The water heater is busted. Happily, though, it’s busted in a way that has not (has not yet, let’s not tempt fate) leaked water anywhere. Also happily, it’s a rental
Author: Robyn
Code! and Resist!
I’m at DrupalCamp, surrounded by a sea of (other) MacBook-toting geeks. There’s a conference of Marxists using the same space. A while ago they came in and carried off a
I has a pifanee!!1!
I love seeing academic stuff tossed at online phenomena — like this sort of sociological/linguistic analysis of lolcats via I Can Has Cheezburger? Check out this chart: Ha! Harbls in
M in the hammock
M in the hammock Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. The hammock chair is a great success; it’s a shame we have only one decent branch from which to hang one, because
Man with Goofy & Donald Duck scarf
Man with Goofy & Donald Duck scarf Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. On Bloor Street. Happily we were headed in the same direction so I could follow him and take a
My grandfather’s violets
My grandfather’s violets Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. A big pile of happy violets! This is part of the main clump in the garden, although the ones that made a break
Alone, but not alone
The very delicately written piece by Mary P linked below brings to mind a conversation I had once with a newly-separated woman whose daughter was in the same daycare class
Woe and sandwiches
Quotation of the Day for April 25, 2007: “I now know why my own childhood packed lunches were such joyless, dispirited affairs. It was vengeance. And despair. Somehow it is
Random Punching Guy strikes again (and again)
From the Star: Why Jean has to watch her back A few years ago I was walking along Dundas a few blocks west of Yonge near the bus terminal, and
Cisco vs. Apple
From The Joy of Tech:
Maddy’s new bike
Maddy’s new bike Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. It’s hard to get a picture of her actually riding the thing — she puts on a very serious face if asked to
Women’s Post
Women’s Post Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I’ve never felt a need for this newspaper (or, in fact, noticed it before). Does this mean I’m an amateur woman?
Pasha
The Estonian Easter dessert. (Ingredients, courtesy of my grandmother. Method developed by my mom’s trial-and-error experiments, and mine.) Ingredients: 2 lbs dry cottage cheese (This is sold in vacuum packs
Happy long weekend!
Reading at the museum Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Yesterday we bestirred ourselves only to head down to our local for brunch (crab-and-spinach eggs benny and double-chocolate cherry stout, mmmm) and
xkcd nails it again
March 2007 26 Things
I did pretty well with the March 26 Things list (hope that link works — if not try this) — I got 20 of the 26 this time, better than
Birthday wisdom
I had a lovely afternoon at the craft show on Friday and am now the owner of: a laptop bag for my new computer (in grey flannel with red satin
Some people’s Estonian grandmothers share recipes
…with the Toronto Star, no less: Estonian cuisine via grandma. Mine on the other hand, is deeply reluctant to share. I have her recipe for apple cake: “It’s a sweet
Crocus
Crocus – March 27 Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I have a nasty migraine, but when I saw crocuses blooming as the mailman dropped off a package I was compelled to
Scientific illiteracy, pt. 4003
There’s been a lot of coverage of the Bristol University study on rating various drugs’ potential for harm (BugMeNot will get you in). The intent of the piece was to