JMO

  • Home with kids today

    Sara is going for a hike, and I’m home with the kids today. Mostly, they’ve been playing pretty quietly, with a few squabbles here and there. I feel as though I have a lot to do today, as I often do on a Sunday. I’ve been working on my Beeminder studying tasks, trying to get…

  • I have to blog, but I don’t know what to blog about

    I went into the office early today, and it seemed to help me get a lot done. Amy, my sister, recommends that I blog about this site that creates a “Works Cited” page for your paper, in MLA format. I suppose it could prove useful to you someday in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances…

  • What I did today, in reverse

    Followed what’s going down in Boston, Cambridge, and Watertown, MA. Went to a NERT recertification class. Met with my mentorship student: I’m mentoring a middleschooler at work, as part of a volunteer program we’re doing in my office. We’re working on a text-based adventure game.

  • The smart phone of the future

    I was thinking about what features I would like to see in a phone. I realize that as I’m coming up with these, they’re probably not imaginative enough. From the perspective of 2020 or 2025, the phone I describe will sound ridiculously old-fashioned, just an incremental improvement upon what we have today. Nevertheless, I thought…

  • Busy

    I spent most of the day at work, quite busy. This evening we had a PTA meeting, getting ready for our big culinary event, Now I realize I still have a lot of personal stuff I want to do before I get to bed.

  • Things I’m noticing today

    I’m having a hard time getting things done now, because it’s late, and I’m tired. I’m probably not getting enough sleep. I’ve been getting about 6 hours a night, and either I’m one of those lucky 3% who can get by on that little, or I’m chronically sleep-deprived. I’m nervous about getting sick. My daughter…

  • What I accomplished today

    Went for a run, and I really enjoyed it, because ideas really started flowing in my mind while I was running. Also, while I was running, I listened to some Japanese podcasts. Helped set up for an Easter egg hunt at McKinley Square park during Bring Your Own Bigwheel. Watched some of Bring Your Own…

  • Things I accomplished today

    Replaced the batteries in my Cateye Strada Wireless cyclecomputer, no easy task. I stabbed myself in the finger, attempting to pry off the battery cover with a pocket knife. Fortunately, I just had a tetanus shot a few months ago. Replaced the battery in the sensor/transmitter for my Cateye Strada Wireless cyclecomputer. I couldn’t find…

  • This is my blog post for March 21

    The end of Posterous is upon us. I haven’t done anything with my Posterous yet. Right now I’m talking to my sister Amy, who’s telling me a funny story about something that happened to someone at the zoo. Before that, she was playing her banjolele….

  • Skiing again

    I was never much of a downhill skier before, but this is the second time we went skiing this year. Last time, we were in Tahoe, but this time we went with a big group to Dodge Ridge. I took a “level two” lesson. The kids took level two lessons for…