Archive for June, 2013
Ugh ow ow ow
Well, reset the timer, because it’s no longer been years since I lot threw up. No idea where this came from, but just in case, I do not think I will be revisiting the Indian restaurant where I got takeout Friday night. (Is it even possible to get Abeokuta from tandoori? Isn’t it, like, cooked […]
liking it here
This is not the technical post I promised to write. I just wanted to say how much I like living in Oregon! Tonight I couldn’t bear to stay home (Ted’s on travel until tomorrow, and the job people not only haven’t gotten back to me but when I checked in the auto-reply from the HR […]
Author Questionnaires are not fun so I’m consoling myself with fantasy
Today I made the most boring book webpage ever – at present it has nothing but the title, my name, and a picture of me that may or may not be the one I’ll use on the book. (It’s not bad, as pics of me go. Mostly because it’s not very close up.) I won’t […]
done again
The book’s done, again. That isn’t the first time I’ve said that and it won’t be the last. There was when it was done enough to submit, then again when all the chapters were more or less written – with a few notes here and there on missing sections. Then the publisher asked for about […]
thoughts on SCOTUS’ rulings on DOMA and Prop 8
The big one is, today we celebrate but tomorrow it’s back to work – some same-sex couples in the US still don’t have Federal marriage rights, because their marriage isn’t recognized in the state where they live. (There’s a decent explanation of the details here, but don’t read the comments!) I dislike Scalia, but at […]
eating unhealthy
First they told people to avoid rich French foods and cut down on alcohol. Then they said that eating onions and garlic would lead to social ruin, because no one would tell you if you had halitosis. Then they said to avoid fatty foods, like bacon, full-fat dairy, and cheese, and they also mentioned that […]
getting through a day at a time
8K erged,the chapter on project management of process initiatives is finally finished complete with sample project plan (finished until I think of something else to say, anyway), I bought kitty litter, and I’ve applied for two more jobs. It’s astonishing how much longer job applications take than they used to. You used to have to […]
jobs of various kinds, and transitions
I seem to have nothing planed for today except erging, writing, and fighting with the cat (Macchiato) who seems to have an inordinate amount of energy today and is using it to attack All the Things, my feet included. (I worry that when tiring her ou with her favorite toy, a cat-dancer with some feathers […]
Householding
I was going to title this entry “Housewifery”, but none of the activities described herein particularly require XX chromosomes, female genitalia, or a female gender identity. Before I get to it, though, I should mention that my publisher (I do like the sound of those words) have come up with an official title for my […]
forgot something…
I meant to report that the suit in the previous photo, which I bought earlier this week at Banana Republic (on sale! so possibly not shown on their website) has real actual pockets. roperly sewn shut when I bought it.) Of course they weren’t big enough for a man’s wallet, but they were big enough […]