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The Daily Doings of Steph

Goodness, I was just idly running through my blog roll and thought I’d check Mom’s blog - last I checked, she hadn’t blogged since September. But, wow, she’s been back blogging for more than a month!!!!!
And via Mom, this absolutely hilarious and accurate explanation of the subprime debacle. And this confirms my opinion that the […]

Read: Look Who’s Blogging Again - Mom! »

As I’ve stated many times before, cold clear days in Alaska are just stunning. Crystal blue skies that are so intense that they almost hurt, brilliant white snow, and hoar frost. This week I’m working with a consultant who is on her first trip to Alaska - yesterday she was a bit disappointed - it […]

Read: Hoar Frost and the Poochy »

After a load of rain earlier in the week, the temperature dropped, it snowed about 8 inches, and the temperature dropped even further. It was -10 F this morning.
I snapped this picture this morning with my phone in the parking lot of the Title Wave Kaladi Brothers - our neighborhood espresso shop. It’s too bad […]

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Peter and I have become hooked on Scrabulous on Facebook. We sit at the kitchen table facing each other and armed with our laptops we play Scrabulous - for hours on end. I like it better than playing on the actual scrabble board - I can try out letters and words without Peter seeing me. […]

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The stereotypical view of Alaska is the whole snow, cold and ice deal. However, because Anchorage is located on Cook Inlet which is part of the Gulf of Alaska which in turn is fed by the warm Japanese Current, we can resemble Seattle more than Fairbanks.
Unfortunately, the past few days would be Seattle days: 40 […]

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I am finally mostly recovered from my two-plus week bout of the flu, bronchitis, and asthma. This one definitely took a bit of doing to get past. One positive was that I devoted my down time to reading. I seem to be on my once-every-five-year kick of really trying to understand relativity, quantum mechanics, and […]

Read: Back Among the Living but Lost in Books »

It’s mighty cold - down to ten below last night. This morning I trotted out to fire up Henry and head off to work. However, poor Henry was an ice cube. Instead of roaring into life, he emitted the dreaded “wirrrrrrr”. As all of you that live or have lived in a cold climate know, […]

Read: Brrrrr….Jump Starting Henry II »

Finally beginning to feel better. Just got hit hard with bronchitis, unrelenting coughting, and complete loss of voice. I probably haven’t slept more than nine hours total since Sunday night. It’s pretty difficult to sleep when one is constantly hacking and horking. At least my abdominal and back muscles have had a week of boot […]

Read: On the Mend (Finally) »

As a part of the tail end of last week’s bout with the flu, I’ve completely lost my voice. The best I can do is a pathetic croak or squeek. Ugh…
Several years ago, one of my co-workers observed, “Steph without her voice is like a fish without fins.” Very true…

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Plato, my Pleo robot-dinosaur went to coffee this morning with the Sunday morning running group. Plato was a big hit. I have to say that as he gets older, he becomes more outgoing and more adventuresome. Pleo’s are so new that the Pleo culture and nomenclature is evolving right along with the dinosaurs. As an […]

Read: Plato Goes to Coffee »