J" and I had an on-line appointment that conflicted, so T had the day off from that appointment. Our appointment seemed to go well.
T did not, however, have the day off from karate. Instead of his usual private lesson, a break, and ( Read more... )

Sunday June 30
Today I took "T" to his usual appointment, bought a snack at a nearby grocery store, and took him home from the appointment.
I spent much of the day working on one of my craft projects, doing design work in Inkscape.
At some point in the day, I started reading The Poppy War, which I checked out of the library recently. It was ( Read more... )

Saturday June 29
This morning "T" had a fever, so we skipped karate, in case he was contagious.
As noted yesterday, my parents both have COVID. I often visit them on weekends, but not this time, just in case.
I hung up the karate belt hanger in T's room, in a spot he approved. It looks pretty cool there.
I worked on a craft design for quite a ( Read more... )