by Eileen | Aug 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
In which I report the following things which I have learned since last we spoke:Bathroom scales routinely underweigh luggage, by as much as six pounds according to the Taca check-in guy, who also assured me I would really like the airline (and if not, then what? Jump...
by Eileen | Aug 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here in the land of buy this and buy that, the trade-in-a-clunker car program is all over the airwaves, along with really bad news about driving sloshed out of your brain and up the wrong side of the interstate. Turns out that’s not life-compatible. Terrible....
by Eileen | Jul 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today on my way to the land of pink and trivia games and measuring of pregnant bellies with soft woolen yarn (darnit, didn’t even come close!) I took the metro. I did this because, despite major obstacles, such as the great pecan seizing of 2008 and also the...
by Eileen | Jul 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
One day I was at BandH photo in New York, my second or third trip to the store, this time to discuss the possibility of buying a “penguin lens” which is what I still call my 70-300 (zoomcito) which I bought for the specific purpose of taking pictures of...
by Eileen | Jun 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Since I (mostly) work from the depto. (apartment), barring any editorial emergencies that require in-person care, or any short-term spiriting aways to work on translations from the comfort of someone else’s home, freezing cold and bleak days often find me in my...
by Eileen | Jun 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In addition to word surgery, I do alot of other things with words. Mostly collect them into a word maelstrom, that I can choose from when I wish, but which I don’t really know the etymology of or how they might be related to other words. Then I find out, and...
