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Entries from June 30th, 2010

Travels in Montreal: Day One

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments · travel

Crossing the border into Canada, we were asked the purpose of our visit: “Vacation,” replied Dan. “Visiting with friends.” Crossing the border into the United States three days later, we were again asked the purpose of our visit. “We basically just ate and drank our way through the city,” said Dan. I’d never been to [...]

Don’t sweat the big stuff

June 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · travel, writing

I have a ton of pictures from our weekend in Montreal to show you — I guess that should be tonne, rather — but it’ll have to wait until I relive yesterday’s car towing experience. If you follow me on the Twitter (and really, why wouldn’t you? I’m delightful!) or even the Tumblr (ditto! Plus [...]

It’s hopeless

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · stuff

I seem to have reached a certain age without thinking too much about how to stay healthy. I mean, I am healthy. I mostly eat well, better than most, though I also drink more than most and don’t really exercise more than most, though I’ve gotten better about that (I really have no choice, given [...]

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Today in OMG AWESOME

June 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · stuff

A few years ago my friend Irene and I started getting together on Friday afternoons for a late lunch — not every week, but as our schedules allowed. We ran into each other at Rhinebeck (knitters: I know, shocking) (non-knitters: Rhinebeck is where the New York Sheep and Wool Festival is held, every October. What. [...]

Looking Back at Doctor Who: End of the World

June 15th, 2010 · 5 Comments · doctor who, reviews, television

– I’m a Time Lord. I’m the last of the Time Lords. They’re all gone. I’m the only survivor. I’m left travelling on my own because there’s no one else. – There’s me . . . Right, so: after the introductory episode in which we establish that the Doctor is alien and has a spaceship [...]

In which I start talking about mysteries but wind up elsewhere

June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · books, projects, writing

I went to a marvelous place on Thursday night called the Mysterious Bookshop. Mysterious indeed. Not only is it a speciality bookstore dealing only in mysteries, thrillers, crime and espionage novels (as well as rare and out-of-print editions), but I had no idea it existed, despite its being around for almost 30 years. It used [...]

Year of living sluggishly

June 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · writing

Hey kids, you know what today is? Besides the World Cup kickoff. 1 Today marks my one-year anniversary with unemployment. Well, technically, it’s tomorrow. June 12th, 2009 was my last day of full-time work — and it wasn’t even a full day’s worth, since I’d normally spend Friday afternoons preparing for Monday’s newsletters. But I’m [...]

Looking Back at Doctor Who: Rose

June 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · doctor who, reviews, television

If you’re from another planet, how come you sound like you’re from the North? Lots of planets have a North. Confession: Though I enjoyed the few episodes I watched, I was never a huge Doctor Who fan. If I remember correctly, in the early 80s the show came on directly after 3-2-1 Contact, and I [...]

Unexpected humor at the humor workshop

June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · writing

I’ve been waiting to write up this post until I could devote more time to it. In the meantime I’ve been telling everyone this story. Let’s call those versions “first drafts.” Several weeks ago I decided to attend a free hour-long humor writing workshop. No reason why I chose humor other than its time fit [...]

Best Game Ever

June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · travel

I’m not known as a baseball fanatic. I enjoy the game — far more when I’m watching it live than on TV — and I’m a loyal Minnesota Twins fan, but I don’t follow statistics or players (though it has become easy to do so now that I have officially “Liked” the Twins Facebook page [...]

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