Archive for July, 2007
three short Harry Potter essays
Three essays: The First within the Last On the Growth of Ron “Cry ‘God for Harry, Hogwarts and Dumbledore!’ ” There are spoilers all over the place.
no good choices
I’m not feeling good about this choice, but we’re going to try to find a new home for our (formerly younger, now only). I’ve already begun asking people who have wider social circles than mine. We were already worried about the effect of the Taiwan move on the cat; since Taiwan is a rabies-free island, [...]
tiny changes
We ended up driving from home to rowing yesterday – I’d forgotten that Rudder would need to transport his new oars, which might be a bit tricky on a bike. I did row a full 12.5 km though, so by the end of yesterday I had done 55 km cycling and about 37 km rowing [...]
going the distance
Yay! Rudder’s home! The flipside of that is that I biked into work again today, because he has the day off and needed to take the car to Amsterdam to pick up his new oars. He offered to drive me in if I reallyreally wanted him to, but given that I didn’t drive him to [...]
not retiring from life
Yesterday I went out rowing in a double with a woman who is a bit less than a decade older than me. She has four children, all rowers, the younest of whom is just starting college. She go involved with the rowing club to support her kids, and decided to learn herself about 5 years [...]
review: Croker oar grips
Our current rowing club has a nice set of equipment, and one thing that has been really useful has been the opportunity to try out a variety of boats and oars. I’ve rowed a bunch of Filippis and Carl Douglas boats; I haven’t particularly enjoyed the singles but that’s more that they don’t fit me [...]
Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom, boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, BOOM
There will probably be three entries today; rowing yesterday sparked a couple of very different thoughts that need their own entries. But first, something’s been annoying me from my recent commutes to work. I’ve come to realize that there’s a very easy rule of thumb to tell whether I might like a song: does it [...]
assorted random thoughts
Yesterday’s ride home: wet. Moving to Netherlands paperwork: Officially DONE! I picked up my Dutch driver’s license yesterday. Moving to Taiwan paperwork: We have our first meeting Friday. Looking forward to: rowing tonight, getting Rudder back tomorrow. Wishing: that more Taiwan flats for rent were online. Maybe they’re there but in Chinese – I just [...]
riding in the rain
Oops, I think I goofed a little. I finally rode my bike to work today. I checked weather.com and buienradar.nl, even. They lied. I picked the wrong day. It looks downright wet out there, dammit. At least it’s not too cold and I did bring a water-resistent jacket. I could take the bus home and [...]
war is like that (HP7 spoilers under cut)
I know it’s a little presumptuous of me, with my safe protected life, to be pontificating about what war is like. On the other hand my earliest memories are of a time when we were at war and war and its effects have been in the news every year of my life. Some things are [...]