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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Has anyone else noticed...?
Starbuck's has been a place I go for coffee and easing-back space, to read a book, to chat with other customers, sometimes even turn strangers into friends. I liked two things particularly: that they turn a part of the profits back into the community where they made them, and that the one down the road from me in Olympia was happy to hang some of my photos for quite a while, on their arts wall. But in the past months, something has changed: prices on their food went up so that I am put in mind... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Disaster at the Sci Fi Con
Sometimes, it is just hard to believe, no matter how optimistic you are, and tolerant and patient, that an act of stupidity had no malice in it, no meaness. Near the end of the sci-fi convention this weekend, some friends of ours packed up to go home, putting their prize-winning costumes and other gear in a plastic tub at their assigned table. A tub. Not some random, fusty old box. Then they came to hear the band perform, leaving their tub at their table. The con was not actually over yet. But... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Common mistake, but still--a mistake.
There is no such thing as 12am; nor 12pm. There are noon and midnight. These nice little words are so useful, and so neglected, in favor of AM and PM, though those terms are simply wrong. They leave the matter uncertain, ambiguous. They could intend either noon or midnight. You have to sort it out with whoever issued the time statement, to find out which way they mean it. Maybe it isn't obvious. Maybe it isn't how you understand the usage of the terms. For certain, it is wrong. WRONG, I tell... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 2, 2014
The Garden Grows...
...better than last year! There are some healthy sprouts, even a few sugar peas beginning to reach for the railings, and new sprouts pushing through the soil in the same pots. Bringing them in from the cold and the wind was not only good exercise for me, it saved their little green lives, too. I think the wind is as hard on them as the cold, and this area gets very frequent very high winds, steady and gusting. So, until they are well-started, and clinging to the railings securely, they will... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Artichokes on sale
They are rarely only 2/$3, so I got two big ones and brought them home. I cut each one in half, and removed--cut and yanked--the thorny and thistley bits from inside, then put them face up on the cast iron pan with some dribbles of olive oil and sprinklings of salt on each one. I added some water to the pan, and then covered it all, and put it in the oven at 350F for an hour. A dribbling of Italian dressing is a very tasty and spicier alternative. I'm sure there are other sauces that would work,... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Puppy Mills and Cockatiel Bondage
throughout the country breed pedigreed animals for the sole purpose of profitting from puppy sales. It is not uncommon that these breeding animals are treated like some kind of machine, neglected beyond belief, with such callous cruelty, it defies the understanding of the normal heart and mind. Recently, a truck-load of dogs, rabbits and three cockatiels arrived in Gaithersburg, Maryland, under the protection of the Washington DC Humane Society. Abhorrent as the puppy mills are, and I guarantee... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 24, 2014
COSMOS
Last night, I finally had the chance to see the new edition of COSMOS with Neil DeGrasse Tyson in the driver's seat. I'm impressed! It is a visually beautiful show, with one exception I don't much care for, and Dr DeGrasse Tyson is a masterful guide and host. He is a champion of Science, akin to Bill Nye, and is doing his utmost to show the beauties and wonders of what science studies, and what science has accomplished by way of explaining the mysteries of the Cosmos--You know: where we keep our... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Another self-appointed Hall Monitor
Not quite 40 years ago, I got on a bus in Seattle, and took a seat near the front. At the next stop, a young mother boarded with her toddler, and they took the seat ahead of me. I noticed that the little boy did a sort of double-take as he climbed the steps and looked at the driver. Suddenly, as the bus began to move, the little boy burst into tears. His mother clearly hadn't seen it coming, and asked little Petey whatever was the matter? He pointed to the driver and wailed, "It's a girl!" It... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
A friend shared this with me...
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