I was driving home from work today through the Broadmoor area, which is the nicest part of town. Construction on my exit on the Interstate was finally completed, but then construction started on Highway 24 through the city. So it’s still much more pleasant (and possibly faster) to drive through the Broadmoor. I took a…
The boss let us go home early today. She likes to do that on Fridays before holiday weekends. Berck was still busy at work, so I stopped by the grocery on the way home to pick up mushrooms and peppers. Berck complains that he can’t cook ANYTHING if he doesn’t have mushrooms or peppers handy,…
I spent much of Sunday cutting down dead aspens. I wore shorts and boat shoes while operating a chainsaw which I know to be a bad idea. Fortunately, my chainsaw is small and underpowered, but I have to wonder if I’m actually a rational person. I wear a full suit, gloves and helmet while riding…
The manager of one of the teams in Bangalore has insisted on showing us around this weekend. Yesterday, we went to the Veerabhadra Temple. I’m not sure what I imagined, but it didn’t really fit any idea of “temple” I had in my head. I don’t understand any religion from a rational basis, but Judaism,…
When I was in grade school, we had a class where we’d write journal entries and our superintendent would have various students read aloud their entries to the rest of the school. The favorites were the ones written by the older kids that were obvious rip-offs of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries, substituting the…