Author Archives: dichroic

family visit and other stuff

Posted on April 26, 2017 by dichroic

A bunch of little stuff The family visit went well, and I think everyone enjoyed it. The 5yo only broke one thing in our non-child-proofed house, which seems reasonable. (A three-dimensional cat puzzle carved out of a single piece of … Continue reading →

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War is not healthy

Posted on April 13, 2017 by dichroic

When I was a small child, back in the days when hippies roamed the earth, there was a poster above my bed with the words: WAR is not healthy for children and other living things Apparently I internalized that message, … Continue reading →

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if you give a kid a sandwich

Posted on March 22, 2017 by dichroic

There’s a Facebook meme going around lately that’s bugging me. It says “I don’t want to feed hungry children so they’ll do better in school. I just want to feed them because they’re hungry.” I think it’s supposed to show … Continue reading →

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birthday and Objects, Finished and Otherwise

Posted on March 12, 2017 by dichroic

My birthday Friday was good but unremarkable. At work, I started doing some actual useful things and joined a small weightlifting class in the gym that was actually pretty good. In the evening there was the monthly Chardon-knitting (which is … Continue reading →

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upcoming

Posted on March 4, 2017 by dichroic

Gonna be a hell of a week. This morning Ted left for Taiwan. Tomorrow I’ll be volunteering at my local yarn shop all day – last day of the Rose City Yarn Crawl. Monday I start the new job. Friday … Continue reading →

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Aaronovitch and Anglophilia

Posted on March 4, 2017 by dichroic

After reading the latest of Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant books, The Hanging, Tree, I started over from the beginning of the series to refresh my memory of the details, and also because it got me thinking. In this series, which … Continue reading →

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leaving and being replaced

Posted on February 20, 2017 by dichroic

This is my last week at this job. I’m taking bets on whether there will be a going-away lunch or drink – I’d give about 70% odds against. I’m not taking it personally; when our well-liked previous admin left, there … Continue reading →

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the satisfaction of accomplishment, one inch at a time

Posted on February 16, 2017 by dichroic

There are some goals you get to by leaps and bounds (for instance, if you’d always wanted to travel abroad and then you did). There are some goals you work at for a while and then finish, like getting a … Continue reading →

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news

Posted on February 14, 2017 by dichroic

It’s been ettling at me this past week, not to be able to talk in public about an upcoming change, just because people had to be told in the right order. But now I can say, I have been assimilated … Continue reading →

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assorted WTFery

Posted on January 31, 2017 by dichroic

The White House’s web page had now posted descriptions of each item of the Bill of Rights (“summaries” about as long as their originals) in which they consistently replace “the people” with “citizens”. Whitehouse.gov page Original Bill of Rights But … Continue reading →

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