Monthly Archives: December 2012

A new thing I hadn’t thought of…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by dichroic

I just realized, I need some advice. We’ve just moved from the Netherlands to a Portland, OR, suburb. I don’t have a job. So far, we’re leaning toward staying there a few years. I don’t plan to get a job … Continue reading →

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Happy

Posted on December 25, 2012 by dichroic

It’s Christmas Eve. Should be asleep. We’ve (me, Ted, parents-in-law, grandfather-in-law) had an excellent fan y dinner as a belated celebration of Ted’s birthday yesterday. The stocking presents are all snuck into respective stockings – well,my FIL was washing dishes … Continue reading →

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getting settled

Posted on December 18, 2012 by dichroic

We arrived in Oregon last Friday, and I’m liking Hillsboro so far; there’s a nice mall 5 minutes walk from our apartment and all the supermarkets and big-box stores anyone could want, but you can be driving beside planted fields … Continue reading →

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This is the burden, this is the promise

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dichroic

Most years I post the lyrics of Peter Yarrow’s Chanukah song “Light One Candle”. Thinking about why that song hits me so hard, I think it’s because it’s about having the courage to fight, and also recognizing when not to … Continue reading →

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a small thanks and two very different open letters

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dichroic

1. Thanks, everyone who gave advice on good games. Interesting: over the three places this blog is repeated (WordPress at my own site, Dreamwidth, Livejournal), I got a total of 18 comments, and the vast majority of them recommended one … Continue reading →

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Half-marathon PR!

Posted on December 9, 2012 by dichroic

I set a personal record on the erg today for the half marathon, despite having also done one on Friday afternoon and 9km yesterday. I beat my previous record from December 2001 by 13 seconds. I’ve never really, really gone … Continue reading →

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Need game advice

Posted on December 8, 2012 by dichroic

I was just going to ask Maria, but figured other people may have good advice too. We’ll probably be spending New Years Eve with Ted’s parents and one grandfather (possibly two of them, though I doubt it). I need recommendations … Continue reading →

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rereading Charlotte Macleod

Posted on December 7, 2012 by dichroic

I’ve been on a bit of an orgy of Charlotte Macleod rereadings, in the last few months, since they started coming out in Kindle editions, and the effect of reading them in the aggregate is … rather odd. They’re definitely … Continue reading →

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IPod’s shuffle is not being helpful!

Posted on December 4, 2012 by dichroic

The book I was listening(1) to finished while I was 5km into through today’s 10km workout, so I decided to listen to music instead of starting a new audiobook. I set my iPod to random shuffle. Today’s workout was 1km … Continue reading →

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our official (but not yet final) farewell

Posted on December 3, 2012 by dichroic

I am having homemade apple pie for breakfast, which is a very good way to start my last full work week here. (We each brought a slice into the office.) Our going-away party yesterday was fabulous. The food was excellent, … Continue reading →

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