"But when it comes to the ultimate boomer game, competitive longevity, I’m doing color commentary. This is not because I’m more likely to keel over early but because having a chronic disease—or, more to the point, being known to have a chronic disease—automatically starts you on your expulsion from the club of the living." Michael Kinsley muses in the New Yorker about aging, disease and status.
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10:29:58 AM,
Wednesday 9 April 2008
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I'd rather be gullible than a suspicious paranoid jerk. This makes me a poor fit for the town mailing list.
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01:45:40 PM,
Tuesday 8 April 2008
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-From a profile of Pat Robertson.
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11:38:55 AM, Monday 7 April 2008
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11:25:29 AM, Monday 7 April 2008
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"Colors of Faith" rubber duckies.
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04:34:32 PM,
Friday 4 April 2008
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I have switched my watch to my right wrist, being left handed. It bothers me that the twiddly thing is on the wrong side, but I take it off to twiddle anyway, so it really doesn't matter. Feels peculiar, though. My wrists are different sizes. The impetus was my second badminton session. I think my arm is okay, though the fingers on my left hand are shaking and cold, so we'll see tomorrow. My legs, though, my legs are not happy with me. Towards the end, well, no, towards the middle I was missing anything above my head, because I was trying to jump and not managing it. After that I stopped jumping. Towards the end I was guessing too early, because it was the only way I could get anywhere. It's possible 2 1/2 hours of badminton is too much to start with.
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10:38:50 PM,
Thursday 3 April 2008
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I just discovered that in outlook, I can send an email, but tell it not to deliver it until a certain time. Useful for hiding the fact that I've become excessively 2nd shift in my work habits.
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11:25:23 PM,
Wednesday 2 April 2008
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We have what I believe, on little evidence, to be starlings. They're living inside the bathroom fan vent, which has a flap but not a screen on the outside vent. At this point I think it's nest-building, or maybe just scouting. At least, the cat is only periodically spending his time sitting on the shower-rail twitching. I just took the fan apart enough to confirm they couldn't actually get in, or be hurt by the fan. They make a good quantity of noise, though. I'm half-tempted to borrow a stepladder and investigate from the outside, but then, I once as I child peeked in a birdbox and had a wren fly out suddenly in my face, so perhaps not. Still zero interest from the local bird community in the feeder we set up a month ago. Maybe I should move it to the other side of the house.
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03:39:26 PM,
Wednesday 2 April 2008
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We now have a webcam. These things are going to completely replace mirrors. I can see the back of my head! This is going to make cutting my own hair much easier.
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10:52:53 PM,
Monday 31 March 2008
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The grand convergence of my political beliefs has occurred. Obama wants to abolish the penny.
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10:34:32 AM,
Monday 31 March 2008
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I have played badminton! And it's still pure joy, and I still have my hand-eye coordination, and by the end, my touch on drop shots was coming back. My aim with serves was all over the place, and my doubles knowledge was non-existant, but still. Run by 2 deeply sociable people, and with a good motley collection of casual players. A very well run system so everyone gets to play, and people get mixed up a fair amount. I was probably the worst person there today, mostly due to my unfortunate tendency to drop back after serving, or serve to the singles court, but I'll be better soon. Next time I think I'll buy a membership for the rest of the term. I was also the only left handed player out of 24. I need to get new tape for my racquet handle.
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10:14:51 PM,
Thursday 27 March 2008
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The Ninjavampire has been reduced to peddling narcotics.
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11:05:33 AM,
Thursday 27 March 2008
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