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Reading together on a Woodard couch (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:53:22 -0400

Reading together on a Woodard couch (Taken with instagram)

"I’m a level 2 super user!"

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:38:17 -0400

“I’m a level 2 super user!”

- Adrienne, scampering towards the wifi to fix her foursquare check-in

laughingsquid: Hövding, A Hidden Airbag Helmet for...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:50:10 -0400

laughingsquid:

Hövding, A Hidden Airbag Helmet for Bicyclists

How about something that just envelops my entire body if there’s a collision? Countermeasures could wait for 2.0

Third Listserve Lottery Winner Uses Opportunity To Expound Upon Diva Cups (BetaBeat)

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:03:13 -0400

Third Listserve Lottery Winner Uses Opportunity To Expound Upon Diva Cups (BetaBeat):

adriennes:

Pumped!

“We just feel sorry for the poor fool chosen to follow up her performance.”

Great job!!1

I’m pretty proud about finally getting this table useable...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:38:00 -0400

I’m pretty proud about finally getting this table useable again! It also feels right to be doing carpentry to resurrect a friend’s table on Easter weekend.

The short history of the table is: it was made by Dane nearly two years ago, dismantled to fit into our rental SUV (and wouldn’t have gotten through the front door otherwise), spent the winter upside down with only one leg reattached, and was finally completed yesterday and today.

It is pretty much as described in the reviews. My take is that...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:03:55 -0400

It is pretty much as described in the reviews. My take is that it’s about the threat posed by the unwanted byproducts of consumerism, including how morality is replaced by “what can I get away with”.

Admittedly a low bar, but it’s better than its “psychic-killer tire roams the Southwest” description.

Adrienne at the wind-swept Red Rock Canyon National Conservation...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:19:26 -0400

Adrienne at the wind-swept Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Hello down there!

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:15:57 -0400

Hello down there!

Rhys is overcome by the week’s difficulties

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:05:24 -0400

Rhys is overcome by the week’s difficulties

Adrienne wins $7.55 at pre-brunch slots!

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:18:33 -0400

Adrienne wins $7.55 at pre-brunch slots!

Let’s say you have to move the floor of a shed two miles,...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:40:58 -0400

Let’s say you have to move the floor of a shed two miles, and you can’t bear the thought of taking a taxi. So you take your trusty fold-up, wedge the floorboard between a pedal and your seat, and roll on home.

Quality Control: Pass it On

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:23:42 -0500

Quality Control: Pass it On

Miriam's Funeral

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:55:38 -0500

The funeral today was surprisingly helpful for me to find some sort of meaning in her death. I believe that:
1) The world is not fair - some people face more challenges than others
2) Everyone dies, eventually
3) Miriam’s life is an extreme example of the preceding points. Miriam fought cancer for 13 years, and died at 28. She had to deal with an incredible amount of pain, bureaucracy, and many other challenges in a life that was far shorter than anyone would wish.
4) Miriam also demonstrated the right way to live in an unfair world where we and everyone we care about will eventually die. Miriam accepted that she would die but never stopped fighting to live and to make an unfair world better. A parent’s letter read at the funeral described how Miriam had worked with frustrated parents to integrate their son into a new classroom. Miriam was described as professional, empathetic, and ultimately very successful in helping a boy deal with a difficult situation - all of which must have occurred only a few weeks before the surgery that critically weakened her. This is so right that it is painful.

Death is terrible, inevitable, and unfair in who it takes when it comes. I am still sad and too ready to be angry with anyone, but I am glad to have found some meaning in Miriam’s death.

Shocked to be back on Stone Ave, my Somerville street 10 years...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:22:32 -0500

Shocked to be back on Stone Ave, my Somerville street 10 years ago

Worst ad I’ve seen today: “Come to India, go for a...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:19:00 -0500

Worst ad I’ve seen today:

“Come to India, go for a stroll and get EATEN BY A TIGER”

(photo source evidently had the same reaction)

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither..."

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:33:23 -0500

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”

- Benjamin Franklin

Indeed. It also seems that both of my NY Senators still support...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:30:29 -0500

Indeed.

It also seems that both of my NY Senators still support PIPA (the Senate version of SOPA).

We wandered around the Upper East Side a bit this afternoon, and...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:54:27 -0500

We wandered around the Upper East Side a bit this afternoon, and saw a lot of tree pits carpeted with evergreen branches. I found a Christmas tree on the sidewalk for collection and used it to spiff up the tree pit out front.

Pasta Part 3

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:04:49 -0500

Pasta Part 3

Pasta part 2

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:02:25 -0500

Pasta part 2