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E-Mail Fun

I got an e-mail from Sue Grafton today! OK, so did everyone else participating in NaNoWriMo, but it’s still kinda cool.

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Thursday Evening

When I left the office on Thursday evening, I was so tired and the traffic on I-95 was moving so slowly that I decided to stop for coffee. The best coffee place in town is near where I used to … Continue reading

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Crazy Coworkers

Yesterday I drove to CT for our annual departmental luncheon. I went both because I felt obligated and because I think that telecommuters need to spend time with their coworkers once in a while. The sad thing is, half of … Continue reading

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Mistaken Identity

I hate making mistakes and I find it hard to forgive myself for making them. That’s bad. First, it makes me feel like crap. Second, I believe a person’s character is revealed in the way that they deal with their … Continue reading

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Melon-choly Movie

Faithful Reader and I recently watched Silent Running, not to be confused with The Running Man, Blade Runner, or Logan’s Run, and certainly not with Cool Runnings. In this peculiar movie, the last few forests of Earth have been moved … Continue reading

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Out of the Game

NaNoWriMo is here! I must hoard all my free time for writing. That means I have to temporarily give up playing Spide . . . No, I must not even name it or then I will have to play it. … Continue reading

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Apple Crisp

Apples usually keep a long time, so I was surprised when I pulled some recently-purchased Cortlands out of the fridge and found that they were all soft. Some of them were definitely bad and I threw those away, but the … Continue reading

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A Need for Perfection

Computers are good at games. If a computer is given all the rules and programmed to follow them consistently, then it cannot make a mistake. It will therefore play better than I, and faster. I don’t mind. I rely heavily … Continue reading

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An Afternoon Walk

Images from an afternoon walk— Sections of the canal covered with floating autumn leaves. Zigzagging trails of clear water marking the passage of ducks. A capped jug bobbing cheerfully in the river. What’s in the jug? Moonshine, maybe. Or maple … Continue reading

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Spicing Things Up

Did you know that the cinnamon you find at the grocery store is really cassia? I was unaware of this until recently, but once I found out, I had to get some real Ceylon cinnamon. The order that I placed … Continue reading

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