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Forty: a good bike ride

Many bikes rides are good, and all good bike rides are nifty. So I will talk about one representative good bike ride, which happened to take place yesterday. J and I had planned to ride the Reston...

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Forty-one: contusions (the fun way)

It wouldn't be nifty waking up to newly-green and black and purple pain blossoms unless they reminded you of the afternoon you spent scrambling through the trees at Sandy Spring Adventure Park. V went...

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forty-two: libraries

There was a rotten snarkpiece in the Washington Post at the beginning of the Africa Leaders Summit last month, a really dumb review of Chantal Biya's hair. If anyone at WaPo is wondering why I let my...

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One thing

I applied for graduation. It was easy, a couple of emailed forms and you're done. Then I had to say whether I would attend the college's reception and I agonized over this for, well, minutes. But a...

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Google Maps measures distance

I don't know how long this has been available, I just noticed it today (on Chrome, I haven't tried anything else). Right-click wherever you want to start measuring and select Measure distance. Very...

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Last weekend was fun

I haven't been very chatty online but I have some time on my hands right now (SPRING BREAK!) so I will try to catch up a little. V, J, and I are signed up for a half-marathon tomorrow so 2/3 of us have...

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Spring Break

It wasn't awful, it wasn't productive, it wasn't long enough... the usual. The previous week my brother-in-law had removed my kitchen (this was pre-arranged, nothing but the start date was a surprise)...

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Almost Summer

The week after graduation I attended a workshop on Digital Art History techniques. It was a blast from start to finish. The first day was full of demonstrations of software such as Omeka, R, 123D...

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Things to do in Los Angeles

J lives in Marina del Rey, which is close to LAX and Venice Beach. She picked us up at the former and then we walked to the latter via the Canal District, which is very fun for gawkers. B strode...

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Short! Pointless! True!

A few days ago a lamp appeared on our driveway. It was the multi-armed Doc Ock type of floor lamp with the remains of a busted-off cfl bulb in one socket (?!) and the whole thing was pretty much coated...

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Update - back in Maryland

I start a new job on Monday. A somewhat new job, since it's the same position title with the same department that I left when I tottered off to try something completely different nine years ago. I'm...

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Remembering

The 30-year anniversary of the Challenger disaster has some people remembering the day on you-know-where but I don't feel like whingeing my piece to that bunch. However, I do remember standing in the...

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rainy am

The weather channel website advised that I should watch for occasional rain beginning at 7:15 this morning. I was dragging the trashcan to the curb at 7:03 when I noticed a few rainspots on the...

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Class - The Book, Past & Future: Final Project Proposal (excerpts)

Every library children’s room I’ve ever visited has displayed at least one poster asserting that books will help you discover new worlds. With my project I hope to expand upon offering text that...

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c&p from email

1) What is ColeCycle?ColeCycle is where you trudge up to the top floor of Cole Field Houseand ride a stationary bike following suggestions from a studentinstructor. Classes are held in a low-ceilinged...

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What I did pre-summer vacation

They call it Spring but it's mostly Winter.This designation is for people who want to take classes but are not in a degree program. These people are just drains on the system at an institution with...

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What you learn on summer vacation

Early in the season—single digit days of June, say—the PNW rivers are higher and faster than they will be during prime float season. The sandy edges where you might stop to hang out are covered over...

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the discreet charm

On our way into the parking lot shuttle on the way back from DC to Columbus, a woman was muttering to her companion. She had a pretty loud mutter and she was right behind me."The thing was solid gold....

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Too much content

I'm ending every day with a screen full of tabs, thinking I have something to say about each one, but I don't say something. Today I'm just going to dump the tabs right here. Let's see what it looks...

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Early Voting and more links

I was a provisional ballot election judge for the first day of early voting in Montgomery County. When I saw they stuck me in Chevy Chase I was 1) mad because it's too far to walk to and there's a...

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Disturbing the peace

When the big kids were very small we had a third-floor apartment in Riverdale. The people below us had chow dogs and low noise tolerance. The woman used to complain to us and the landlord about the...

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Just the links

Now I am getting really lazy. Cool macro photos, some shopping, and things that made me think of other...

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More more more links

Stuff I couldn't get to but really want to get to:Tia Blassingame (look up her twitter)...talked about artists' books and reminded us that Faith Ringgold quilts are essentially artist's books, which...

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There's no way I'll get to these

But I can't sleep with all the tabs open. This list actually started the day before, when I was watching a gogo movie and one of the other people watching posted this list:...

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can't read at work

Donut economics:  https://time.com/5930093/amsterdam-doughnut-economics/Lobster divers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/world/nicaragua-lobsters-fishing.htmlElectricity lesson:...

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