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Out of focus?

So is this a techblog, talking about Java software development? Or is it a knitblog, with pictures of work in progress, and finished objects? Or is it a news blog, or a links blog, or a writing blog, or a religion blog, or a journal, or a commentary blog, or

Return of the Jedi

I'm back. Crocuses are blooming, albeit only when I'm not looking at them, the yarn for Sarah's socks just arrived, there's a warm cat asleep on the chair next to me, season 6 of Stargate SG-1 on the telly, and a

On break

I'm taking a short blog break. Barring one Blogger Idol post, don't expect to see anything here until March 8th.

Blogger Idol week 5 - Picture This

Did you ever read those photo comic strips in kids magazines? The wily hunter stalks her prey. "Who? Me?" (Play theme for "Jaws" here) "You don't scare me. Besides, there's better prey upstairs" In its lair upstairs, the vicious sock

Date-iversary

Today is the tenth anniversary of my first date with Hubby. He sent me ten red roses. I love him!

Miscellany

Got sick, got better, got sick again, am still sick. Snow on ground, freezing cold office, ice in the air, no sunlight for days on end, temperature below freezing most of the week. Right now 110F/43C heat and wet-blanket humidity of summer sound wonderful. Pictures of London as

Blogger idol week one: "The 80s"

The big event in the 1980s for me was moving from the new house to That House. The 1980s was when we moved from Stowemarket, a small village in Suffolk, England, to Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. We bought That House in 1981. It seemed like a decent house

Circle Journey

Circle Journey is an interesting idea: you send a small notebook back and forth between two people like an ongoing letter. I mailed one to my sister today, should arrive in about a week.

Blogdom Kerfuffle

The "Blogdom of God" kerfuffle has been mentioned on several blogs of late (Bene Diction, Irene Q, Can You Hear Me Now and others). I mention it partly as an excuse to use the word "kerfuffle" in a semi-serious context. The Blogdom is an aggregator

Happy New Year!

Not a lot else to say really. It's raining, I want to overhaul my Desk Drawer section, especially since the demise of MP3.com. Any suggestions?

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