Author Archives: dichroic

how odd.

Posted on January 17, 2011 by dichroic

I just learned that my latest poem (sorry, I won’t post it here unless I decide not to submit it anywhere) shares not only a title but also some story and even some of the themes as a book by … Continue reading →

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old fic

Posted on January 13, 2011 by dichroic

The following is something I wrote back in August of 2006. I don’t know whether I ever posted it here (or rather, in the predecessor to this site), but the archive it’s in is being taken down, so I’ll put … Continue reading →

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Arizona taking action

Posted on January 12, 2011 by dichroic

Here’s the thing about Arizona: it is in many ways (weather excepted!) a reasonable kind of place. Sure you can find extremists there, but they are in the minority. It shows in the elections; even though it’s decidedly a red … Continue reading →

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making stuff and rewiring my brain a little

Posted on January 11, 2011 by dichroic

Apparently wearing my Docs yesterday was a bad choice – I have lace-up boots with a high heel, and the heel didn’t combine well with my sore legs from doing squats Saturday. The soreness is much better today, fortunately, because … Continue reading →

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quiet weekend

Posted on January 9, 2011 by dichroic

Well, ow. First I didn’t have the weight set because it was in Taiwan. Then I needed to build up my erg distance, then there was the Holiday Challenge. Now that’s all over, yesterday I did my first weight workout … Continue reading →

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how far out to be?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dichroic

One of the things I did over vacation was to hang up a mezuzah on our new house. It’s a beautiful copper/verdigris one that was a Chanukah present from my parents, at my request. I wonder about having it there, … Continue reading →

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what I’m not doing

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dichroic

I am not going skiing this weekend or getting a cat, even though those both looked like strong possibilities yesterday. I’m not too upset about either one of those. (Skiing: someone at work can’t go on a trip, and I … Continue reading →

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recent objects

Posted on January 4, 2011 by dichroic

Ted’s sweater: Fits perfectly, yay! (I would have been even happier, if Knitting Daily hadn’t published a link to an absolutely brilliant video of Eunny Jang showing how to prepare a zipper so it could be knitted in, about 2 … Continue reading →

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a quick question and some lists

Posted on January 3, 2011 by dichroic

Happy New Year! The question: The last two books I listened to while erging were The Prizoner of Zenda and Captains Courageous. They were so good that I listened to the former twice in a row and read the latter … Continue reading →

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A very very very fine house

Posted on December 29, 2010 by dichroic

Our house is astonishingly quiet – even the sixty-cycle hum is barely audible. Our house has wood floors in the great room, with just enough scratches already on them that you don’t have to be always worrying. Our house has … Continue reading →

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