Author Archives: dichroic

a small warning

Posted on January 7, 2013 by dichroic

Guess what? I’m about to be a pain in the ass. Not a major one: after all, you’re under no compulsion at all to read anything I write here, much less to answer my questions. Also, Google is my friend … Continue reading →

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ready to start?

Posted on January 6, 2013 by dichroic

My wrist is still sore. It occurs to me now, getting mentally prepared to begin ‘work’ on Monday when Ted starts his new job, that deciding to step out of one’s regular life and write full-time, when one has not … Continue reading →

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Radio silence…

Posted on January 3, 2013 by dichroic

Will probably continue for a few days. We’ve been hosting the in laws, and it’s been great, but housekeeping for five people is harder than you’d think when you’re not used to it, and I seem to have wrecked my … Continue reading →

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A new thing I hadn’t thought of…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by dichroic

I just realized, I need some advice. We’ve just moved from the Netherlands to a Portland, OR, suburb. I don’t have a job. So far, we’re leaning toward staying there a few years. I don’t plan to get a job … Continue reading →

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Happy

Posted on December 25, 2012 by dichroic

It’s Christmas Eve. Should be asleep. We’ve (me, Ted, parents-in-law, grandfather-in-law) had an excellent fan y dinner as a belated celebration of Ted’s birthday yesterday. The stocking presents are all snuck into respective stockings – well,my FIL was washing dishes … Continue reading →

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getting settled

Posted on December 18, 2012 by dichroic

We arrived in Oregon last Friday, and I’m liking Hillsboro so far; there’s a nice mall 5 minutes walk from our apartment and all the supermarkets and big-box stores anyone could want, but you can be driving beside planted fields … Continue reading →

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This is the burden, this is the promise

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dichroic

Most years I post the lyrics of Peter Yarrow’s Chanukah song “Light One Candle”. Thinking about why that song hits me so hard, I think it’s because it’s about having the courage to fight, and also recognizing when not to … Continue reading →

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a small thanks and two very different open letters

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dichroic

1. Thanks, everyone who gave advice on good games. Interesting: over the three places this blog is repeated (WordPress at my own site, Dreamwidth, Livejournal), I got a total of 18 comments, and the vast majority of them recommended one … Continue reading →

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Half-marathon PR!

Posted on December 9, 2012 by dichroic

I set a personal record on the erg today for the half marathon, despite having also done one on Friday afternoon and 9km yesterday. I beat my previous record from December 2001 by 13 seconds. I’ve never really, really gone … Continue reading →

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Need game advice

Posted on December 8, 2012 by dichroic

I was just going to ask Maria, but figured other people may have good advice too. We’ll probably be spending New Years Eve with Ted’s parents and one grandfather (possibly two of them, though I doubt it). I need recommendations … Continue reading →

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