Okay, I’ve been thinking about what I wrote yesterday and have come to a few conclusions. The most important thing is that I am decidedly happy to be staying in the same place for an unknown period of time. I have to get used to that concept, but I like it here, and staying put…
Units of Measurement
For some reason, I used to think that if I lived in one place long enough to finish a box of dryer sheets, I would have been there forever. I mean, that would be truly settling down. In case you need some perspective on what that means time-wise, I’m pretty sure I was using the…
Presto, tomato!
Until a few minutes ago, I was wondering what to do tonight. Saturday and Sunday are mostly mapped out, but tonight was still a void of nothingness. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy unplanned time, I just had to think through what to do with the luxury of having no pressing projects or cleaning needs…
Recommendation of the Day
I’ve been struggling through some books for various assignments and commitments lately and just haven’t felt inspired by reading. It happens sometimes. As a good librarian, I feel obligated to work against that, however. While updating a list of recommended books at work this morning, I ran into one of my all-time favorite authors, P….
Corduroy Argyle
Today I was greeted at work with the news that there was mail waiting for me in a co-worker’s office. Mail is usually addressed to the department, not to me, so that seemed odd. I knew as soon as I saw the return address that this was a good kind of odd. Texas never disappoints…
The Amazing Camping Spork
Some of my friends do things like cut the handles off of their toothbrushes to cut down on pack weight for long backpacking treks. Since they’re the ones trudging for weeks with those toothbrushes in their packs, who am I to think that’s extreme? I haven’t started cutting my toothbrush into pieces yet, and my…
Fat Dog
In case the title left you in any doubt, this is one fat dog (not my photo… check out the actual photographer’s Flickr photostream): On my way to play kickball yesterday, I got trapped behind a teeny tiny dog. It had roughly the same body fat percentage as the fellow above. I’m certainly a fan…
Small, but valuable. 