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I love it when this happens
Nov. 17th, 2010 12:14 amI've been living too much in the last couple of days to blog about it properly. ( Read more... )
And now back to the news desk
Oct. 25th, 2010 11:21 pmHad a productive 3 hour session at work today, writing about customising e-mail notification templates. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. The legs are sore and still twitching a bit at night but not so violently as before. Am sleepy now.
Booked tax appointment for Friday.
Booked tax appointment for Friday.
Another day, another milestone
Oct. 14th, 2010 11:23 pmIt's been a busy week. Yesterday I turned 40, and discovered a whole new world. I'm a believer in rites of passage, and I feel I have come through the other side as someone not different than before, but someone full of new possibilities.
Today was the second anniversary of the loss of my brother Dave. It also felt like a rite of passage of sorts. Husband took me to the beach so I could have a quite moment of reflection. The beach was a special place to Dave. Maybe he felt he was part seagull; he certainly liked to steal other people's chips :-)
I write to you my friends as I wrote to my family:
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Today was the second anniversary of the loss of my brother Dave. It also felt like a rite of passage of sorts. Husband took me to the beach so I could have a quite moment of reflection. The beach was a special place to Dave. Maybe he felt he was part seagull; he certainly liked to steal other people's chips :-)
I write to you my friends as I wrote to my family:
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I thought I was fine
Oct. 10th, 2010 10:21 pmIn theory and by tradition I have all sorts of reasons to be feeling stressed right now. I'm happy to report, however, that I'm not feeling stressed at all. There's just one small problem.
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But what about the children?
Sep. 22nd, 2010 10:24 pmIt's occurred to me that posting random bits of The Book without explanatory notes may confuse the casual visitor. My own sense of reality is certainly under a bit of strain.
Indirect thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
girliejones for reminding me of the fertile ground that is the passive-aggressive note in the office kitchenette. For example:
Please clean up after each of your kills. If we all do it after every disembowelling it doesn't become a big issue for one person to clean up every week.
I'm sure I've seen that somewhere on the terrace.
Indirect thanks to
girliejones for reminding me of the fertile ground that is the passive-aggressive note in the office kitchenette. For example:Please clean up after each of your kills. If we all do it after every disembowelling it doesn't become a big issue for one person to clean up every week.
I'm sure I've seen that somewhere on the terrace.
On turning 40
Sep. 9th, 2010 10:23 pmSociety expects a lot of one; that's pretty much the whole point of society. In the case of my society this includes the expectation that the idea of reaching the age of 40 is to be greeted with horror (particularly by females). One must have a to-do list for each milestone. Everyone is expected to reach 40 or 50, with 60 being not unreasonable, 70 quite likely, and 80 a reasonable achievement.
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The mechanics of attraction
May. 14th, 2010 11:51 pmToday I was pondering the mechanics of attraction*. I can blame Stephen Baxter's book Evolution for part of that, because it's been making me think about mate selection. And then last night I saw the lamborghini.
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Hours and horseflesh
Apr. 27th, 2010 11:08 pmI dragged myself into work today more out of stubbornness and cabin fever than anything else, but then I got myself to the stables for some much-missed equine communion.
( A little about work, but mostly the horses. Warning: it gets a bit slashy towards the end. )
( A little about work, but mostly the horses. Warning: it gets a bit slashy towards the end. )
Sundry Saturdayness
Apr. 24th, 2010 10:26 pmIt's been a dot point kind of day, so I'll make less of an effort than usual at grammar. Sometimes I feel obliged; tonight, not so much.
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It's a cake conspiracy
Apr. 18th, 2010 11:09 pmA couple of days ago I tried to buy a copy of Cake Wrecks the book. It was late, I was lonely, the Internet beckoned... Actually I was inspired to buy it as a birthday present for one of my sisters (none of whom read this blog so we're pretty safe there). She's a mother and has seen her fair share of cakes.
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Life after Swancon
Apr. 8th, 2010 11:13 pmI've started thinking about Life After Swancon, beginning with the list of tasks I have recently deferred. This does not include anything from the previous to-do list, it's just the stuff that made me throw up my hands and declare "Later! (AS)"
( Probably not very exciting, for-my-own-reference stuff )
( Probably not very exciting, for-my-own-reference stuff )
Catmobile breakdown :-( / :-)
Mar. 11th, 2010 10:43 pmAll sorts of things happened today, but for this post I'll concentrate on The Catmobile's breakdown which was, all things considered, one of the best breakdowns one is likely to have. I'm pretty good at doing the bright side thing, but really, this just made it easy. What's the opposite of Murphy's Law?
So, short version: I had a flat battery, but it went OK.
( The long version )
So, short version: I had a flat battery, but it went OK.
( The long version )
Not quite so busy
Feb. 10th, 2010 10:42 pmToday--being the day after yesterday--I unsurprisingly had to slow down. So I didn't get up early and squeeze in a few hours at work before taking Husband to the physio.
( But I did get a few things done )
( But I did get a few things done )
A record worth noting
Jan. 8th, 2010 10:21 pmI went to work 5 days in a row this week. Granted for an average of 2-3 hours a day, but I'm working on stamina rather than sprints right now and this is an exciting development. Actually, right now I'm working on not collapsing. My body is telling me I must cease all activity *at once*, which is a shame, because I am damned keen to get to strangedave's birthday celebrations tomorrow, and I'm pretty keen to get to some of Genghiscon too.
( But it's been an undeniably big week )
strangedave's birthday celebrations tomorrow, and I'm pretty keen to get to some of Genghiscon too.( But it's been an undeniably big week )
2009 Wrapup Meme
Jan. 5th, 2010 05:54 pmI've been reading friends' renderings of this meme with interest, but avoided doing it myself mainly because my memory is just not organised for this kind of annual reporting. I'm prone to overlook really big ticket items which could prove embarrassing. The obvious solution of reading 12 months of my own blog as research is too hideous to contemplate, so in lieu of research I thought I'd just give it a go.
( That was 2009 )
( That was 2009 )
I wouldn't call them resolutions per se
Jan. 2nd, 2010 10:07 pmIn 2010 I would like the following to occur (some of which are carried over from last year, but that's no crime):
( It's a plan )
( It's a plan )
Report card for 2009
Dec. 21st, 2009 04:22 pmI think we're close enough to the end of 2009 to review how the Things To Do list went.
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I have fought the good fight for long enough and must now accept that it might be a fight I cannot win. I do not concede defeat; I concede only the possibility of defeat. And with that thought I rob my defeat of its terror and power over me, and it becomes but an alternative. I have stopped fighting, for now I cannot lose.
I can exist and be loved even if I am not clever.
I can exist and be loved even if I am not clever.
