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Autumn Time
Autumn has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the most interesting season, for me at least, and it has its own feeling. It’s hard to put words to that feeling. Hart Crane, about a century ago, wrote Fear: The host, he says that all is wellAnd the fire-wood glow is bright;The food has a… Continue reading
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September 28
If you read yesterday’s “book of days” post, you might have noticed that the Christmas Carol Good King Wenceslaus showed up because one of the two Kings Wenceslaus — Wenceslaus II in that case — was born that day in 1271. If you didn’t read it, you have a second chance — because the other… Continue reading
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This makes my head spin
Quite a long time ago — about a thousand years, in fact — if you lived in the British Isles and did something foolish, you’d be called “dusilec,” or “dyslíc.” That’s a word that’s been obsolete for quite a long time too, so long that even one of its derivatives doesn’t make sense to us… Continue reading
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September 27
Google currently says that September 27, 1998 marks the birth of its search engine. That’s not what they’ve always said, though. It’s not the day they registered their domain name, google.com — that was September 15, 1997. It’s not the day the company was incorporated either. That was September 4, 1998. It’s not the day… Continue reading
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No Sitting Around
There are humans in my familya couple are quite small.MY little ones are not so bad,but I do not like them all. Today it was annoying;I thought I was getting walked,but instead we just went outside and I satand my full-size human just talked. Two words came up more than seven times:the words were “school”… Continue reading
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Software degradation, life degradation
I’ve noticed something over the past few years about the software I use at work. I’m referring to commercial stuff like Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and the lot, “collaboration tools” like SharePoint, as well as more niche things that are more unique to the company I work for (which is a large enterprise). What I’ve… Continue reading
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I’m the best, except for one thing
Does it sound like boasting?Does it sound like a brag?When I say I havethe most awesome wag? I’ll say as wellI have the trickof giving the world’smost perfect lick. There’s just one problemI will say:That stupid squirrelgot away. -Chocolate Continue reading
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My Lucky Day
There are treatsI quite adore; once they all spilledon the floor! That’s a day I was the winnerand also didn’t eat my dinner. -Chocolate Continue reading
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September 26
Today’s September 26, the day FBI agents became known as G-Men. it was all thanks to Machine Gun Kelly, who surrendered by yelling “Don’t shoot, G-Men” when they raided his hideout in Memphis. It didn’t really happen that way, though. The official reports from the raid itself said that Kelly was found standing in a… Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
Check out my other blog, Techlimitics, where I’m grappling with the nature of simplicity. You can also find some of my minor software projects at GitHub. Nothing very impressive. I mostly write tiny utilities in Python.
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