impudent strumpet

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Books read in December 2024

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1. Encore in Death by J.D. Robb 2. Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by ...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

Horoscopes

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Today I am 44, which is significant because I started working as a translator at 22. Even though my birthday horoscopes stopped being accura...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Books read in November 2024

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1. Children of the Fox by Kevin Sands 2. Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Books read in October 2024

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 1. Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Things They Should Invent: handyman service as a condo amenity

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One benefit of living in a well-run rental apartment building is the on-site superintendent handles home repairs for you. However, in a cond...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

The first arch

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There's a conspiracy theory that aliens taught humans to build pyramids, but I find that unlikely,  because making a big pile of rocks t...
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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Books read in August 2024

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1.  Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb 2. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
Thursday, August 15, 2024

Analogy for being in a fandom where the creator turns out to be harmful

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Being in a fandom where the creator turns out to be harmful is like being a smoker.   First it's just something you see around, you see ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Books read in July 2024

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Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Books read in June 2024

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1. City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty 2. Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Magic words: "come across as"

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Sometimes you want to guide people away from a particular word choice because it sounds racist or otherwise hateful. But if you say "Du...
Saturday, June 08, 2024

When writing alt text, answer the question: "What am I looking at here?"

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A common piece of advice when writing alt text is "How would you describe it to a friend?" Building on this, a variation I've ...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Things They Should Invent: web interface for Too Good To Go

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I recently learned about an app called "Too Good To Go", which lets you buy food that's close to expiry at a discount, to help...
Tuesday, May 07, 2024

Things They Should Invent: "What should I grow in my garden?" calculator

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The question of what to grow in your garden is complex.  What foods do you like? What quantities of them are you feasibly going to use? What...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Books read in April 2024

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 New:   1. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 2. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett   Reread:   1. Faithless in Death
Saturday, April 13, 2024

How I excised dessert forks from my life and from my memory

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I was recently pondering why a standard silverware set has two sizes of spoons, but only one size each of forks and knives. Googling around ...
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Sunday, April 07, 2024

Hotel Hollywood (elementary school play)

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When I was in elementary school (so sometime between 1985 and 1990), my school put on a school play called Hotel Hollywood. I wasn't in ...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Books read in March 2024

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 1. How She Read by Chantal Gibson

Another approach for Captain Awkward #1422

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Dear Captain Awkward, I’m in a relationship for the last year. We started out as best friends for two years and it slowly evolved into a r...
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