One course is almost finalized, the second – I hope – will take less time! Then we have buying a new cat litter box, more litter, some new experiments in wet food for Herr Malkin, and …
Maybe lunch and coffee first.
Data analysis, talking with the graduate office, checking in with the biotech people, wondering when [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Things needing done, late July edition
Posted in Musing about Teaching, My brain, Uncategorized, tagged civic stained glass, here comes the rain again, managers vs makers, schedules, skylights, snails, things to be done, timing is everything on 27 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, you may not sell substitute street drugs
Posted in Backstory, Medical communications, tactless observations, tagged art cars, bad choices, blow vs snow, faux flugelhorn, FDA enforcement, street drugs on 25 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I tell students is that you can learn a lot about document requirements by back-engineering from failed documents or from situations where people run afoul of the law [or simply common sense: those endless "stupid" instructions about not taking a bath with your curling iron clearly indicate that some fool out [...]
New goldfinch behavior
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged goldfinch, lavender on 23 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had never seen a goldfinch eat the seeds out of a sprig of lavender before.
Sorting things out
Posted in Backstory, My brain, tagged clearing out unnecessary things, donating clothes, figs, giving things up, knitting, probably more than you needed to know, socks, sorting things out on 23 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It half an hour I have to start thinking about what I will bring to a potluck. So far, I have maple yogurt, strawberries, half a honeydew melon, some Italian bread…… I’m sure there’s something else that I could bring, but my heart isn’t in it. Oh, figs! I bought some on sale, which is [...]
RIP, QXR?
Posted in Backstory, tagged classical music, growing up, New York Radio Stations, on your radio dial, signs of civilization, WQXR on 14 July, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“These are the radio stations of the New York Times: WQXR-AM 1560 and WQXR-FM 96.3 on your radio dial. At the tone, 2:30pm.”
Boooooop!
When my brother was in high school, he was tormented for weeks over the fact that when a disk jockey called our house one morning, offering a chance to be rewarded with cash [...]
My scanner cannot do this. But I’m glad someone’s can
Posted in Art and Craft, tagged Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen, musical hacks, osiloscope, scanner, office equipment, more free time than sense on 10 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Any way the wind blows…..
When to stop gardening
Posted in Gardening, tactless observations, tagged yellowjackets, witch hazel, strategic redeployment, ACK! on 10 July, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just so you know, when you see the yellowjackets start to sort themselves out of the dirt you just disturbed, THAT is when you should drop the shovel and just run for the back door.
I am fine, thanks, but I don’t think I’ll be planting that witch-hazel tonight.
Hmm. Irony there, eh?
Yes, there’s still a garden here
Posted in Gardening, tagged clethra, dig dig dig, iris, new plots, plant sales on 10 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just haven’t been digging much this week. I should have been; I think I might have fried the Clethra [Summersweet] via neglect. But here’s what’s blooming now:
So here we see the raingardent all grown up — the lilies in the background, by the spent rose and lavender, the phlox, daisies and butterfly bush coming [...]
A memory of July 4ths Past
Posted in Backstory, tagged 4th of July, family vacations, fireworks, New England, public comfort, restrooms on 5 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We used to go up to New England over the 4th of July holiday, to stay at an old farmhouse and explore the Green Mountains. Lugging gallons of water up the hill, before the running water was installed. An outhouse. God-only-knew-what in the barn. Fresh huckleberries fro the hillside in pancakes or muffins. Each year [...]
Rewarding bad behavior
Posted in tactless observations, tagged bad decision-making, I feel so very competent now..., Mothers against drunk driving, rewarding bad behavior on 1 July, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Apparently, there’s a bar in Wisconsin that will be holding a fundraiser for guy who was in a motorcycle crash. He was driving. He was drunk. The woman riding with him was killed.
Here’s the story:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/49561342.html
Tavern sets the bar low after woman’s death
Posted: July 1, 2009
A guy gets drunk on beer, climbs on a motorcycle and [...]
