Monthly Archives: January 2007

just nod if you can hear me

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Dichroic

I wonder if something’s wrong with fanfiction .net. So far I’ve gotten a grand total of zero reviews of the new Holmes story, as opposed to five in the first day (and a total of 10) for Watson’s Task. It … Continue reading →

Posted in daily updates | Leave a comment

pleasant morning

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Dichroic

This morning was so nice. They were holding the company All-Hands half-yearly meeting in a facility walking distance from our place. The meeting started at 9:45 and buses left from work at 9 to get people there. (Dutch workdays start … Continue reading →

Posted in daily updates | Leave a comment

The Ministry’s Case

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Dichroic

My Sherlock Holmes / Potterverse story is up here. This all happens about a hundred years before Harry birth, so none of the characters from the HP books are alive yet (with the exception of Nicholas Flamel, but he’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in books, daily updates | Leave a comment

some Finished Objects

Posted on January 28, 2007 by dichroic

The gloves for Rudder: The nice thing about these finger up gloves is that first you’re knitting fingers, and each one goes quickly so you feel like you’re accomplishing something, and then you put them all together … which also … Continue reading →

Posted in knitting, photos | 2 Comments

sweater vision

Posted on January 26, 2007 by dichroic

It’s snowing again, actually more like sleet. This morning the fountain in front of work was frozen over – it’s used to recirculate water from the fab, so isat least 3′ deep and very large. Our plans are to visit … Continue reading →

Posted in daily updates | Leave a comment

short skirts, long hair, and lengthening years

Posted on January 26, 2007 by dichroic

Our Dutch teacher made an interesting comment the other day. She complimented me on the short kilt I was wearing, then said, “I stopped wearing miniskirts at 45”. I said, “That’s one thing I learned from the guitar teacher I … Continue reading →

Posted in musing | 1 Comment

identity: mistaken and placement of

Posted on January 25, 2007 by dichroic

My new hat has unusual side effects. Rudder had a late meeting last night, so I took the bus. I wore my hair all pulled back in a ponytail yesterday, so no hair was showing in front of the hat. … Continue reading →

Posted in daily updates, musing | 2 Comments

Brr. (I like brrr)

Posted on January 24, 2007 by dichroic

It was cold this morning. -5C according to our car, or about 24F. Toasty for Minnesotans or New Englanders, but a bit nippy for someone who’s spent a decade in Arizona. Fortunately today I had a nice warm hat to … Continue reading →

Posted in daily updates | 3 Comments

all the usual stuff

Posted on January 22, 2007 by dichroic

Funny – even though it’s been unseasonably warm here, the weather did change when winter hit. It’s been cloudier than it was back in October, November and early December, without the Rembrandt quality to the light that I wrote about … Continue reading →

Posted in books, daily updates, knitting | 1 Comment

not so much a book review as a relative commentary

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Dichroic

I wrote earlier about weight-lifting, but made this a separate entry as the subjects were so disparate. I was reading The Encyclopedia of the English Language and Anthony Burgess’s A Dead Man in Deptford at the same time, which didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Leave a comment