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.
Read more →OK, the RSS feed is not working; I’m also having trouble importing paragraph breaks on the new site, which basicall makes the new post unreadable. So the old web site has been updated for Sunday’s post, and with luck we will get the glitches straightened out when
Read more →OK, the RSS feed is not working; I am also having trouble importing paragraph breaks in the new blog. So this is going on the old blog and we’ll work on fixing the new one when my webmaster gets back next week. One of the things most
Read more →The new blog and website integrated format has gone live as of 8/22/13. We are leaving the old version here for a while so people can still find it, but everything new will be going on the new page, which can be accessed through the main web
Read more →“A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It’s a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the
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