Just A Quickie
I probably won't have time to do a real update until January, but I wanted to stop by and let everyone know I was still alive. Christmas was a thin but rewarding affair. My family celebrates a secular Christmas, and we don't put religious emphasis on any holiday, really. I ...
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December 27, 2008
The Season is Busy in 3… 2… 1… NOW
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means cooking, travel, and the strong urge to take a nap. Our turkey dinner has shrunk over the last several years, so that now we'll snack on a small tray of raw veggies with dip, then for the meal we have turkey ...
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November 27, 2008
Review: A Frightful Experience is Nice This Time of Year
Upon taking Kara to the dentist, we were informed that she needs a root canal and that there was time to do it today. I expected the root canal, but not the expediency. She's there now, though not particularly thrilled. I'll go back in a couple of hours to pick ...
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October 16, 2008
Halloweens of Yore, and Spirit-Induced UTIs
This post is from November 2, 2003 (the one I just posted was from October of 2003, but the events themselves were four years prior). I'm going to bed in a minute but wanted to leave one more Meridjet-related story before I went. I'm trying to sleep forward; sleep deprivation ...
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August 23, 2008
Texas Renaissance Festival
Today we received in the mail the information packet for the 2008 Texas Renaissance Festival, and I thought perhaps a reader or two would be interested in the information. It runs October 11 through November 30, which is a gorgeous time of year here. Details as follows, verbatim from the ...
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July 24, 2008
Historical Recollections, and Fear
I haven’t slept much in the past few days. I wake up within a few hours of going to bed and am unable to go back to sleep. It hasn't been so bad – I’ve been getting around six hours sleep a day – until this morning. This morning, I ...
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