Daylight Savings Time started on Sunday. There’s an upside to DST. I enjoy driving home from work in daylight instead of twilight. Actually, I downright prefer it. 🙂 Even last night, when I left the office a fair bit later than the norm, it wasn’t too terribly dark outside. There are downsides, though. It’s darkContinue reading “On Adjusting to the Time Shift”
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On Quantities of Words
I use a lot of words. At least, that’s what I’m told. See, I’m not conscious of the number of words I use. Or rather, the number of words I write. Because they’re just words. Which is probably why I’m not a poet. I lack the… precision of a poet. And anyway. Poetry doesn’t interestContinue reading “On Quantities of Words”
On a Week-End Round-Up
Another week beginning, another week done to recap. 🙂 Last Sunday, I discovered that former British PM Harold Saxon has declared his candidacy to be President of the United States. My reaction? How does this even work? Not only is Saxon an alien from another planet, but his wife shot and killed him, and hisContinue reading “On a Week-End Round-Up”
On Netscape’s End of Days
We now live in a post-Netscape world. And thus the Creator looked upon the beast reborn and saw that it was good. — from The Book of Mozilla, 8:20 In late December I wrote that AOL was pulling the plug on Netscape on February 1st. A brief reprieve — one month — was given,Continue reading “On Netscape’s End of Days”
On a Two Week Round-Up
Because last weekend was Farpoint, I neglected to write a week-end round-up of things I’d written about. So, today, we’ll look at two weeks worth of my assorting blatherings. And perhaps even give updates on various and sundry things! Beginning two weeks ago, on Sunday the tenth, I wrote a little about working with myContinue reading “On a Two Week Round-Up”
On Feeling Sick
It’s all Glenn Hauman‘s fault. At Farpoint Glenn made a point of saying, “You can’t get sick. You can’t take vacation. You can’t die. There’s a whole industry riding on your shoulders.” Not that I’m disagreeing with Glenn, but he jinxed it. I. Am. Sick. Today I’ve done something I have never done. I calledContinue reading “On Feeling Sick”
On a Week-End Round-Up
With the new redesign of the website, it’s possible that some potentially interesting content has fallen by the wayside and might be missed by casual readers. So, let’s review some of the things I wrote about last week. Sunday began with some thoughts on the new layout of the website. While I was happy withContinue reading “On a Week-End Round-Up”
On a January Rain
A week and a half ago it snowed. It wasn’t much, maybe two inches. The snow lingered. It never got warm enough to well and truly melt the snow. The roads were clear. Sidewalks were clean. But on yards and open fields everywhere, snow lay on the ground like an unwelcome blanket. The snow retreated,Continue reading “On a January Rain”
On a Week-End Round-Up
Let’s review some of the things I’ve written about this week. On Sunday I wrote about the tenures of Doctor Who actors in the role. The more I think about it, the more it occurs to me that the ninth Doctor was never intended to be a long-term role, that Russell T. Davies needed anContinue reading “On a Week-End Round-Up”
On Toilet Paper Positioning
A few days ago I had to change the toilet paper roll. Or, rather, it would be more accurate to say that the toilet paper was out, and I needed to get more. But rather than replace the old, nothing-left-on-it roll with a new roll, I left the cardboard spindle on the holder axle, andContinue reading “On Toilet Paper Positioning”