Monthly Archives: July 2007

three short Harry Potter essays

Posted on July 30, 2007 by dichroic

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.

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no good choices

Posted on July 27, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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tiny changes

Posted on July 27, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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going the distance

Posted on July 26, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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not retiring from life

Posted on July 25, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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review: Croker oar grips

Posted on July 25, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom, boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, BOOM

Posted on July 25, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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assorted random thoughts

Posted on July 24, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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riding in the rain

Posted on July 23, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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war is like that (HP7 spoilers under cut)

Posted on July 23, 2007 by dichroic

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 … Continue reading →

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