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Dodged a bullet

Friday, April 24th, 2009

The City libraries were closed today for staff “Convocation” It’s a big, all-day meeting for all staff. One of the things the Director addressed right at the start was budget. It seems the projected 22% cut, whittled down to 15% is going to be only 8%. No jobs will be lost, no hours will be [...]

My weird Mom story can beat your weird Mom story

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

It’s the family joke that my mother starts conversations in the middle of a paragraph. Queen of the non sequitur, it’s not just a remark that catches you off-guard, but the whole of the resulting paragraph and subsequent conversation. After 52 years, I’m kind of used to it, but I was completely unprepared for the [...]

Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Just in case you happen to see or hear on the news that someone at my address was found dead in their apartment this afternoon, it wasn’t me. Police are still at the apartment directly across the courtyard from mine. The officer who checked with other tenants in the building was the same one who [...]

Turning it up to eleven

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Scenic Route turned eleven today. Back in the day, when most were using stone knives and bearskins to create web sites, I started with FrontPage and 56k modem. After a couple of years I upgraded my skills and began hand-coding. For a while I was something of an authority on Standards Compliance. Four years ago [...]

Taking a leak

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Clearly, there’s some sort of spacetime or quantum leak in the vicinity of my couch. Perhaps even large enough to be called a rift, although I’m not sure of these things. But a spacetime quantum leak would explain both the appearance of a gignormous hornet-like insect this evening, and the weird dreams I’ve been having [...]

Dare I hope?

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Shortly after I moved into this apartment in 2004, a new neighbor moved in. I won’t say my life has been hell since then, but this neighbor isn’t one you’d want to live next to—unless you like noisy, loud, obnoxious drunks with no respect for other people on the other side of your wall. But [...]

Sick

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Among the other souvenirs, I brought home from Colorado a wicked summer cold. Summer colds are always more annoying than than in other seasons, but this one is the worst cold I’ve had in years. It kept me home all day yesterday when I really wanted to be at the Rochester Road Race, which was [...]

It was the year that was

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Rolling in to 2008, I feel pretty good about 2007. Seldom has this happened. Ordinarily I look back thinking, Thank God that’s over, or, Maybe I’ll do better next time. But 2007? I can look back with satisfaction. 2007 was the first year since 1997 that I was on firm financial footing. There were sufficient [...]

Santa comes to Winton Branch

Friday, December 28th, 2007

The real Santa Claus made a brief appearance at Winton Branch Library today. An immigrant dad and his four kids, ages toddler to high-school, brought an armload of videos to the checkout. I explained our limit is six. No, not six per person, six per card. They have one card. The older kids don’t have [...]

Exhibitionist

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport is having a cycling photo exhibition. They have asked me to be sure to enter. Each photographer may enter three photos. One from each photographer will be enlarged, mounted and shown in the exhibition. (Rules) Help me pick which three to enter. I’ve set up a poll in my [...]