It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here. All is well.
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here. All is well.
Finished reading Saving Time by Jenny Odell. I read it slowly and sporadically, as I do with a lot of nonfiction, and I’m not sure what to make of it. There seem to be some deep insights about how we perceive time and how parts of it are a social construction, along with digressions about labor and inequity that Odell manages to pull back to the main topic, along with bits that feel a little too woo-woo for me.
Walked from Northgate to tonight’s game at Nathan’s: 17k steps, nine miles, 3⅓ hours (including a bit of indecision at Chuck’s).
Meghan and I got far enough into the bathroom sink drain to realize we need to call a plumber. Fortunately we know a good one.
Today’s kitchen victories: blueberry scones with clotted cream, fettuccine Alfredo with roasted mushrooms, steamed artichokes, and scout mint ice cream.
Quick run to the Children’s ER this morning, but all is well, and the kid was discharged in record time (about two hours).
Yesterday, we applied for a new passport for the bambina.
In our ongoing game last weekend, my character lost a battle of wills with a corrupt runesword— extremely unlikely by the odds on the dice, but it fits perfectly into the overall story.
Had Mom and Greg and Jocelyn and the kids over for dinner (corned beef, roasted vegetables, and Irish soda bread).
Finished reading Dead Country by Max Gladstone, book seven or one in a series, depending how you count. (It’s seven, I think.) Anyway, interestingly, this book sort of rhymed with Gladstone’s previous, Last Exit, sharing some motifs, but I think this was the better book: tighter and with less clumsy preaching.
My pile.org redesign for 2023 is changing the botanical iconography from black pepper to coffee. Still a little wonkiness with how the coffee beans are centered, but it’s acceptable for now.
Added a bit of nuance (?) to last night’s screedlet.
This weekend’s kitchen victory: butter chicken for us and the kids’ friends.
Finished reading The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. I almost put this one down unfinished: The setting and story are incredibly inventive, and the characters’ portrayal and motivations very one-dimensional and clumsy. I actually found myself skimming parts, which I almost never do with fiction.