So about three and a half weeks ago, I fell and broke my elbow; a week later, I had surgery to repair it. I now have two screws holding the chipped bit in place…and after making bad “I don’t have a screw loose” jokes for the first
Read more →So here is the story: I was walking at the gym last Tuesday, tripped, and fell heavily onto my right forearm. Which felt really painful, and then after the initial really painful part, really weird (and wouldn’t bend or rotate). So my walking buddy took me to
Read more →I am back, after eight days in Beijing and Shanghai, plus two on the plane, plus another four in San Francisco on the way there (because my sister wasn’t going to San Francisco without eating at Fisherman’s Wharf and it sort of spiraled from there). I still
Read more →Here is the picture of my office as of yesterday morning. It is still pretty much the same, except for the cat bed next to the computer, which I had to add to keep Karma from trying to sleep on the stuff I was working on. And
Read more →Happy New Year! It is the first day of 2014. I’ve spent the last week or so tidying up loose ends from 2013, and now it’s time to look forward to the next year. I was going to upload a picture of my cleared-up desk, but apparently
Read more →As you have probably noticed, updating the blog was more complicated than we thought. It is now here, hopefully for good this time. Meanwhile, I just want to say Merry Christmas to all the readers out there, the ones who read this blog, the ones who read my
Read more →You are standing in a hallway at nine in the morning, facing a dining room/kitchen to the south. To the west are stairs up. To the north is an office. Your head feels rather fuzzy. >Go north You are standing in a cluttered office, full of paper,
Read more →Sorry folks; I am having a variety of computer problems that prevent a post today. Regular service will (I hope) return on Sunday.
Read more →This is a technical note from the webmaster. Pat’s blog is going back to the previous design while I work on the RSS feed and other issues. Thanks for your patience.
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