Category Archives: me!me!me!

hyperreality

Dad has often mentioned that when he first got eyeglasses he was surprised to see that trees had discrete leaves; I never found that to be a big deal. But now I sometimes find that blades of grass stand out … Continue reading

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what were you thinking?

The puzzlingest search string I’ve seen lately is ice weapons in sherwood maps.

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stick a finger in my eye

After wearing glasses for thirty-odd years, I’m tired of it. I’m thinking of surgery; since I’m on the verge of needing bifocals, my bright idea is to have one eye adjusted for distance and the other for arm’s length (the … Continue reading

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the clatter, or not, of the pins

Saturday, at the suggestion of my new friend Jennifer Justice, I went bowling for the first time since – um – 1983?? Well, since 1997 at least. The previous time, whenever it was, my knuckles ached. This time my hands … Continue reading

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temporary relief

Can’t sleep. I’ll probably delete this post later, but meanwhile — If anyone is still reading this pathetic drivel, do me a favor and let me know. I don’t know for sure that such attention would help this mood any, … Continue reading

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the view from in here

I suspect my new glasses have more chromatic aberration than the old. In my computer background pattern, a fractal with lots of intense colors, the red seems to stand out in front of the blue. In unrelated news, we had … Continue reading

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non c’è più religione

Tsk. A current radio spot gives the web address “wachovia dot com backslash new”. Meanwhile, what’s new with me? I’m reading Coxeter’s Non-Euclidean Geometry in the hope that it will give me the stuff I’ve sought in vain in other … Continue reading

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