I turn the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything today. Forty-two is a number Lewis Carroll used a lot as well, and I've written on the topic of recurring numbers before. Friday was Beth's birthday, but I couldn't think of anything to give her. I did order a few things, one of which came today, but she's gotten harder to shop for, as she ( Read more... )

My grandmother died on Friday night. She was ninety-seven, and hadn't been doing well. I'm never sure of the best way to announce sad things, and putting it at the beginning of a mostly unrelated post is probably not it, but that's what I'm doing anyway. I don't know why, but I've never really been someone who cried at death, and it's not because I ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Beth and I went with Tavie, Sean, and Stephanie to Sleepy Hollow for the Halloween events. These are always really popular, and you have to buy tickets well in advance, which sucks if the day you chose turns out to be rainy or something. Fortunately it wasn't last night, but it was a lot chillier than it's been. That SHOULD be typical ( Read more... )

Beth and I are currently in the process of moving. We're in the new place, but most of our stuff isn't, and Beth's mom is helping to get it cleaned up and ready (and by "helping," I mean "doing pretty much everything"). The movers are coming tomorrow, and the cable installer is supposed to be in on Wednesday. So we're without wi-fi at home now, and ( Read more... )

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We've lived in Brooklyn for two Halloweens now, which means we weren't far from Tarrytown, which has a haunted association due to Washington Irving. He gave a valley about two miles from the town the name Sleepy Hollow, and set his tale of the Headless Horseman there. There are a lot of Halloween events there these days, and they sell out quickly. ( Read more... )

Beth and I went down to South Jersey this past weekend, and brought the cats with us. We still haven't found a vet in New York, and they were overdue for a check-up. Also, we don't like to leave them alone for long periods of time. Since they're terrified of riding in the car in carriers, I guess it's kind of a wash, but they did get more attention ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to do a life overview sort of a post now. I was actually just considering recently how blogging became a lot more fun for me when I decided to treat it as less of a diary and more of an unofficial column. I've never been the type to keep a journal, possibly because I don't think I'm all that interesting on a personal level. I get ( Read more... )

Since I know you were just dying for an update, I'll mention that I'm still working my temporary data verification job, and I went to a job pool on Thursday. This is something New York does with city jobs, where they get several eligible candidates together and interview them one at a time. Sometimes they'll hire somebody, and sometimes not. From ( Read more... )