Author Archives: dichroic

I’ve been reading a bunch of posts lately on resolutions to avoid ableist language (e.g deaf, dumb, retarded, lame, schizo when used as insults.) I sympathize with the idea, but am still torn on the use of “blind” (and “deaf”, … Continue reading →

Apismellifera, you there? Near the end of August, I will be staying for two nights in a hotel in downtown Philadelphia (north of Rittenhouse Square). In other words, within walking distance of Loop. I actually *don’t* really need any yarn … Continue reading →

On our upcoming trip to the US, we will be staying in 5 hotels in a little over a week (shudders). It would be six but we’re staying at one place two different times: Fly into DC, stay near the … Continue reading →

I think I overdid it a bit today: walk to train station in a Taipei July, ride in a crowd about like a Philadelphia weekday rush-hour (this is the first day this line is open), stop for watermelon juice (why … Continue reading →

I do love work-at-home days, even when they involve a dentist visit. Also, feeling a bit smug because (it was a two-doctor day) the eye doctor says my right eye is down to 20/18. The left is always a bit … Continue reading →

Another thing I keep forgetting to write: Cut-My-Own-Throat Dibbler would be entirely at home at any public event here. Sausage onna stick! Fruit onna stick! Anonymous dried things onna stick! Corndogs onna stick! And most of all, Squid onna stick! … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to write that I spent much of last weekend indulging in an orgy of reality TV – I bought a season each of What Not to Wear and How to Look Good Naked. The latter has me … Continue reading →

I took the following photo yesterday to show the dress I had made here (I am so emphatically *not* hour-glass-shaped that it’s normally hard for me, even in the US, to find a fit in this style, so this is … Continue reading →