Month: September 2013

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Get Ready for Autumn

Last week on the HHP was kids’ week, and I have no little children now, only great big grown up sons and daughters, so it was a bit of a week off. Apart, that is, from working on our hand […]

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A Shock

We learned today that Fiona has a cancerous tumor on her foot. I think we stared blankly at the vet. True, she is as old as dogs of her breed usually get, but just last week she ran off. She […]

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Angels and Tomboys

Janalisa and I went to the Angels & Tomboys exhibit at Crystal Bridges, a traveling exhibit showing depictions of girls in art over the past few centuries. There were quite a few boys as well. This exhibit is all about […]

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Richard Dawkins Backs Off

Richard Dawkins was on The Daily Show last night. I’m a great fan of his, as you may know if you read my blog and have total recall. For your reading pleasure, a few of my many posts on his […]

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Lecture

#1 daughter and I went last night to hear this guy. He tells lots of offensive jokes, but he was an entertaining speaker. His intention was to persuade people to become insurance agents, which is not on my radar, but […]

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Rescue Time

RescueTime: Project Time Tracking Software & Team Time Management Software So here’s how I spent my time yesterday, courtesy of Rescue Time. This is a nice free program that keeps track of how you spend your computer time so you […]

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The Future of Education

#1 daughter and the Good Old Boy came over for dinner last night. It felt enough like fall that I made scalloped potatoes with ham, plus a vegetable salad and fresh pineapple. It was nice having them over — lots […]

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Surprises

Much of my day was spent reading and knitting, as you see here. I finished The Science of the Discworld IV while working on #2 son’s Christmas sweater. I started the sweater again with size 2 needles. This is Knit […]

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Bikes

There it is: the first red leaf of the year. You know what that means. Our town is filled with bikers I’ve already written about the noise and the numbers, the lack of sleep and the local response. I don’t […]