Friday, October 03, 2025

a little progress

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 this week was mostly school work and research work and not much time to myself (even this afternoon, almost entirely spent grading while I ...
Thursday, October 02, 2025

a mixed day

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 gave an exam and almost got it all graded. I would have, if I hadn't had to deal with them having to update my office computer (we have...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

looking for peace

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 today was not a good day. I came in to my office door ajar. Nothing was missing, so I assume it may have been the IT guys plugging stuff in...
Monday, September 29, 2025

at long last

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 I finally finished the knitted chicken for my niece. This is the third one I've made (I made one back in May for myself, I made one th...
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Friday, September 26, 2025

Friday evening thoughts

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 A video that came across my Bluesky timeline, and I've been thinking about it for a couple days:  This is something people have talked ...
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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Another field day

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 Last Saturday, I went out with a colleague and a group of her research-class students to help start a vegetation survey of an abandoned gol...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Bit more chicken

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 If I can get this done this week, I should have plenty of time to get it to my niece in time for her birthday. (She is going to be 13 but i...
Monday, September 22, 2025

halloween decor time

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 the fieldwork went a lot better than what I was worrying about. It's always fraught for me know, especially with other people - can I k...
Friday, September 19, 2025

'least it's over...

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 Today wasn't a great day.  For one thing, I slept badly last night, had one of those distressing dreams where I'm driving and then ...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

some more progress

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 I've been working on the chicken; once the tail part is done it moves a little faster to work on, because the short rows are more logic...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

something very weird

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 ....but weird in a good way This was mentioned on Metafilter today (there's also an interesting short article on the "making of...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Tuesday evening things

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 * I got the stitches picked up and the stripe of green done on the chicken. Now it's ten rows of orange, and then I start the shortrows...
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Monday, September 15, 2025

the chicken tail

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 I really wanted to be farther on this; I need to have it done by the 28th if I am to get it sent to my niece in time for her birthday. But ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Week is over

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 Why does every week now feel like it's a month long? I suppose the world is just more chaotic now.  And there were small tastes of chao...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

this sparks joy

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 A week or more ago, I spent some "silly money" -I bought an expensive thing I didn't strictly need, which maybe isn't pru...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

future project thinking

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 Of course, when I have a project with a deadline, and lots of other unfinished stuff, I find myself thinking about new things I want to sta...
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Monday, September 08, 2025

out of sorts

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 I started the chicken for my niece this weekend. Was motoring away on the tail section and then realized I'd made a mistake, and I coul...
Friday, September 05, 2025

leaving this here

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 for my use when I update the NEPA stuff next week for environmental policy   changes to CEQ and NEPA   changes to OSHA     Deregulation, in...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2025

a dumb "want"

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 Today was kind of a rough day: allergies bad, four classes (one a two hour lab), wrote two exams after all that (so got home LATE), hurting...
Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Tuesday afternoon things

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 * I had somewhat of a reaction to the vaccine - was okay until about 3:30 pm Saturday, and then started to feel tired, and achy, and cold. ...
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