The coldest winter I ever spent
Archive for the ‘General’ Category.
Abigail has requested to read What Do People Do All Day MOST NIGHTS for the past YEAR and FOUR MONTHS! And I STILL discover details and in-jokes in the book on a regular basis. If you get your 2-8 year-old just ONE BOOK this year, make it Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day.
Last night I didn’t wear my CPAP for 1/2 the night and I’m wrecked. Reminds me of how much it helps. If you snore and don’t have the energy you want to have, look into getting one of these CPAP life-superchargers!
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Do you have a camera with a good macro lens that I can borrow? I’d like to take some very close-up photos of some jewelry.
Let’s go to California Extreme Together! It’s a classic arcade games show held in Santa Clara, CA every year. This year it’ll be on July 28 & 29. Hundreds of classic coin operated video games and pinball machines set to free play all day long!
I went a few years ago and playing these classic games is so tremendously nostalgic. A wonderful experience. Join me this year!
Check out the event: http://www.caextreme.org/
When watching this, I first thought, “Yes, yes, yes. I understand. Get past the ‘life is hard, long, and boring’ part. What I need are answers. He talks about it, which is nice. It’s not a simple, easy answer, but yes, it’s simple and easy, and ultimately totally right-on.
I really enjoyed the research portion of my occupational therapy master’s degree. I’m now a member of researchgate.net but I can’t figure out what it’s good for! Any thoughts?
It’s time to upgrade my phone. Internets, what do I get?
I want/need:
Android
a good camera – photos of Abigail!
At least 64 GB of memory – podcasts, videos of Abgail
All-day battery – 0% at at 10pm is uncool
Unlocked – I’m on Cricket wireless
Affordable – Abigail takes precedence
Google voice commands – I love talking to my phone
I was thinking… Moto G, OnePlus… or…
I’ve been looking for a better way to store all the stuff in our house. Books take up a lot of space in our house. I found a great guide for how to store books. Notably, it told me that I shouldn’t store books in sealed, clear plastic boxes with desiccant on our back patio. The reasoning: UV light and daily temperature variability is bad for books. I’ll keep looking for a good way to store all our stuff.
Here is the guide:
I found the guide on the Wayback Machine at archive.org. It used to be on the museum’s website.
Rest in Peace Joe Frank. He died January 15th, 2018 at age 79. I first heard Joe Frank’s haunting, hallucinatory radio plays in the late 1980’s, listening in my car late at night. I sat in my car on many a cold Boston winter night listening to his stories. I heard a program of his just a few months ago too. The shows were and are a revelation of amazing visual-auditory imagining. The stories and voices spin through my mind in the most pleasurable spirals, like a Whirling Dervish on the path to God. He is remembered with great fondness!
His art is his legacy and is still accessible (in the sense of availability as well as intellectually) at his website, JoeFrank.com and on public radio stations around the country in the small hours of the the night.