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Weather’s here, wish you were fine
Summer sucks. I hate the heat, the humidity, the sizzling sun boring into my head, unpeeling my limbs from each other, the restless nights spent searching futilely for a cool spot on the sheets and...
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Getting there … or, Not.
The other day, my daughter sent me a link to this post by Xenakis, which describes the wonderful side of Universal Design. In other words, build something right from the start, and you won’t have to go...
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Thieves!
Grocery stockers are well-familiar with the sight: random empty boxes that are the hidden leftovers to stolen goods. Cold medicine. Hair coloring. Condoms. Diapers. Candy. A couple days ago I...
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I can haz civil liberties?
Just the other week, I finally got around to mailing an envelope off to Locks of Love, non-profit that makes wigs for children who have long-term hair loss for medical reasons. My son’s not keen on...
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Take with a grain of salt
(I’m abed with a virus, but meanwhile–) The pancakes smelled -at first whiff- yummy. But then, scorched. Kind of. Not the pan’s-too-hot-scorched, but overly browned. I nibbled on a corner of one...
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Someone left the Internetz
in my car! “It’s a system of tubes.” (My son salvaged them from his job because he thought his nephew & niece would enjoy playing with them.) ~#~ And while at work: Brain’s a little off today;...
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That’s Not Helpful!
Here’s a riddle: how is a broken foot like being pregnant? (No, it has nothing to do with wait times.) Mid-October I entirely missed the last two steps of the stairs to the basement floor and BLAM!...
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Speak More Kale
This was a major WTF moment when listening to the news today [transcript this link]: the Chick-fil-A chain is suing a Vermont tee shirt maker for copyright infringement. Their slogan is, “Eat Mor...
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The Silver (Smoke-) Screen
O.M.G. Last night at the grocery I was stocking non-prescription meds, and a couple came in asking for … colloidal silver! (Meaning, microfine silver dust suspended in water or another carrier.) I was...
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Old Lady Shoes
Yeah, you’ve seen them: old ladies wearing Old-Lady Shoes. Dowdy footwear that inextricably time-travelled from some economically-depressed post-war period. Or low-heeled, lace-up shoes resembling dull...
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More bloviating by discredited Dr Wakefield
Outbreaks of fully-preventable diseases are increasing As reported on Thursday, April 11th in the UK paper The Independent, “Swansea measles outbreak: Confirmed cases rise to nearly 700″, which is...
View ArticleThis Gimpy Artist Prefers GIMP
After beating my head on a wall with Adobe Illustrator CC for a month, I’ve given up and gone with GIMP and Inkscape. Whilst GIMP has its own annoyances and quirks, I’m finding it much easier! Granted,...
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