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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Quarters
Parking at BART costs $3US for the day. You have to pay if you park anytime between 0400-1500. No exceptions or it can cost a lot. With a regular BART card it is just a matter of tapping your card … Continue reading
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One down
First of my three exams was this morning. Oh, thrill. Not. It seemed like a huge pain, travel into SF for a single, one hour exam. One credit course, one hour exam. To top it off, the exam had been … Continue reading
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Telling time
since, obviously, I needed to start a new puzzle. Again, not all that many pieces but a challenge in terms of fitting everything together and the interesting loops on the edges. and then there is the cloth underneath – an … Continue reading
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Stem Cell
I adore wooden puzzles. You have heard that particular line from me a number of times. I have raved about Liberty Puzzles. I must have mentioned Artifact Puzzles as well. Like Wentworth and Liberty, the company produces high quality wooden … Continue reading
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Not their best performance
Anyone can forgive a pitcher one lousy pitch. Even if it is one of the first pitches in the top of the first and results in a right fielder (not ours) hitting a home run. That would be ok. That … Continue reading
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One of those weekends
Where I started with a huge amount of ambition and ended with nowhere near as much accomplished as I had planned. I am sure that you have had one of those – and if not, my hat is off to … Continue reading
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City streets and sidewalks
Several years ago as I was driving Daughter #2 and her dog from the D.C. area to Chicago we stopped in Indiana. At least I think it was there, although it could have been Ohio for all the difference it … Continue reading
please, stand on the right
It should be simple. This is North America. We do not follow English custom on roads, sidewalks or stairs. We stay to the right when moving slower than those around us. Passing is on the left. Well, most of the … Continue reading
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On the tracks
As my BART this morning entered Powell station, we heard an announcement. It was a simple, there are no trains going north on the Richmond line beyond El Cerrito Plaza. Sorry for the inconvenience. Right, like t hat is going … Continue reading
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And it was another lovely
day, most of which I missed. Something about migraines, medication and attempting once more to clean up my studio. I think we are done with the rainy season and will confirm it if we don’t have more rain in the … Continue reading
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Library CDs
It probably will not surprise you at all to learn that not everyone who borrows audiobooks from the library bothers to take care of them. End result, of course is that listening to them, ripping them to a hard drive … Continue reading
Posted in Books & AudioBooks
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Counting down
In some ways, it seems like my semester just started yesterday. But in reality, there is only the remainder of this week and next. Followed by a week of study. Followed by exams. Time flies when you are having fun? … Continue reading
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Brains?
or was that kidneys? I mean really. Yes, I know that I am getting older and that my mind occasionally wanders. But I hadn’t thought it had progressed this far. How far? Well, I had displaced my debit card for … Continue reading
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One nothing
and a bit of this and that. Perhaps not the most important to you, but for this As fan – a solo home run by Chapman in the first inning turned out to be the only score in the game. … Continue reading
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Not fools
For the last several years I haven’t noticed anywhere near as many April Fool’s jokes as I saw in decades past. There could be several reasons. For example, I might just be the one out of the loop. Or totally … Continue reading
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