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when to move?
In my slow move, I am reaching the point when I need to get the bulk of my stuff out of my old Wareham (Massachusetts) place, since it is about to go on the market ( Read more... ) -
The Big Bambu of the Starn brothers
A little over a week ago, I walked up and down the Big Bambu sculpture on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Starn brothers (identical twins) have branched out from photography to recreate a piece similar to one in their Beacon studio. They have employed a team of climbers and the odd civil engineer. The bamboo comes from the ( Read more... ) -
last opera of the season and it was a Lulu
I spent a weekend with Berg and Japanese comic books (plus the usual sleeping and eating).
( same old song? ) -
Why read criticism?
Somewhat reluctantly, I subscribed to a new electronic mail list only land in the middle of a rant/flamewar by an editor somewhat incoherently deriding fandom (of which I consider myself part). Many of the complaints seemed to be rehashed arguments going back to the days of the pulps, even though oblique attacks on Wikipedia were included (even ( Read more... ) -
surveyors in the Boston area?
Can anyone recommend a surveyor in the the greater Boston area?
Ultimately, this is to satisfy my father, so whether or not
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Summer Wars
Last night I went to see the Cambridge (Massachusetts) premiere of new animated feature by Mamoru Hosoda.
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mad science, reports and reality
I just got through one convention debrief (my part was minor) and I should write a report for the upcoming debrief of another convention (where I was spread a bit too thin). Whether or not I do the same job next year, I have have to figure how to stress the importance of the need for things like more gaffers tape (if if were not so expensive, I ( Read more... ) -
under Strauss
I am trying to figure out how to maintain emotional equilibrium during a major upcoming event. Recent and upcoming family difficulties are upsetting me greatly and things at work are not helping (I added debugging to code to trace down a bug and, of course, the heisenbug disappears -- unfortunately, the debugging slows down the program to ( Read more... ) -
Aussiecon
I am trying to decide whether or not to go to Aussiecon this year. I have a membership, but that is a relatively minor consideration ( Read more... )