Author Archives: Dichroic

A week and a half later on the shortshortshort cut, I miss my hair. Good thing over-short hair is a self-correcting problem. Thanks for Typhoon Sinlaku, that was definitely the coziest weekend I’ve had in a while. During the course … Continue reading →

This was really pretty much not a good day, all through. First, I went to put on the jeans I bought Sunday, with a crisp white shirt that would have been fabulous against their darkness, only to find out the … Continue reading →

Yeah, that was a bit whiny. I keep thinking of the old woman in a story by L.M. Montgomery who had resolved that her birthday should always be a happy day for other people. And also of the DUtch tradition … Continue reading →

I keep feeling like 41 will be a fairly depressing birthday. Not the age, I’m fine with that: I mean the day, specifically. Rudder won’t be here until a week afterward, and it’s not really practical for my family to … Continue reading →

I’m back, with lots to write about and no idea where to start. We flew into DC, which is a ridiculously long trip – 3+ hours to Tokyo then another 12-13 to Dulles. We stayed there for about three days, … Continue reading →

Screw it. I am playing hookey from my work party. It was raining hard at 6AM and the whole thing sounded unpleasant in the rain. (Which seems to have stopped. Oh well.) Alternate plans: start a pot of chili, if … Continue reading →

I finally got a bank account today. For some odd reasons of their own, Finance picked today to hand over our past two month’s salaries. In cash. The ways of the Corporation are passing strange. Also, the largest bill here … Continue reading →

He got to enjoy three days out of the hospital, with actual food. (And complained the whole time: the friends he stayed with didn’t serve him eggs, then when they took him home to his own apartment and was poaching … Continue reading →