Archive for June, 2012
Ephron followup
I have to say that Nora Ephron’s I Hate My Neck pretty much disappointed me. It was the Maintenance essay that did it; Ephron talks about having two salon blow-outs per week (this means they wash and blow-dry your hair, for those who don’t patronize slons much); sopending three hours every six weeks getting her […]
what fine women eat
I have not yet read enough Nora Ephron to know whether she ever got from May she be granted beauty and yet not Beauty to make a stranger’s eye distraught, Or hers before a looking-glass, for such, Being made beautiful overmuch, Consider beauty a sufficient end, Lose natural kindness and maybe The heart-revealing intimacy That […]
going barefoot (at work!)
Among the things I ordered and had delivered to my parents’ house were a couple of pairs of shoes by companies that are into the barefoot-running movement. I have zerio interest in running (at least for any distance; sprinting is fun), but I like being barefoot and because I travel so much, I like the […]
upcoming: more good than not, plus a small Olympics rant
Good things: only two weeks to work before we go on holiday next. This is not only our monthly pay week but because of the way the Dutch system works, I get nearly an extra month’s pay (one month, almost, for vacation pay in June and a “13th month” holiday pay in December). Also, I […]
reunion trip
There’s a more guarded account of my family reunion, plus some pictures, at the other blog. This one is less censored but still entirely drama free, because my family is good that way. I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting to have all that good a time at the family reunion last weekend; last […]
ready to go?
I’m not sure what happened yesterday, but I didn’t row as planned. Instead I went to bed for an hour or so, spent the rest of the evening on the couch except for making dinner (Thai rice noodle salad with crawfish; it was just a matter of assembling purchased ingredients and improvising a dressing) then […]
Introducing Elijah. As you can see, he found a few friends around the house: His friends are rom our trip to Thailand a few years ago. Judging from the size of his ears, Elijah is also an Asian elephant, so perhaps there is a natural bond.
I am a wyverary
Here’s where I make a confession: I never read either Fahrenheit 451 or The Martian Chronicles. For that matter, I still haven’t read the Foundation books, or Childhood’s End or any number of other classics of the literature of ideas. I might get to them. I might not. I seem to have odd reading tastes […]
and yet one more thing
Apparently the stairs yesterday did work. Or maybe the panicked speedy bike ride to the boathouse was what helped. (The ride there was panicked because I realized at 7:35 that I’ve been supposed to be there at 7:15 to take my turn at cleaning; the ride home was not so much panicked, but speedy anyhow […]
two quick notes about Amazon
1. There’s been a small policy change lately, and I Do Not Like it. THey used to have their recommendations grouped into “New For You” and “coming Soon”. Now they have combined those categories under the name “New For You”, and they keep telling me there’s a new book out that I’d like when in […]