Must… post…

Feb09
by berry on February 9, 2010 at 11:09 pm
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Update: I read 3 pages and fell asleep on the couch.  Rushed and tired.

I feel like I’ve been super busy all the time lately.  I still have time to post, obviously, since I’m posting this, but I feel rushed.  This will get worse over the next several days, as my father-in-law returns to Croatia tomorrow, and I will no longer benefit from an extra pair of hands.

I have my techniques for combating this, since it is just a feeling, but I haven’t been able to put them in motion lately.  My lunchtime walks have fallen to the wayside of late, mostly because it’s been drearily cold here; my book pile looms ever more precariously over my head; and movies are sitting unwatched.

I need to just sit and relax a bit.  But it’s late! Must sleep so I can get up and get to work! agggghghh! I’ll be fine, I’m sure.

I am reading Cheers, which is very interesting and relaxing, and I think I should stop here and read it some more, as Gosh! I have to return it by Friday!

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Where I Lament the Passing of Time

Feb08
by berry on February 8, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Posted In: deep thoughts

I love pizza.  I think I could eat pizza for every meal, every day, and not get tired of it.  Cold pizza for breakfast? Yum!  Dessert pizza from Pizza Hut? Odd idea, but I like it! Yummy cheese, a variety of things you can put on top, chewy if you want, crispy if you want, the choices seem endless!

I say all that, but I say it with a heavy heart (literally?).  I can’t eat it anymore.  The last several times I’ve had pizza, I’ve had a raging stomach ache the next day.   I have one now.  Courtesy of a “Smokin’ 67s” slice and a “Texas Bold’em” slice from Gabriel’s last night.  The slices were awesome; my reaction is not.

So folks, that’s it. I’m done. Please keep having Gabe’s pizzas, they are still good.  I’m just not going to do this to myself anymore.

Let’s see how long this lasts. 🙂

PS: AtD only complained about “Bold’em”.

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In Which I Create a Dummy WordPress.com Blog

Feb07
by berry on February 7, 2010 at 10:03 am
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Maria.Kat and Chriss and I were discussing how their WordPress blog had chided them about complex phrasing etc.  I only had a spellchecker.  How sad.  So, I investigated.  Turns out it uses After the Deadline.  It seems pretty sweet, I’ll let you know if it is, actually, sweet.

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Other People’s Birthdays…

Feb07
by berry on February 7, 2010 at 9:57 am
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make me feel old.  Not in the oh gosh, he’s a year older and I’m older than him so I must be decrepit, but in the wow, a few beers makes the 5:30 wake up call from K1 or K2 very very difficult to answer.  It’s 10 now, and I’m still struggling.  At least it’s not a work day.

So, early “Happy Birthday”s to Dan! to Paul! and most of all, to Trevor!

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Where I Wade into the iPad Debate

Feb05
by berry on February 5, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Posted In: deep thoughts

When I read a book, I read a book; everything else fades off into the hoary mists beyond my imagination.  When I write in a notebook, the same thing happens.  This is good.  I can read a book in a day or two. I can fill ten pages in my notebook with almost a pure stream of output. Simple enough.  When I’m using my web browser, I’ve got 15 tabs open all the time, and my mail client is there, and a bunch of other stuff, and flip, flip, flip, OMG new link in reader!  Case in point: I wrote that last sentence 10 minutes ago, saw that I had a new message, and away goes the concentration.

The iPad, with its lack of multitasking, would do away with that for me.  I imagine myself sitting in the back corner at the coffee chop , iPad attached to the add-on keyboard, typing away. Did mail come?  I don’t know.  I’m in my writing app, I can’t check.  I can’t be bothered by the little distractions that a notebook offers me.  I think of it as a more gee whiz (and more expensive)  AlphaSmart , since it will let you type until you are done typing.  But then, it also lets you read until you are done reading, email until you are done emailing, et cetera until you are done et ceteraing, so I guess the extra couple of hundred dollars are justified, since you would get the same functionality (and price) by duct taping an AlphaSmart and an iPod to a Kindle.

Though, you would be able to multitask with the iKinSmart.

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