Month: January 2004
“The Alien Way” by Gordon R. Dickson
First published 1965. You know how I mentioned that, in "None But Man" that the Moldaug…
Thai Pongal Day = Boiling Milk Day
That’s today. But here’s what you should know – the Thai in Thai Pongal Day refers not…
Moo Cows Moo Loud
I didn’t take a picture of it today. I was in the middle of a bunch of…
New flavors of ice cream. . .
at Food City today. There were a bunch, including Avocado that Fahim didn’t really want to try….
Kraft Advertising. Taking advantage of poor, disadvantaged kids.
Sure, of course it’s exaggerating. But as I’ve said before, that’s my job as a writer. I…
“None but Man” by Gordon R. Dickinson
Finished reading it today. Originally published 1969. It’s one of the books Fahim has kicking around. I…
Today is NOT, I repeat, NOT a power outage day
Fahim told me it was. Yesterday. Because he was told it was at work yesterday. He got…
Have I mentioned that we don’t actually know for sure which town we live in?
We could be in Pelawatte, or we could be in Thalanguma South. I probably spelled that whole…
We got a property tax assessment in our mail today
It’s for the owner, not us, to pay, but that doesn’t prevent me from having fun with…
There’s nothing funnier than Asterix & Obelix in Sinhalese
Oh, and the power’s back on. So I just turned the tv on, and what do I…
Another power outage is scheduled for today
Power outage scheduled for 8 am to 5 pm today. The vehicle with loudspeaker drove around in…
People are weird . . .
I’m sitting in the chapel at church, waiting for sacrament meeting to start. I’m having a nice…
Oh, and then . . .
And then . . . This same guy sits down to my left and behind. No big…
It Just Finished Raining . . .
Yep. That fast, and it was over. Not even a minute long.
Power Outage
We were scheduled for a power outage today from noon until 5pm. It actually started sometime before…
I Love the Internet
Too bad I don’t have it at home to play on. Or update my blog more frequently….
I’m Light Sensitive
I’ve known this for a long time. I can see flickers on monitors with refresh rates above…
Duruthu Poya Day
That’s today. Poya Day happens every full moon. There aren’t any huge festivals related to it that…
More on data backups . . .
In all honesty, I have my autosave set to one minute. I have a very, very low…
Data Backups
I’m gonna get all geekie and anal on everyone here. I’m also going to preface the rest…
Devil’s Food Cake
That’s what I made. But with a difference. No, make that a few differences. Instead of flour,…
Oh yeah. And a Happy New Year. Or something like that.
Seriously. Have a Happy New Year. Knowing us, we’ll go to bed at the same time as…
And then there were none. . .
We’ve had leftover dates from Ramadan, and I thought they smelled moldy. Fahim insists that they aren’t,…