Category Archives: daily updates

trip planning

Posted on February 3, 2016 by dichroic

I realized something last night: our 25th anniversary is in 2018. That makes now an excellent time to plan for it. Clearly we need to plan something exciting to do. THe obvious choices are a big party (followed by hurt … Continue reading →

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Another wine entry s up

Posted on January 23, 2016 by dichroic

The two wines of this weekend. Also some notes about why and whether to hold a wine in your mouth for 30 seconds while tasting – warning, it can be unpleasant! Tonight we had roasted cabbage and beets with our … Continue reading →

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never assume you know it all

Posted on January 18, 2016 by dichroic

Sparked by a discussion on Ravelry’s “This is What a Feminist Knits Like” Forum: Baba Yaga Meets the Mansplainer So, you know all of the stories about me; Tales of my long nose and my skinny knees and my house … Continue reading →

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the fabled Fabla

Posted on January 17, 2016 by dichroic

Did I say once a week? Silly me. I will probably post about every wine we drink, since we do actually rate them all, unless it’s one I’ve already posted about. Tonight we had one we’ve drunk many times, though … Continue reading →

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#AWineAWeek

Posted on January 15, 2016 by dichroic

We’ve decided to start a new project and resuscitate our moribund joint blog – this was inspired by our friend Brett’s OTTBeerDiary project, in which he reported on 365 craft beers in 2015 (but actually sampled (hopefully not finished) a … Continue reading →

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confessions

Posted on January 14, 2016 by dichroic

I. I never heard of the Thin White Duke before this week. I mean Ziggy Stardust yes; the brilliant creator of Space Oddity and heroes yes; one of very few Boomer musicians who was still making good new music by … Continue reading →

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trading in, trading up

Posted on January 13, 2016 by dichroic

Amazon has a cool promotion going on; you can trade in an old Kindle and get a giftcard for $5 to $35, depending on model and condition, plus an extra $20 that can only be used to the purchase of … Continue reading →

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far above the Moon

Posted on January 11, 2016 by dichroic

The way I feel about David Bowie was best expressed by a former officemate of mine: “Ikoon is er niet meer”. Idiomatically, that’s “An icon is gone”, but I think it sounds better in the literal Dutch: “Icon is there … Continue reading →

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I don’t think step tracking is supposed to be complicated…

Posted on January 6, 2016 by dichroic

I don’t think I’ve mentioned this, but I gave up wearing my Misfit Shine activity tracker, or rather it gave up on me. It popped out of its wristband – the rubber one it came with, not one of the … Continue reading →

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The halfway point

Posted on December 27, 2015 by dichroic

I’m just a little bit over halfway through my end-of-year vacation – I’ve got the rest of this week and the weekend, and then I’m back to work on Monday. There’s a really painful moment in every vacation from work, … Continue reading →

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