Sunday didn’t start off so great. I stepped in hair ball cat puke first thing, heading for the thermastat to see how cold it was, and if I should turn the heat back on. (It was 65° in the house, 35° outside, so heat did go back on, and it’s running now Monday morning while … [Read more…]
It’s an often talked about thing that with the Internetz and 159 channels and time shifting and there’s no town square and we don’t all sit down to watch Uncle Walter at the same time on the CBS Evening News (“in an era when network news was central to many people’s lives.” as it says … [Read more…]
Walking to work on a rainy Thursday, the sidewalk was populated with worms. I tried not to step on them. The soundtrack was a little jingle us kids used to sing, which Wikiedia tells me is the Hearse Song: The worms crawl in The worms crawl out The worms crawl higgeldy all about And one … [Read more…]
We left Madison on Friday for a combined family weekend in DC, and trip to Charlotteville VA for a conference for me. Now I’m back at DC’s National Airport for the trip home. I rented a car and drove from Washington down to Charlotteville, and it was a pretty drive through rolling Virginia countryside, with … [Read more…]
It was raining this morning so I decided to work at home. As soon as I got out of bed – before 7:00, before feeding the cats – the meanderings started. I turned on my computer to send a message to work that I was working at home, and checked into my online course to … [Read more…]
I guess I’m having a normal week, at least in terms of not going back and forth to Chicago all the time. Rach is here, and came in last Thursday, which is unusual; she usually comes from Sunday to Saturday. It was so that she could work on Friday, and then over the weekend, prepare … [Read more…]