Monthly Archives: July 2003

Some success

They used a four-place letter/number transposition code known as the “camerosity” code, similar to the ones shopkeepers use to mark their cost on the price tags of antiques or the flyleaves of books. Continue reading

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Well, koala farts

Got the first two test rolls out of the Brownies back from the lab, and it looks like I have further to go. Continue reading

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CD case inserts and stir-fry

You know them? The nice picture-ish inserts on the front and back of jewel cases that sometimes even tell you which tracks are on the CD inside and in what order? Continue reading

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Dance 10, Book 3

oh my, the LIBRETTO! Continue reading

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A reminiscence

Only, who has promised any of us tomorrow? Continue reading

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Smile! You’re on Candid Camera

I dropped by the camera shop yesterday and got two rolls of 120 film, one B/W and one color, to experiment with in the Brownie cameras.  Fortunately, two of them, the Reflex and the Hawkeye, each have enough clearance that … Continue reading

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HEL-lo . . .

Looks like a thundercell has unexpectedly blown up from noplace-in-particular.  I wouldn’t mind getting another storm; I had to go out yesterday and run the water/feeder spikes on all the roses and the crape myrtles because they were visibly suffering … Continue reading

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What I expected, but still no fun

The dry cleaner called this morning with a cleaning estimate on the wedding dress:  forty dollars, and they won’t absolutely positively guarantee that every stain is gonna come out. Continue reading

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I manage to cheat myself

I’ll be lucky to get out of that without taking an eNORmous bath. Continue reading

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The yard sales are caaallllllliiiinnnnnggg meeeeeeeee . . .

I started out to go to the grocery store to buy diapers, and to go donate blood at the blood bank.  Really, I did . . . . Continue reading

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