There's evidently some scheduled maintenance in the building lobby later this week. There are signs up giving the date of the maintenance and, in BIG bold letters:
PICK UP ALL MOVEABLE OBJECTS FROM THE FLOOR

Mind you, it doesn't say who is supposed to pick up the moveable objects, or what they're supposed to do with them. I suppose any of us could ( Read more... )

SkirtsI have nearly finished the big black skirt of doom. All that's left is finishing off the hemming of the bottom. All 18 yards of it. Luckily, I'm free tomorrow night. This may take a while ( Read more... )

I've had a few similar conversations recently, so I suppose it's time to post about a topic that seems to come up a bit ( Read more... )

The bus ride into work was free today, due to an ozone alert. Never let it be said that pollution didn't help anyone ( Read more... )

Family are folks who feed you and argue with you.

I was thinking about this, thinking about my visits to see people from other cultural backgrounds. One thing that seems to hold steady across all human cultures is that when you are home, your family will feed you and argue with you. Some cultures are more noted for this than others (I was ( Read more... )

As to his real character, had information been in her power, she had never felt a wish of enquiring. His countenance, voice, and manner had established him at once in the possession of every virtue. She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr. ( Read more... )

I'm in at work early this morning, as I need to get out early in order to fetch Chris for the show tonight. I am hoping the local precipitation does not add too much to the driving this evening, although the average Washington DC area commuter's driving skills are notoriously water soluble ( Read more... )

I went for another walk at lunch today, this one a bit shorter because it's just drizzly enough to keep misting my glasses. I need to learn to take my phone with me to get pictures of some of the more eye-catching sights ( Read more... )

So one of the houses down the street from me has some Halloween decorations up already.

Neat stuff. One of the decorations is causing me some problems. It looks like:( THIS )

Heaven is the sky and the stars and the sun ( Read more... )