From Fazia: “Remove the authors who aren’t on your shelves and replace them with authors who are, keeping the list at ten.” Her list: Laurie R. King Jane Austen Madeleine L’Engle Tess Gerristen Diane Duane Sheri S. Tepper Ursula K. Le Guin Stephen King James A. Michener Emily Bronte My list: Bernard Cornwell PD James [...]
Sep 302003
Sep 302003
I’m going to spend the day in bed. I’m going to finish writing my test plan. Ok, no snickering! Things to Say When You’re Losing a Technical Argument, via Jill. I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve actually uttered numbers 1, 12, 19, 27, 37, and 63. Why blogs could be bad for business, via Out [...]
Sep 292003
This afternoon at 5:00 I was grocery shopping with no crutches, no cane, no wobbling from side to side. By 7:00 I burst into tears when my son carried a dripping wet chicken across the kitchen three times (he’s making stock, the “fresh” chicken is solid like a rock, he’s trying to get the damn [...]
Sep 292003
On the one hand, I’ve been really busy and haven’t been posting much – a situation which is unlikely to improve for at least a couple of weeks since I’m doing the single mom thing temporarily. On the other hand, nobody else seems to be updating much either – has there been a collective attack [...]
Sep 282003
Took the under-17s to see Underworld today. I’m getting old and crotchety – it seems like every movie I’ve seen in the last year has the SOUND TURNED UP SO LOUD THAT WE’RE ALL GONNA GO DEAF! And when it was quiet, the movie experience was not improved by the loud, inappropriate giggling of two [...]
Sep 262003
Very busy week – meetings with customers. I feel like I’ve had nothing but little fried hors d’oeuvres for dinner all week (it was only two nights). But I’m still on my feet – despite the tasteful pumps, and thanks to going home every night and falling immediately into bed. I don’t think I’m cut [...]
Sep 222003
12-year-old’s surgery poses dilemma for Frederick school – the Longmont Daily Times-Call doesn’t maintain online archives, so I’ve reprinted the story below. I find it interesting that it takes 13 paragraphs to get to the point, which is that the school is not wheelchair accessible.
Sep 182003
I wish I could remember the exact words I heard this evening on KUNC. Something like: “…live less in the body, more in the mind and the spirit…” I’m definitely on the physical upswing, but I wonder if I’ll ever be back to “normal”. At work we’re getting ready for a dog and pony show [...]
Sep 172003
I’ve always had trouble keeping track of stuff at work – stuff I need to do, and stuff I already did. I’ve tried using MS Outlooks task list, but can’t seem to grok how to make it work for me. Since I’m enjoying this whole blogging thing so much, I decided to created a private, [...]
Sep 162003
Yesterday’s searches (what happened on May 9th?): #reqs: search term 2: ultralight wheelchair 2: geburtsanzeige 2: antonio vivaldo 1: berthold brecht 1: billy jack 1: hitlerjugend 1: using a cane 1: 28 inch doors 1: occurrences on may 9th 1: cross platform fonts 1: how to push a wheelchair on a airplane 1: multiple sclerosis [...]
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