by CJ | Jul 28, 2012 | Journal
grand canyon under Antarctica
by CJ | Jul 27, 2012 | Journal
Romans were literate—prostitutes read and wrote. Soldiers did. Slaves did. Roman mothers were the elementary teachers in their own houses, for reading and math. Roman fathers took over the boys as kids grew older, taking them to work every day. Roman children...
by CJ | Jul 26, 2012 | Journal
…you know, the company that claims to get it right when other companies can’t? Took us 2 and a half hours to make a simple check order through their incredibly bad site-navigation…and then had them screw up the credit card. We aren’t even...
by CJ | Jul 26, 2012 | Journal
…you know, the company that claims to get it right when other companies can’t? Took us 2 and a half hours to make a simple check order through their incredibly bad site-navigation…and then had them screw up the credit card. We aren’t even...
by CJ | Jul 25, 2012 | Journal
FANS WIN ONE IN COPYRIGHT WAR
by CJ | Jul 23, 2012 | Journal
I should let Jane tell you this one, because she knows all the technicals, but she’s recuperating in a warm tub. The main computer of our housenet is about to die—any minute, it could stop working. It holds all the tax records, going back over a decade....
by CJ | Jul 23, 2012 | Journal
I should let Jane tell you this one, because she knows all the technicals, but she’s recuperating in a warm tub. The main computer of our housenet is about to die—any minute, it could stop working. It holds all the tax records, going back over a decade....
by CJ | Jul 23, 2012 | Journal
Jane got up and folded the patio umbrella, which was making a racket. At 1:30 AM a front barreled through of the strength we used to get in Oklahoma, the sort that as it hits you can almost feel the walls balloon for an instant: it thumps. Then wind. And if that...
by CJ | Jul 22, 2012 | Journal
It gets so very hot in Spokane it’s horrid to try to walk anywhere…and I am NOT a walking type. But Jane needs to…she really does. So…we made a try at it. But Jane got an acid attack about 3 blocks out and we power-walked back to get her home....
by CJ | Jul 22, 2012 | Journal
It’s a little alarming. Lean back and all of a sudden it really goes back, but it’s very comfy. The relief to my lower back from shedding the former seat-set is immense. And it went to a good home, some generously-sized people who will, I think, find it...
by CJ | Jul 21, 2012 | Journal
This is the first cat I have ever had who eats things: if it falls on the floor, even if it is not food…Sei will possibly nab it and eat it. We had a strand of green corrugated Christmas ribbon turn up when we moved the chairs. Eight inches of green 1/4 inch...
by CJ | Jul 20, 2012 | Journal
False economy will get you in the end. The inexpensive living room chairs we got—have finally had the foam collapse in the seats, and gotten our backs so out of alignment we’re limping and gimping about and really feeling the pain in the evenings when we...
