Category Archives: Miscellany

Reverb13 Day Seven: Picture This

Please post your favorite picture of yourself from 2013, self-portrait or otherwise! About 90% of pictures of me are taken by me. That’s not an ego situation, either. Truth be told, I am neither that great nor that fond of doing it. But I am usually the photographer when my family gets together, and no …

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Reverb13 Day Four: What Is Lost

What have you lost, what are you grieving? It’s not as devastating as some losses are. Nor is it confined to 2013. In fact, much of it has happened consistently over the course of several years, though there was an episode or two of it this year as well. I don’t know that I would …

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Egghead Writing and Guilt-Free Skimming

A few weeks ago I went to an annual used book sale that happens near my home. On that particular day they give you a large paper grocery bag. Six dollars for all the books you can fit into it. I made out pretty well; I got about 20 books for my six bucks. I …

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Potpourri

General thoughts and recent adventures. -I am sore for a second straight day, for multiple reasons. The first and main reason is that a few days ago, I engaged in some aerobics. Actually I engaged in exactly one half of the first, baby steps training lesson on a DVD of aerobic exercises. My attempt to …

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Computer Shopping

I hate doing it. Mainly because no matter how many times I read about it, I still don’t fully grasp the nature of memory, RAM, processor speed as it pertains to what I need. I know that higher numbers for each of those means better, but I hate the idea of spending money on more …

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