Category Archives: me!me!me!

it’s amazing that I escaped this long

I have my first grey whisker.

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a minor technical difficulty

This site might disappear for a stupid reason: when my webhost tries to bill my Visa card, something in the chain spits “address verification failure”. I’ve tried variations of my new address (as well as my old address) with no … Continue reading

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I’m melting!

Without serious effort, I seem to have lost a tenth of my peak mass in three years. I think the main change is that I no longer eat rice most days.

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mind tools

Someone recently told me that it’s easier to memorize a sequence, such as a text, from the end: when you recite it you’re moving toward familiar ground. Friday I gave this trick a modest test, when I had to copy … Continue reading

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where’s my fix?

For two or three years I was never without a supply of navel oranges, because the Australian (or before that Chilean) crop came in just as the California crop was ending; but the antipodean goodies have not (yet) shown up … Continue reading

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readme

I’ve redone this site’s front page to include an appeal for help in finding work, and incidentally to remove some clutter.

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unexpected aspects of asymmetry

My left arm is very sore today, making me notice how many little things I habitually do with my ‘wrong’ hand. I wonder whether this says something about my brain. They say women’s hemispheres are less specialized; maybe my partial … Continue reading

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