Monthly Archives: June 2009

I’m getting a much smaller ration of shit for walking around in safety glasses than I think I would in any American or Dutch office!

You know what, it’s pretty hard not to rub your eyes – not so much resisting the urge as remembering to. The eyeshields do help, though. As of yesterday morning, my corneas were 95% healed, which is apparently unusual the … Continue reading →

We just had dinner and beer with the other Amerians at work – 6 people, us and to other employees and two spouses (most expats here are Dutch). Conversation on the way home: Me: Wow, that chick was bald. T: … Continue reading →

Back. home. Things went well, vision still a bit blurry, eyes sting a little as if in an over-chhlorinated pool. and I will stop checking email now and put the computer down.

I have just figured out why, when you have real surgery, they generally schedule it at o’God thirty AM. It’s because forcing someone to wait through the hours before they cut open parts of their body is just too cruel. … Continue reading →

I have just figured out why, when you have real surgery, they generally schedule it at o’God thirty AM. It’s because forcing someone to wait through the hours before they cut open parts of their body is just too cruel. … Continue reading →

Silly people. You can’t just recommend audiobooks without giving specific recs. That’s just cruel. So recommend me something? This would be entirely different than the books I use for erging. Don’t need action. Do need absorbing. Complicated is fine, but … Continue reading →

Yeah, I’m gonna do it. This Friday- they don’t waste time here! The clinic seemed pretty good – very busy, which is a recommendation, though I felt a little like I was on a conveyor belt. In the US, you … Continue reading →

1. prepare a couple of packages tonight. 2. Wake up at 6 when Ted gets up to erg. Try to go back to sleep. 3. Wake up at 7. Erg. 4. Shower, dress, eat something. 5. Go to post offices … Continue reading →