I have nothing profound to say today. I feel as though I’ve been on a roll the past few days.
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On a Year-End Meme
Let’s look at 2009 in review, courtesy of a meme seen at Stuart Ian Burns’ blog: 1. Where did you begin 2009? I was in Raleigh, visiting my sister and meeting my niece. We watched Dick Clark’s Rocking New Years Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest. 2. What was your status by Valentine’s Day? On Valentine’sContinue reading “On a Year-End Meme”
On a Tired Hamster
The little hamster that runs on a wheel to power my brain? He’s really tired. I wore him out today. I wrote a lot, the hamster got a lot of exercise in, and he’s tired. I think I made him run so fast and so long that he overheated the axle on the exercise wheel.Continue reading “On a Tired Hamster”
On Late December Walks
Last night, I took a walk on the way home. When the light rail train pulled into the North Avenue station, the conductor announced that the train would be stopped there for several minutes, as there was a disabled train ahead of it. From time to time, I’ll walk from the North Avenue station, pastContinue reading “On Late December Walks”
On the Christmas Weekend
A hectic week at the office this shall be. I can already sense it, like a great disturbance in the Force. There’s nothing wrong with that; staying busy is a good thing. 🙂 It was a LEGO holiday. My sister and her husband gave me the LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary, which will prove invaluableContinue reading “On the Christmas Weekend”
On a Christmas Eve Past
Ten years ago today, I received a surprising e-mail. Christmas Eve 1999 was a strange day. That was the day of the infamous company Christmas party layoffs, where as some of us walked into the party we were pulled aside by our supervisors and told we weren’t needed on the 26th. This does not aContinue reading “On a Christmas Eve Past”
On Morning with my Grandmother
My grandmother doesn’t appear to have gotten any sleep last night. I locked the house up, shut off the tree, and went to bed. The television was still on, however; she usually sleeps through the night with it on, so it made sense not to mess with it. When the alarm went off, I heardContinue reading “On Morning with my Grandmother”
On the Day After
The snow began falling at 10 o’clock Friday night. Work, last week, being what it was, prompted a number of us at the office to go to the local Irish pub after work. At the time, the forecast was calling for about twelve inches of snow. At the pub, one of the graphic designers passedContinue reading “On the Day After”
On Fixing the Phone
Thursday night I stood in the kitchen, and I heard something. It sounded like music. It sounded like the kind of music the Nintendo or the Super Nintendo would have made back in the day. But where was it coming from? What could be making it? I turned my head this way and that, wanderedContinue reading “On Fixing the Phone”
On Christmas Shopping for my Grandmother
Today, I bought Christmas presents for my grandmother. Buying presents for my grandmother is difficult because it is pointless. Anything important is lost upon her, anything useful would go unused. Her birthday, which falls on Christmas Eve, is even more difficult; she understands that the day is someone‘s birthday, but she cannot recollect that itContinue reading “On Christmas Shopping for my Grandmother”