Category Archives: daily updates

Big Brother is Watching Your Family Tree

Posted on June 2, 2013 by dichroic

OK, now that’s bizarre. LinkedIn regularly suggests people it thinks I might want to be connected to (at least they don’t say “friends with”). Typically these are people who have worked at the same place I have or with whom … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 31, 2013 by dichroic

There are worse ways to spend an evening than listening to Debbie Friedman (spurred to it after a conversation with my mom, who has Friedman’s Misheberach as her ringtone on my phone), contemplating whether it’s time to make a Caesar … Continue reading →

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updates on all fronts

Posted on May 29, 2013 by dichroic

Job: I was feeling a bit gloomy: at least I have been getting calls from recruiters, but hadn’t gotten further. One of them had me fill in six (!) forms and reformat my resume in order to apply for a … Continue reading →

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the state of the cats

Posted on May 22, 2013 by dichroic

I am not sure giving Macchiato-cat a treat was a good thing: it just led to her getting up in my face to see if there might be More. I deliberately gave it to her in the living room, not … Continue reading →

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just to clarify:

Posted on May 20, 2013 by dichroic

I am a Jew. (Apparently there have been some “disturbing” results for Google searches on that term, so I figure it’s good for those of us who are to say so out loud.) At the moment I am a happy … Continue reading →

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baking and book

Posted on May 9, 2013 by dichroic

A few weeks ago I reluctantly decided not to get a stand mixer. For the amount of baking I did, I just couldn’t justify spending $300 for one, vs $40 or so for a hand mixer. (I’ve only ever used … Continue reading →

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small explosion, long distances

Posted on May 1, 2013 by dichroic

Well, I guess I’m not making a cake tonight. I’d been planning one, and couldn’t make it today because I had a brisket in the oven all afternoon, so I thought about making it tonight (a spice cake with caramel … Continue reading →

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good guidelines

Posted on April 29, 2013 by dichroic

I’ve just received author guidelines from my publisher, and there’s one bit I’m extremely pleased with: they specifically note that their readers have diverse backgrounds, and ask specifically for examples using men and women, and people of different ethnic groups. … Continue reading →

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life’s curveballs

Posted on April 20, 2013 by dichroic

I’ve been enjoying the week at the lake house; Ted’s back now, which is even nicer, but it was definitely good having the cats here. (Well, mostly.) I was just about to write a post about some recent strange behavior … Continue reading →

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productive procrastination

Posted on April 17, 2013 by dichroic

Today I: cleaned 2.5 bathrooms (one more to go), Swiffered all hard-surface flooring downstairs, rowed, weeded horsetails and mushrooms about of the the back and about a 3 feet square part of the overgrown front area, walked to the pick … Continue reading →

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