Catching Up
I have been preoccupied!
Happy for the Red Sox; sad for the Phillies.
We had a "Cathy's maternal line" family picnic last Sunday and it went quite well, I thought. If you'd like to see them (and the garden and our patio), there are pix at http://www.flickr.com/gp/34125946@N00/91o1vo
Wonder of wonders -- I've been exercising more. And after stopping Toprol XL, I believe I'm breathing better! I promised myself that I would catch up medically -- I need to make appointments with the allergy doc, urologist and maybe the gastroenterologist, and with the respiratory rehab place. Oh, yes, also the dental surgeon to finish his part of my implant and the regular dentist for a crown. "These are the golden years!" I can't complain much: my bridge partner is only around 60 and he's wheelchair-bound with MS and his wife who is in constant pain from some undiagnosed back ailment just had a small stroke. This community really shows who genetics affects us. We have people who are 70 and look and act (a) younger, (b) 70) and (c) older. It's dawning on me that the number is in itself meaningless.
Birthday coming up. I'll be 0x49!!
Cathy discovered a middle-eastern restaurant just north of Princeton so she & I and S & P went there last night. I had a kafta kebab platter that was the best middle-eastern food I've ever. We bought desserts to go and went back to their place where the women had decaf and S made us Turkish coffee. Only fitting, doncha think?
I'm still having fun whipping up a Linux box. It's almost where I want it, Linux-wise. Now I have to start to install a couple of Windows applications (solitaire and TypeItIn), and I'll be all set. Then I think I will buy a laptop and dual boot it -- many of my neighbors are buying Vista computers so I need to know more about it to be able to help them. I'm using a wireless keyboard-cum-trackball with the Linux desktop and I find it awkward to manipulate with the KBD in my lap.
We saw an interesting play at Passage Theatre in Trenton a week or so ago. What made it interesting was that it was a work-in-progress. So much so that the actors carried scripts and made frequent reference to them! But they did it pretty smoothly and the presence of scripts was not at all disconcerting.
The place where my wife works has a big party to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction/expansion of their building this Saturday. Unfortunately, the work is far from being done and they are bound to embarrass themselves as all the high mucketymucks of the city will undoubtedly scratching their heads!
Happy for the Red Sox; sad for the Phillies.
We had a "Cathy's maternal line" family picnic last Sunday and it went quite well, I thought. If you'd like to see them (and the garden and our patio), there are pix at http://www.flickr.com/gp/34125946@N00/91o1vo
Wonder of wonders -- I've been exercising more. And after stopping Toprol XL, I believe I'm breathing better! I promised myself that I would catch up medically -- I need to make appointments with the allergy doc, urologist and maybe the gastroenterologist, and with the respiratory rehab place. Oh, yes, also the dental surgeon to finish his part of my implant and the regular dentist for a crown. "These are the golden years!" I can't complain much: my bridge partner is only around 60 and he's wheelchair-bound with MS and his wife who is in constant pain from some undiagnosed back ailment just had a small stroke. This community really shows who genetics affects us. We have people who are 70 and look and act (a) younger, (b) 70) and (c) older. It's dawning on me that the number is in itself meaningless.
Birthday coming up. I'll be 0x49!!
Cathy discovered a middle-eastern restaurant just north of Princeton so she & I and S & P went there last night. I had a kafta kebab platter that was the best middle-eastern food I've ever. We bought desserts to go and went back to their place where the women had decaf and S made us Turkish coffee. Only fitting, doncha think?
I'm still having fun whipping up a Linux box. It's almost where I want it, Linux-wise. Now I have to start to install a couple of Windows applications (solitaire and TypeItIn), and I'll be all set. Then I think I will buy a laptop and dual boot it -- many of my neighbors are buying Vista computers so I need to know more about it to be able to help them. I'm using a wireless keyboard-cum-trackball with the Linux desktop and I find it awkward to manipulate with the KBD in my lap.
We saw an interesting play at Passage Theatre in Trenton a week or so ago. What made it interesting was that it was a work-in-progress. So much so that the actors carried scripts and made frequent reference to them! But they did it pretty smoothly and the presence of scripts was not at all disconcerting.
The place where my wife works has a big party to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction/expansion of their building this Saturday. Unfortunately, the work is far from being done and they are bound to embarrass themselves as all the high mucketymucks of the city will undoubtedly scratching their heads!
posted by Pete Holsberg @ 12:33 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:45 PM ,
Jasra/Lisa said...
Go Sox! :D
I'm glad to hear that you're breathing better these days.
I can't wait to see you in November.
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