My daughter is at a company holiday bash (they have it in January rather than December), and I believe I will enjoy her evening out even more than she does!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Houseguest
Lucky me - grandson visiting overnight!
My daughter is at a company holiday bash (they have it in January rather than December), and I believe I will enjoy her evening out even more than she does!
My daughter is at a company holiday bash (they have it in January rather than December), and I believe I will enjoy her evening out even more than she does!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Positively 30th Street
A really nice warm winter day, and I spent all of it indoors. Ah well.
In the morning, on my way from the 30th Street train station, I noticed that the Cira Center was wearing cloud camouflage.
When I returned at the end of the day, the skies were clear and dark.
In the morning, on my way from the 30th Street train station, I noticed that the Cira Center was wearing cloud camouflage.
When I returned at the end of the day, the skies were clear and dark.
And along the way, I noticed that someone at the Drexel school of computer engineering is a big Bob Dylan fan.
And that's what I remember from today.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
OJO and OKO
I learned this today:
EYE is a palindrome in English, Spanish (OJO), and Polish (OKO).
Even better is the fact that the word for eye looks like two big eyes separated by a nose in Spanish and Polish.
EYE is a palindrome in English, Spanish (OJO), and Polish (OKO).
Even better is the fact that the word for eye looks like two big eyes separated by a nose in Spanish and Polish.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Apricity
n. the warmth of the sun in winter
“A strange and lovely word.” — Ammon Shea, Reading the OED, 2009
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Welcome, 2012
Might as well welcome the new year - it's here to stay no matter how we feel about it.
But I feel pretty good about it.
The nice thing about a blog is that I can easily look back to see what I was thinking this time last year.
I actually made resolutions on January 1, 2011 - four of them. And I didn't keep any of them, but I made varying degrees of progress, so that's not bad. In fact, I'm going to make the same four this year, and perhaps I'll completely succeed with one or more.
One resolution was to post every day on this blog. I was successful until the day in May that Google had some sort of crisis or breakdown or whatever. After that was resolved I kept posting daily until our vacation in New Hampshire, when I was unable to post for a day or two. And then at some point later in the year the resolution just fell apart, and I went days without posting.
Overall I judge the success of that particular resolution as pretty darn good. 279 posts in one year comes out to 76% - a solid C grade. I'll try to do better in 2012; not just to keep the resolution but because I found regular posting to be a good personal discipline.
Speaking of resolutions, I like Gretchen Rubin's six questions for making a good resolution. (Looking at question number 3, I'm a "yes resolver.")
We had a quiet New Year's eve - as usual, I was sound asleep before midnight. For an account of a truly splendid celebration, you can't do better than Nina's night in Spain.
But I feel pretty good about it.
The nice thing about a blog is that I can easily look back to see what I was thinking this time last year.
I actually made resolutions on January 1, 2011 - four of them. And I didn't keep any of them, but I made varying degrees of progress, so that's not bad. In fact, I'm going to make the same four this year, and perhaps I'll completely succeed with one or more.
One resolution was to post every day on this blog. I was successful until the day in May that Google had some sort of crisis or breakdown or whatever. After that was resolved I kept posting daily until our vacation in New Hampshire, when I was unable to post for a day or two. And then at some point later in the year the resolution just fell apart, and I went days without posting.
Overall I judge the success of that particular resolution as pretty darn good. 279 posts in one year comes out to 76% - a solid C grade. I'll try to do better in 2012; not just to keep the resolution but because I found regular posting to be a good personal discipline.
Speaking of resolutions, I like Gretchen Rubin's six questions for making a good resolution. (Looking at question number 3, I'm a "yes resolver.")
We had a quiet New Year's eve - as usual, I was sound asleep before midnight. For an account of a truly splendid celebration, you can't do better than Nina's night in Spain.
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