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Sure, of course it’s exaggerating. But as I’ve said before, that’s my job as a writer. I bought 2 notebooks…
“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 haven’t made a…
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 to work today,…
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 Thalanguma thing incorrect…
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 it, does it?…
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 see? Asterix &…
Another power outage is scheduled for today
Power outage scheduled for 8 am to 5 pm today. The vehicle with loudspeaker drove around in the neighborhood on…
People are weird . . .
I’m sitting in the chapel at church, waiting for sacrament meeting to start. I’m having a nice conversation with a…
Oh, and then . . .
And then . . . This same guy sits down to my left and behind. No big deal. While the…
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 one and lasted…
I Love the Internet
Too bad I don’t have it at home to play on. Or update my blog more frequently. Or update my…
I’m Light Sensitive
I’ve known this for a long time. I can see flickers on monitors with refresh rates above 60 mHz. I…
Duruthu Poya Day
That’s today. Poya Day happens every full moon. There aren’t any huge festivals related to it that I’ve seen. All…
More on data backups . . .
In all honesty, I have my autosave set to one minute. I have a very, very low pain threshold. I…
Data Backups
I’m gonna get all geekie and anal on everyone here. I’m also going to preface the rest of this with…
Devil’s Food Cake
That’s what I made. But with a difference. No, make that a few differences. Instead of flour, I used a…
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 usual. Fahim has…
And then there were none. . .
We’ve had leftover dates from Ramadan, and I thought they smelled moldy. Fahim insists that they aren’t, they’re just going…
Oberon and Tellulah, the Junkies
As is usual for them, they meowed and complained until Fahim let them out the front door. They were back…
Relief Society Newletter
I mentioned how I elected to start up a Relief Society Newsletter here. Well, the first issue was December’s, and…
Whatever. It’s time to move on.
I’ve mentioned how Fahim is a sugar guy? He adds mounds of sugar to everything and he likes having tonnes…
The Sign of the Beast
I color my hair. I don’t believe in only allowing natural hair colors to show. Never have. In fact, I’ve…