Author Archives: dichroic

They moved him to hospice / palliative care yesterday. Thank God, the independent-living community my mom is planning to move to had an opening for him in one of their palliative-care rooms. I think trying to do hospice at home … Continue reading →

I’ve declared myself Sephardic for Pesach. I’m trying to keep the dietary rules this year, which makes it the first time at least since I left the US and probably for a while before that. It was way too hard … Continue reading →

I’ve been taking a class in Operations Management (free course from Coursera; it’s taught by a Wharton professor and is pretty good). I’ve just realized that now I know the math behind something I learned from experience back in college: … Continue reading →

Trapped in the Office My body sits, desk-bound, eight hours a day; The paycheck, though, is meant to rent my brain To ponder on their problems, find a way Around, across or through, accomodate Opposing viewpoints, make the complex plain … Continue reading →

Wow, what a great day!. I got new glasses. I got a new person on my project, someone who has a lot of knowledge about company history in this area, that’s going to be very useful – and whom I … Continue reading →

That felt so good to write. Title Nine is a company who, in my opinion, make really great clothing for women athletes and for women who just don’t want their clothing to get in the way of doing stuff. Their … Continue reading →

… or rather a post about our trip to Seattle last weekend, posted over at the other site (which I have been neglecting badly). Lots of pictures!

The important thing: Dad seems to be doing a lot better. He has a nasal feeding tube now and they’re replacing it with one through his mouth tomorrow. More importantly, he’s being much more rational and, according to my brother, … Continue reading →