West of the Moon

personal

hello, northside.

Oh, I know I’ve been absent from the blog.  It’s not just the blog.  I’ve been absent from everything.  There was the school year, all that grading to be done, and then WisCon, and then I went to Colorado to grade AP exams, and then the end of the school year, including even more grading, [...]

well then.

This recent post from Ben made me laugh, partly because it’s a conversation I need to have with myself!  So here’s to turning off the internal editor and actually having some conversation.  A few points of interest, to start it off:

I recently had the pleasure of participating in a discussion on the New York Times’ [...]

The Post-Christmas Bedford Avenue Blues.

Frohe Tötentannenbäumenabfallentsorgungtag 2009!  (cf. Jackie M.)

natural history.

It turns out that dinosaur nuggets are not unlike chocolate rabbits, in that it’s a lot of fun to eat their heads first.

Seeds.

Happy New Year!

scene from the life of two people who are only beginning to readjust to life in the northeast.

“I heard a weather report on the radio, and it used the words ’slushy accumulation’ in reference to tomorrow.”
“Slushy accumulation?”
“Yeah.”
“Ick.”
“Yeah.”
“That doesn’t even sound like weather, it sounds like a medical condition.”
“Something painful but not life-threatening.”
“Exactly.”  [points to left shoulder] “Doctor, I think I’ve got a slushy accumulation up here, is there anything you can do?”

Tags: weather

election night.

I voted this morning, in a crowded and confusing elementary school cafeteria.  It took about forty-five minutes, start to finish.  It was one of those old-fashioned voting machines, with curtains and levers and clanking noises. Now, at the other end of the day, I’m watching the returns at home, sitting on the couch with my [...]

Tags: politics

marathon sunday.

The New York City marathon route went right past our apartment, and Matt and I (and a couple of our friends) spent a lot of the day watching runners go by.  I was sick all weekend, on and off, but still managed to drag myself, sore throat and all, out of bed and down to [...]

Tags: banana, brooklyn, marathon

first of november.

November!  How did that happen?  I miss you guys.  How’s everyone doing?  I’m fine, despite the radio silence.  Work is going well, but it takes a lot more energy than I was expecting.  Brooklyn is fabulous, but I’ve started to miss California too.  I also realized this week that I’m not going to survive the [...]

Moving, Day Two: Barstow to Holbrook

Tuesday morning started with breakfast in the Holiday Inn Express in Barstow, eating instant oatmeal and watching television coverage of the first same-sex marriages in California.  Then we had to figure out what to do with the plants.
The Plants

Oh, the plants.  I haven’t really talked about the plants and the move.  I had a lot [...]