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My 2010 post to my grandfather, on the day before the anniversary of his passing.

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My grandfather died when I was 15. It was sudden — he was 72, and as far as we knew, in good health. As it turns out, he wasn’t, but that’s not here or there. As a little girl, and even as a young adolescent, my grandfather was everything to me. He was one of [...]

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My annual post to my grandfather, on the day before the anniversary of his passing.

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I started this post earlier. I ended up killing the original because it was full of wailing and teeth-gnashing, and wallowing isn’t my thing (if I can help it). There was one thing I liked about it, though. This: So there’s nothing to say other than that this has been a crap month, and if [...]

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So I’m going on a great vacation (I am convinced!) starting Sunday. This is why I scheduled my sleep study for the Thursday before we left. The contrast seemed appropriate. During a study, you get numerous electrodes glued to your face, arms, legs, and chest. If you are lucky, you get Doug the Awesome Technician [...]

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Mike and I went to Iowa this weekend. His sister was getting married, and I’d yet to meet the Iowa half of his family, with the exception of Zach. So we went, and I met, and it was good. We’ll be back for Thanksgiving. Also, no deer hit our car. Also a good thing. On [...]

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There’s a concept in computer graphics called “ray casting”. The wikipedia entry on it will tell you what it’s about, if you care; in HeroEngine it’s primarily used (or was used) for collision and visualization techniques. In my mind, with its detached attachment to words and sounds, I hear “ray casting” and think “Ray Cass”, [...]

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So I go to my doctor, and I says, “Doctah, doctah! Every time I get down to 150 pounds, I stop losing weight!” And he says: “Let’s run more tests!” You were expecting a punchline, perhaps? Well, there isn’t one…yet. There might be in ten days when either a) everything comes back fine and I [...]

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So. The next three months. Where to start. First, this coming weekend. We’re tentatively planning going camping. Again. See, we use computers a lot at work. And we really, really like getting away from them on weekends. For example! This weekend we were hiking the 5.3 mile loop of the Lewis and Clark trail, and [...]

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On the first day of Spring, I sucked sixteen gallons of water out of my basement. Eff you, Spring! Well, the story got done. Which is to say I wrote something I am more than less happy with, and sent it to an editor, who I hope thinks the same. Then I sat and wished [...]

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