Monthly Archives: July 2010

sleep-dep fuzzy-brain

Posted on July 8, 2010 by dichroic

I was seriously thinking of bailing on rowing yesterday – I was tired and fuzzy-brained after work, and I haven’t been sleeping well. But yesterday was nice and cool after the heat of last week, and temperatures are due to … Continue reading →

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a happy country

Posted on July 7, 2010 by dichroic

The Dutch just brought the score up to 3-1 with about 15 minutes to go – that’s a HUGE lead in a soccer game! I should make a recording just so y’all could hear the noise level out my window. … Continue reading →

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it’s called “pofmais”

Posted on July 3, 2010 by dichroic

Number of paces I have seen real popcorn (not microwave) for sale here: 4 (The Jan Linders supermarkt (but not Albert Heijn!), the organic supermarket, the Woensel town market, and now the Asian supermarket. Number of times I complained about … Continue reading →

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epiphany

Posted on July 3, 2010 by dichroic

I have been stupid and am now slightly less so. A recent software upgrade to the Kindle means that you can now group books into folders, instead of just having one long list. So when I got that upgrade, I … Continue reading →

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random good, predicted bad

Posted on July 2, 2010 by dichroic

I did a random good deed today. Someone I know of was hurt recently by a random stranger, so I hope a kindness from another random stranger will bring her a little healing. I don’t want to discuss it in … Continue reading →

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