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Yom Kippur

Posted on October 8, 2011 by dichroic

I hope those of you who observe it have had an easy fast. (I wasn’t planning to fast today, but I do wish I had remembered it was a holy day somewhere earlier than right when I was finishing a … Continue reading →

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thanks, Steve

Posted on October 6, 2011 by dichroic

Mac II. Two (three?) different generations of iMac. PowerMac. Two PowerBooks. Original iPod 64Gb (still working, in fact). At least three generations of iPod nano. iPod Shuffle. Two iPod Touches. iPhone. iPad. Oh, and one PC laptop that became unusable … Continue reading →

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another Heyer question

Posted on October 1, 2011 by dichroic

Is it just me, or have the rest of you noticed an awful lot of Lord Peter and Harriet in Venetia and Damerel? There’s even a Bunter.

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L’Shana Tovah, and other stuff

Posted on September 29, 2011 by dichroic

I should apologize to my mother someday for my youthful opinions of her reading habits. I’ve been reading Heyer lately and they are far from the clones-in-Empire-dresses-or-dashing-neckcloths I once thought them. Though all are genteel young women of spirit, somewhat … Continue reading →

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day off and a short book review: The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell

Posted on September 28, 2011 by dichroic

I’m taking a day off today, just because I can (and have lots of casual OT I’ll lose at the end of this month). I’ll take advantage of that to roast a small chicken for Erev Rosh Hashanah. I was … Continue reading →

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a rash of second rate

Posted on September 26, 2011 by dichroic

I’ve been having a bad run of books lately – ones whose main effect is to remind me of something else I like better. Patricia Wentworth’s Grey Mask: A Miss Silver mystery An elderly, knitting female sleuth, a bit reminiscient … Continue reading →

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Hungarian beef goulash soup recipe

Posted on September 25, 2011 by dichroic

For being the first time with a new recipe, this was a raving success. I will write it down as I cooked it, with comments and things i want to try next time in parentheses. This is a good winter … Continue reading →

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knitpics, lots of them

Posted on September 25, 2011 by dichroic

After the trip to Japan, one week back, the trip to the US, and then a weekful of department meetings, I was way behind and way tired. This has been a catching up weekend. On sleep (10 hours Friday night … Continue reading →

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full week

Posted on September 18, 2011 by dichroic

It was a full week, so that it feels like we were on holiday for more than the actual 8 days. (I am quite certain this effect will vanish about 5 seconds after I arrive at work tomorrow.) There was … Continue reading →

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At home, with boots

Posted on September 17, 2011 by dichroic

I realized we’ve got a tradition going; every time we come to Oregon, we each buy a pair of boots. Last summer when we visited in June (the trip where we came out fully expecting to buy another house but … Continue reading →

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