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Tag Archives: Life
On Thoughts This Wednesday Morning
Matt Frewer is coming to Farpoint! Okay, okay, many people are going to be geeking out that weekend over the winsome Felicia Day. But. Matt Frewer, people! Max Headroom! Sherlock Holmes! Doctor, Doctor! (Which so needs to be on DVD, dammit! I’d buy it. Right now!) Yes, I liked Frewer’s Holmes, from those four moviesContinue reading “On Thoughts This Wednesday Morning”
On Saturday Musings
A telemarketer called. I don’t know what he wanted. I didn’t hang up on him. I just put the phone down, got up, fixed lunch, hung out laundry, and then came back half an hour later. He wasn’t there any more. I put the phone back on the receiver. My grandmother seemed determined to sleepContinue reading “On Saturday Musings”
On the Consumption of Cashews
This week just past was a week of Mondays. Nothing but Mondays. Even Friday, which started out like a Friday, ended on a Mondayesque note. One contributing factor? On one of the Mondays this week, I ate some cashews. I needed a mid-morning snack. I went to the vending machine, I saw a packet ofContinue reading “On the Consumption of Cashews”
On the View at Thursday
Hello? Hello? Is this mic still on? However did it get to be Thursday? :tired: Oh, that‘s right. It’s called “work.” Since I really don’t have anything profound to say at the moment, I would point out that a survey of Doctor Who fans acclaimed “The Caves of Androzani” as the best story of allContinue reading “On the View at Thursday”
On Late Summer Doldrums
Ever feel just really disconnected? That’s about how I’m feeling these days. Politics? Not feeling engaged right now. Baseball? The Cubs :cubs: aren’t making me happy. Work? It’s there. Life? I have a headache. The only thing news worthy of the past week that’s held any interest for me is the splitting of Oasis withContinue reading “On Late Summer Doldrums”
On Being Histamatic
I am histamatic. That’s my word-coinage for the day, defined as “I itch all freakin’ over.” Why is Allyn histamatic? I ate some mango in a fruit salad a few days ago. Mango contains trace quantities of urushiol, the active toxin in poison ivy that causes skin irritation. Cashews also contain trace amounts of urushiol.Continue reading “On Being Histamatic”
On the Arrival of the Print
A week ago — well, eight days, if one must be precise — I ordered an Arthurian art print. Created by Todd Klein and J.H. Williams III, “Drawing the Sword” depicted the moment in the Arthurian mythos when young Arthur, unaware of his birthright as King of England, pulled the magical sword from the stone.Continue reading “On the Arrival of the Print”
On the Good Things About Today
Today was one of those days. Rather than dwell upon the reasons for today’s craptaculence, why not look upon all the things that made today great? Umm… Oh! I got rained on! Three weeks ago, Charm City had turned into East Seattle, and it rained for days upon days. Then, the rains departed, the weatherContinue reading “On the Good Things About Today”
On an Excel Accident
That sound you hear? That is the sound of my head beating up against the desk in my cubicle. And the primal screams that are still reverberating off the buildings in this little corner of Maryland. The reason? I wrote a macro in Excel. And I didn’t save it! From hell’s heart I stab atContinue reading “On an Excel Accident”