http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ When you hear the splash / Of the water drops that fall / Into the stone bowl, / You will feel that all the dust / Of your mind is washed away. --- Zen Tea Master, Sen-No-Rikyu en-us mija@deletetheweb.com 2006-08-10T09:33:48-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000197.html My grandmother Jean died on Tuesday night. We were all surprised because it's my grandfather who was dying. He's been under hospice care for two months. He's been sick for years. My grandmother has been healthy. She used to walk... 197@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2006-08-10T09:33:48-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000198.html It looks like we probably won't be buying the house that we saw a few weeks ago. I still really like it, but it'll cost more than we have to upgrade and add onto it what we need, I think.... 198@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2006-08-08T09:52:58-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000196.html Jonathan posted today about two goofy headlines on the BBC news website. I have to agree that their headlines are getting more and more bizarre. My personal favorite today, "Heated bra aims to save the world".... 196@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ 2005-11-09T13:12:11-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000195.html We had the ultrasound about a week ago, so now have our first photies of the parasite. It was moving around quite a bit, and I think it liked having its picture taken, because it's been moving around quite a... 195@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Medical 2005-10-30T22:02:18-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000194.html So I just read an article saying that the US House passed the 'Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" today, making it hard for people to sue fast-food joints for making them fat. I don't know if I'm more irritated... 194@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-10-20T13:33:32-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000193.html I started working on crocheting a new blanket last week. (And no, it's not for the baby; it's for the living room.) I've had most of the yarn for it almost since we moved into the new place two years... 193@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-10-19T15:42:02-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000192.html I must admit that my primary coping mechanism for stomaching the current political situation in the US is to watch the Daily Show. Lots of the Daily Show. When I read "real" news, I just get annoyed and want to... 192@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-10-17T14:23:05-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000191.html So, last night we were at the grocery store, and I got this craving for pudding. I usually hate pudding, but I was hungry. So we trotted over to the pudding section and I spied with my little eye a... 191@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-10-15T16:35:40-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000190.html Our wonderful 19-year-old furry footwarmer decided last night was a good night not to be able to breathe properly. He woke Kevin at 2am with his wheezing, then K woke me, and we spent an hour half-consciously agonizing over whether... 190@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-10-12T19:04:57-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000189.html I think I've devised a new personality test, at least for people who have kids. Tell them that you're pregnant, and they inevitably seem to give one of two kinds of responses. Optimists say, "It's the most wonderful, fantastic thing... 189@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-10-07T18:24:42-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000187.html I don't know if it's just the warm weather (which I know won't last long) or the weekend (but I have to work most of the weekend) or having to give a little pep talk to someone else today (just... 187@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-09-30T17:42:11-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000186.html I don't know if it's just hormones or what, but if so, the moodiness has certainly kicked in. I remember just last week I was saying to a colleague that I thought the hormones were helping to keep me really... 186@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Psychology/Work 2005-09-29T23:48:48-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000184.html Decomposing or decomposed, Russian composers do seem to have a certain je ne sais quoi. Whether they buried their sorrows in the bottle (and drowned themselves at the same time) or became incapacitated by depression, they were still able to... 184@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Out on the Town 2005-09-23T23:41:28-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000183.html Mental Engineering is finally airing in the Twin Cities, starting Oct. 1, on channel 17, Saturdays 9:00pm. I won't be on until episode 7, but it's a great show! I noticed that it's already airing or scheduled to air in... 183@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Psychology/Work 2005-09-22T09:37:04-06:00 http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/archives/000182.html I was amused by my word of the day today. After my rant a while ago about stupid, contrived acronyms, it turns out that there is actually a name for them. backronym (BAK-ro-nim) noun A word re-interpreted as an acronym.... 182@http://www.deletetheweb.com/mija/ Random Thoughts 2005-09-20T21:27:14-06:00