Archives
-
Links
-
- Why Dichroic? Why Rise Again?
- My Books:
- A Home in Percival (cozy fantasy): Available at Amazon
- Successful Business Process Management: What You Need to Know
- My Knitting Patterns Ravelry Link
Meta
Email Me
Archives
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- December 2021
- September 2021
- March 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- August 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
Categories
Meta
-
Posts and photos on this site copyright 2006-2025 PKB
Author Archives: dichroic
Roald Dahl is messing with my mind
It must have been a very long time since I’ve seen the original version of Charie and the Chocolate Factory, or at least since I’ve seen it all through. I had forgotten a lot of the beginning. I’d remembered that … Continue reading
Posted in musing
Leave a comment
The Picture
The coach says a coxswain should “Paint a picture†for her crew. He meant of the other boats in the race, The competition. There are no other boats out in this dawn practice, No coach, and no crew but myself, … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates, poetry
3 Comments
the easy and the not so easy
I do love things that can be taen care of with a phone call – I just spent a total of about two minutes arranging for my cell phone service to end a few hours after I leave. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates, the big move
3 Comments
Published!
Oh, and I keep forgetting – I’ve had my very first knitting pattern published!  (Not my first pattern, my first one to be either submitted or published.) So yay! Go look, there are also patterns there by two other locals, … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
1 Comment
Last day at work!
I think I’ve got everything packed up. I’m just depersonalizing my computer now, because I think they send me home after my interview with the HR person. I’ve had an exit interview with my director, who I htink didn’t listen … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
Leave a comment
minor glitches
Back when I was living in Houston, we used to socialize a lot within our rowing club, and when someone moved out of town we’d usually have some sort of good-bye party, usually at a bar somewhere. One memorable night, … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
2 Comments
goodbye, Milky Way
The sign goes up on our house tomorrow. We spent an exhausting day yesterday doing all the final work to get it ready, and the cleaners come in today. (Actually, by my standards, it’s not quite ready for new tenants. … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates, the big move
2 Comments
Just a few clarifications
The newsmongers and Congress critters seem to be a little confused. One: Sorry, Mr. Foley, but having been molested as a teenager did not make you gay. It just doesn’t work that way. It may have and probably did damage … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Leave a comment
a letter and a theory
Just sent: Senator McCain, Last week I wrote to tell you how proud I was that my state’s Senator was standing up to George Bush in defense of the Geneva Conventions. That was an easy letter to compose, written in … Continue reading
scheduling and fusses
I have one week and one day of work left here, two weeks and a day until I leave. Plans of one sort: today Rudder met with the movers, to talk about what’s going when. Tonight we’ll go buy a … Continue reading
Posted in daily updates
2 Comments