Monthly Archives: April 2010

something is wrong on the- er, in a book!

Posted on April 29, 2010 by dichroic

So, what I said about how much I liked Nick of Time? The sequel, Time Pirate has officially pissed me off only 18% of the way though the book (reading on Kindle, I don’t have page numbers). Nick, who is … Continue reading →

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recent reading

Posted on April 28, 2010 by dichroic

Recent comment to Bronze Ribbons, who liked Any Which Wall, which was one of the things I’ve enjoyed as I’ve been wallowing in kid- and YA-lit since The Coming of the Kindle: I am hoping Laurel Snyder writes more like … Continue reading →

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dinner tonight

Posted on April 28, 2010 by dichroic

Not-very good steak; burned fried potatoes; mushrooms fried in butter; salad; burned garlic bread. None of it was really my fault; I’m adjusting to new ingredients and new equipment, and Ted was supposed to be watching the garlic bread. And … Continue reading →

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back on the water

Posted on April 24, 2010 by dichroic

On Tuesday I was reminded about one of my very favorite things about the Netherlands. Granted, there’s some stiff competition: cool weather, clean air (crystal clear, relative to Taiwan), daffodils (no, not tulips – you see daffodils in vast swathes … Continue reading →

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a legend on the water

Posted on April 20, 2010 by dichroic

I just left this in OrbitalMechanic’s LJ, where she posted some stories from the Boston Marathon that are well worth reading. But my sport and a lot of my stories are about water rather than road, and I think Ernestine … Continue reading →

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recs and anti-recs

Posted on April 19, 2010 by dichroic

– An occupational hazard of iPod-shuffled songs: apparently ” ‘Til Then” makes me cry now. (From the musical 1776, taken from the letters of John and Abigail Adams, a couple who knew something about job-related separations. ) – If you … Continue reading →

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comfortable here.

Posted on April 18, 2010 by dichroic

As far as the decor and furnishings go, this apartment isn’t as nice as a lot of the corporate ones. The floor’s thin veneer that’s buckling in spots, and in’s not that the furniture is from Ikea, but that it’s … Continue reading →

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a nearly-perfect day

Posted on April 18, 2010 by dichroic

It’s a glorious spring day here, just about warm enough to sit in the sun with a jacket on, with a blue sky that belies any volcanic ash cloud except for a hint of gray at the horizon. This morning … Continue reading →

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In other news…

Posted on April 17, 2010 by dichroic

Dutch is still frustrating. The city government just sent me a “stadspas”; I think that you use it to pay for public parking lots and they charge you monthly, plus it gets you some local discounts. Or something – the … Continue reading →

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