Author Archives: dichroic

First, there’s an update at the expat-life blog so I don’t need to double-post about us being asked by a cute Taiwanese kid if we dye our hair lighter, or about my trying out a local foot-massage place. Second, we … Continue reading →

My brain is mushing images together right now, of towers falling and people falling. There was the Holocaust Museum shooting yesterday (was it yesterday?) – someone I know tied it to the Tower of Faces in the museum and its … Continue reading →

I’m definitely having one of those days when no one seems to be listening – in fleshing out lists of processes other poeple own and supposedly care about; in responses to a giant brain dump I did yesterday in response … Continue reading →

Yesterday I got attacked by peanut butter. Twice. The first time was at lunch; I finally gave up on the cafeteria and now I keep PB, J, and bread here. Yesterday I had to start a new jar of peanut … Continue reading →

Because I haven’t put my own life, my fortune (other than some donations) or my sacred honor on the line as the people listed on the I Am Dr. Tiller site do every day. But I support those who are, … Continue reading →

This is old news (from last week) but I only heard about it yesterday, and just looked up details. In Pennsylania, State Senator Daylin Leach (a Democrat from Montgomery County – the same county where Ted and I got married) … Continue reading →

I’m getting a much smaller ration of shit for walking around in safety glasses than I think I would in any American or Dutch office!

You know what, it’s pretty hard not to rub your eyes – not so much resisting the urge as remembering to. The eyeshields do help, though. As of yesterday morning, my corneas were 95% healed, which is apparently unusual the … Continue reading →