I know, I know, you’re damn tired of missing updates here. Nothing happens for weeks and then all of a sudden there’s TWO WHOLE POSTS TO READ.
Did you know there’s a way to keep track of new posts on all of your favorite web sites? It has to do with that funny orange symbol [...]
No, not that one.
Author Linda Hirshman has an interesting post up at TPM Cafe on “Liberal Principles” (it’s part one of three). Or at any rate I find it interesting, because I’ve been spending a lot of time over the last couple of years thinking about what my principles are, and it’s interesting to [...]
(And I believe we were.) From his autobiography:
“My notebooks began in the very early days in Paris. I think, in those days, I always carried one with me. I was like a reporter at large. I made notes so conscientiously you’d think I was being paid by a big, important newspaper. I made notes of [...]
Is it just boring at this point to report that this morning’s flight to Missoula is delayed one and a half hours (so far)?
Tell you what. From here on out, I will only post if our flight is on time. Otherwise, assume we are experiencing what now appears to be “the usual.”
At least we are [...]
NEver mind those theories.
“We’ve been released and should be on our way shortly.”
12:40 p.m.
From the flight deck: “ATC is aware of our situation [i.e., that the pilots will need their milk, cookies and naps soon] and we have priority over other flights on the east coast.”
The crew’s “flight day” runs out in 50 minutes. Maybe the actual flight time doesn’t count as part of the “flight day,” [...]
12 p.m., EDT
No word from the flight deck yet, but the delay has allowed A. to complete the rabbit she was knitting for Grace’s christening present.
Actually, she still needs to finish the tail, but that require scissors, which, of course, no one is allowed to have on a plane.
At least, however inconvenient this is, we [...]
As I type, A. and I are sitting on United Flight 487, which in turn is sitting on the runway at Philadelphia International Airport. Our destination is O’Hare Airport in Chicago, where we had hoped to attend our niece Grace’s christening today. We actually planned to be a little late, but a member of the [...]
We made it.
…fixing up the house.
Bedroom ceiling
Before:
After:
Dining-room ceiling
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After:
I also put a final coat of gloss black paint on the back steps today, but I don’t have a “before” picture. (A.’s dad primed them on Saturday.)