I love my new rice cooker. Is that weird? Today, as I was starting to think about what to make for Sean for lunch, I realized I didn’t have any veg for him to eat (not that he’s usually all that willing to to eat it—the veg—when I do have some). But we just bought …
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At the library this afternoon, I was struck by something very odd: there aren’t very many books. There weren’t very many magazines, either.But there were a lot of computers. In the “Teen Zone,” there was a big screen television. The children’s library, on the second floor, however, was awesome. It’s huge, for one thing. For …
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When I bought my Kindle, I also ordered the Patagonia Kindle cover, which is all black polyester. It’s a great cover, but it’s a little bland. The only embellishment it ships with is a little Patagonia label, which I cut off with my pocket knife some months ago. That’s when I got the idea that …
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars Another great story from Michael Lewis. With The Big Short, he has made the task of understanding our current economic state enjoyable. This book tells a hell of a story and it’s peopled with real-life characters, people who say …
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[Clears throat] Good morning. [Blows cobwebs off blog] Well, we’ve been busy! Danielle has reported to her ship, Sean is potty training, and I—well I haven’t been blogging, apparently. What I have been doing is a lot of gardening and home maintenance, computer repair, and “home theater optimization.” (Separate posts to follow for some of …
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I set a calendar reminder for myself. People have been talking about it all week. Sean even woke us up an hour early this morning, and we still blew it. Mission fail.
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Well here we are, down in Virginia, back in Norfolk, where it’s already feeling like spring. I actually did yard work today (which I personally have been referring to as “gardening,” because it sounds less like drudgery). It’s good to be back.
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We turned on the Oscars by mistake tonight, and we’re actually being entertained!
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Await Your Reply: A Novel by Dan Chaon My rating: 5 of 5 stars I defy anyone to read the first page of this novel and not be compelled to finish it. Await Your Reply is about identity theft and high-tech criminal enterprises. Think Tom Ripley, if he were alive and at large in today’s …
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Instapaper is a godsend for Kindle users. I’ve written a couple posts about my search for an application that would make moving web content to the Kindle a simpler process. I have found that application. With Instapaper, you get a little “bookmarklet” (a little button that goes on your browser’s bookmark toolbar or in your …
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