rivercrow

I’m always conflicted about Easter. Should I recognize Orthodox Easter or RC Easter? Can I recognize both and get twice as much chocolate?
It was a beautiful day here. We spent most of the day in a park and wrapped it up with a latte at Caribou.
The fine folks at INTPCentral have come through again. […]

It’s a lazy day. Good Friday Holiday, schools are closed. I have homework to do, but can’t focus. Need to drink my coffee.
I think we’ve found a canoe to use on the flatwater around here. Neither of us are interested in whitewater.

Massive power outage at school. Substation failure. Explosion, 5 injured: 3 in hospital, one of those in burn center.
Classes cancelled.

After much thought, I finally figured out what I’ve been feeling.

As a kid, you ask for a particular Christmas present. You’re very explicit, clear, have the image in mind, perhaps even give your parents a clipping of an advert for the thing. You even know how big the package will be. You see a package […]

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
Lin Yutang

Sorry to hear your life is hell. That’s the way it is in IT, as far as I am concerned. Feast or famine. And annoyances all along the way.
I guess that’s kind of unsympathetic, but everyone I know goes thru the same cycle. I just don’t see any reason to take it out on anyone […]

I am a frivolous creature. I waste the time of those who state they have no time to waste. This time-wasting I call “having a life.”

I can’t see being serious all the time.
I have a very quirky sense of humor. People who don’t get it or don’t like it eventually walk out of my life. […]

I read somewhere that 1 April is known as April Fool’s because of the change from Julian to Gregorian calendars. (Someone with more battery life can research this, if desired.) 1 April *used* to be the first day of the new year.
For me, it will always be the beginning of a new year.
We celebrated […]