No maps for these territories

My neighbor, the one with the brain cancer who was barely older than I am, died this Saturday. I did not really know or feel it until today, but in retrospect I should have; the hospice lady knocking at my door saturday (she wanted next door), the sudden absence of cars in our shared driveway. [...]

I am off to bed. Ubuntu will just have to finish upgrading itself, without my watchful eye. (Not that I know how to do much of anything about it if it broke, but you know, I feel like the watching must be encouraging to my poor laptop that must get me through the next ten [...]

For the easily confused this holiday season, we are happy to meet all your disambiguation needs.

* innumerable business cards, both mine and other people’s * “A guide to Gatwick Airport, South Terminal” (small, glossy printed booklet) * A bookmark commemorating Indian Literature, from last year’s Frankfurt Buchmesse * 1 feedback form from Wikimania 2006, with the only comment being “please better enforce speaker’s time” * A $40 reimbursement cheque from [...]

I practically ran out of my workplace early yesterday, making my 11 days off just a couple hours longer. Then I frantically did the shopping and cleaning that I’ve been putting off. Today, I am finishing up all of my Christmas cards — so yes, they will be New Year’s cards, thanks. I am just [...]

Ah, there’s nothing quite like formalwear and kilts. It’s difficult to say, precisely, what Debra Messing thinks she’s doing with my boyfriend here. —- Also, why do you suppose there’s a firetruck idling outside my house at one in the morning, with the lights turned off? It’s pouring rain out. You couldn’t light anything on [...]

Well, despite my last complain-y post, I guess there is one somewhat exciting thing. I found this rather interesting catalog description the other day: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781593271763/index.html Looks intriguing, no? I encourage you all to have a look.