Monthly Archives: April 2007

I still find it hard to believe I live in Europe

Posted on April 17, 2007 by dichroic

Last night I booked hotel reservations in Bruges (Brugge) for this week, Amsterdam for four weeks from now, Paris for five weeks from now. Some days life amazes me. In other good news, as of yesterday I have a whole … Continue reading →

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Recent realizations

Posted on April 16, 2007 by dichroic

Our April-May spate of visitors begins in less than a week. At least the cleaning person comes today. related to the above, none of the sheets we got with the apartment comes anywhere close to fitting on the futon. (We’re … Continue reading →

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Speaking of new holidays…

Posted on April 13, 2007 by dichroic

So we were out for dinner and hoisted a glass to Gagarin, Crippen and Young. And it may have been due to the bottle of Beaujolais we polished off but we came to a decision. (Rudder interjects: It had nothing … Continue reading →

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I have a new holiday

Posted on April 12, 2007 by dichroic

Elizabeth Bear points out that tonight is Yuri’s night, with parties around the planet to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the first space flight, not mention the 26th of the first Space Shuttle launch. I always try to remember the … Continue reading →

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the next thing

Posted on April 12, 2007 by dichroic

Last night I turned the heel on my sock-in-progress. This morning I did some of the heel flap on the way to work (it’s based on the Widdershins toe-up heel-flap pattern, so the heel gusset is first, then the turn, … Continue reading →

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not sore, oddly

Posted on April 11, 2007 by dichroic

I’m not sore today. This comes as something of a surprise; yesterday I rowed as a substitute in my company’s eight. (Yes, my company has its own crew. Is that mind-blowing or what?) It was their second outing for the … Continue reading →

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the results: quick version

Posted on April 10, 2007 by dichroic

We had a great weekend in Amsterdam. The weather couldn’t have been better. The race results were not quite as good as I’d hoped, but not bad considering the level of competition. This is the biggest race in this country, … Continue reading →

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Debbie Stoller never mentioned this part

Posted on April 6, 2007 by dichroic

Getting ready for our regatta weekend, I’ve got the usual problem: what knitting to take? We’ll be driving up tomorrow morning (1.5 hours), then there’s the evening after racing, the time I’ll spnd hanging around Sunday waiting and watching Rudder’s … Continue reading →

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“bad girl!” is what you say to puppies, not senior politicians.

Posted on April 6, 2007 by dichroic

Today’s news made me think of these pictures. I’m not sure I like the idea (discussed in the comments on that picture) of Pelosi taking the “mean mommy / nice mommy” role. Which is not to say that she did, … Continue reading →

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getting ready

Posted on April 5, 2007 by dichroic

I guess my taper is working. I was walking around the perimeter of our campus with a couple of coworkers and after a while I just couldn’t stand how slowly they were walking. I had to take off on my … Continue reading →

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