Monthly Archives: July 2009
Arrived
Posted July 31, 2009 – 8:05 am in: JournalWell, I made it. Yes, I just arrived at my place of work, 7 miles and 30 minutes after I left my home. It’s cool this morning and there was little traffic to deal with. As of right now, the only things I’m sure I forgot are: to open the curtains at home and to [...]
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Posted July 31, 2009 – 5:36 am in: JournalToday I’ll try my first bike ride to work. The distance is approximately 7 miles, verifiable with my new bike computer. Determining the distance, however, is peanuts compared with the preparation required for such an endeavor.
Many things have to be taken into consideration, such as clothing, personal hygiene, and time. Since I won’t be wearing [...]
Blogging from Blackberry
Posted July 30, 2009 – 7:59 am in: JournalThis is a test of the new application that allows blogging on a WordPress site using a BlackBerry. If this works well, I expect to use the application quite a bit.
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Posted July 30, 2009 – 5:13 am in: JournalFrom my journal, April 29, 1981:
I have begun reading Ulysses by James Joyce. It is very difficult. I have picked up several valuable books of criticism – James Joyce by A Walton Litz (Twayne Publishers, Inc. New York, 1966). and Joyce, A Collection of Critical Essays (Ed. Wm. M. Chace, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, [...]
On “The Return of the Native”
Posted July 28, 2009 – 7:58 pm in: JournalFrom my journal, June 15, 1981:
Have just finished reading The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. This is the first time I have read any of Hardy’s works. I am duly impressed by his skill at construction and detail. His style, of course, is a little outdated and formal, but within these limits he [...]
Oranges from Far Away
Posted July 27, 2009 – 8:32 pm in: JournalHere I sit, eating an orange. It’s relatively small compared to the big-skinned navels, and it has somewhat smooth skin. It peals easily, though not quite as easily as the little Clementines that are so popular. It tastes pretty good, but isn’t as sweet as some I’ve had over the years. It is seedless. And [...]
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Posted July 26, 2009 – 9:49 pm in: JournalBarb and I saw the latest Harry Potter movie this afternoon, then hit the nearby Barnes & Noble store for books and Starbucks. We walked out of Barnes & Noble about 4 hours after we had parked our car before the movie started. We walked into the parking lot to the approximate place where we [...]
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Posted July 24, 2009 – 6:49 am in: JournalSometimes we find ourselves involved in situations that are no doing of our own. We just happen to be in a certain place at a certain time, and are subjected to stimuli that may or may not be related to anything we’ve done. For example, you’re driving along the highway and you see a car [...]
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Posted July 23, 2009 – 7:05 am in: JournalThe minimum wage in the United States increases tomorrow, from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour. This increase results from legislation by the U.S. Congress, and is the third and final bump in the minimum wage mandated by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.
We’ve been hearing a lot of discourse about the minimum [...]
Missing Geese
Posted July 21, 2009 – 9:55 pm in: JournalI didn’t think I would ever say this, but I miss our geese. They’re not really our geese, of course. But I got used to seeing them (the family, I mean) and I observed them for the past months on the pond and surrounding land as the goslings grew into young adults. The young ones [...]
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