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With the car inspection behind me, the loft cleared yesterday, my godson coming to visit tomorrow, followed by the landlord's contractor...

White Rabbits ! And I thought this was going to be an especially lucky day, what with my usual weekend chores all done before 8 AM and the g...

I woke up earlier than I'd planned with what I guess was a touch of indigestion, and my heart area didn't feel quite right for most ...

Well, at least for today, and it was only ten minutes. But when I actually feel rested enough and I have the energy and incentive from watch...

England has moved up in the FIFA world rankings with today's defeat of France in a truly bizarre and memorable World Cup third-place gam...

Fun day at work and at home, trying to juggle lots of job and personal stuff at the same time. I feel like I'm at a ping pong game or so...

The air quality rose to dangerous levels today due to the Canadian wildfires wafting down to cover much of the northern US. Thank goodness I...

A very hot, windy day where I work, but no issues walking, so the hallux is holding up okay. I schlepped an Amazon return into Whole Foods, ...

I didn't go out today, although Robin's been downstairs to the front door at least once with an Amazon pickup (I laid out my weekly ...

I can't believe I'm undergoing World Cup withdrawal, but I really got into it this year. I mean, I'm not as obsessive as our may...

We continue to enjoy the World Cup as the quarter finals start to wrap up, but I'm not sure I'd go to this sort of lengths even if I...

I had the opportunity yesterday to watch the Egypt-Argentina match either in my office or out on Manhattan West Plaza, but after the first h...

I was right, I didn't sleep well at all last night, maybe 3-4 hours at most, and it took its toll today. Thank goodness it was a work-fr...

The heat continues to dissipate, so for the first time in almost a week (not counting when I had to move my car) we went out today to do our...

For mysterious reasons , I've spent much of this July 4 thinking about the Nazis in Skokie and the p aradox of tolerance . As I age I ha...

White Rabbits, and the heat wave begins. Although I decided to make an English breakfast (lots of different breakfast meets plus eggs plus ...

We're starting to discover how extreme heat, even the onset of same, affects older people. Because, you know, we're Olds. I have var...

The family downstairs seems to have begun moving in, although the folks coming and going don't seem to be the same ones we met earlier t...

With the heat wave coming later this week, we decided to get our food shopping and my orthotic refurbishing out of the way today. I don'...

I woke up to the news that the US did not win all three group stage games in the World Cup, which delighted me because I've found the Ne...