fivebyevif

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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After nine years, my old lark@sff.net account is going away. If that’s how you contact me, then please change your address books to me@sdshaver.com. Thanks.

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