The trap of streaming content all day

October 9, 2025
It starts innocently enough.  A rainy afternoon, a comfy couch, and “just one episode” of a series everyone’s talking about. But suddenly—hours vanish, the sun has set, and the only exercise you’ve had is reaching for the remote. Streaming platforms are designed for this. Episodes...

Going to the dogs

May 19, 2009
We are making an offer tonight on a home in San Jose. Our major discussion about the home was not its size, its style, its size, or even its price.It was what rooms...

Still channelling mom

May 18, 2009

A pet name

May 18, 2009
Petunia was a pet name my mother often used in the 1950s and the 1960s.I'd like to channel her for guidance on this real estate stuff.Although the dollar numbers we use...

Negotiating

May 18, 2009
We're considering making an offer on a home.The seller is fairly intransigent, as the house is now significantly under what they have put it in.We don't want to pay...

California.

May 18, 2009
He likes it.And my friends.I think we're moving...

Just because.

May 16, 2009

Heat Wave

May 16, 2009
We arrived in San Jose at the start of a world-class heat wave, highly unusual for spring. Los Gato was beautiful, though, and it was fun to reconnect with my old...

Dreams, wormholes and Crystal Gayle

May 13, 2009
Since I may not do much posting from our trip, I'd like to leave with this thought:I never in a million years thought that this would happen. That FLH would even BE...

His Naughtiness is BAACK!

May 13, 2009
Riley had breakfast and then began his usual routine of mischief. Closet-diving. Zooming around. Nipping at my ankles.What a...

A few tweaks

May 13, 2009
There is so much going on in my partner's life, we've decided that I'll take the business forward the rest of the year, while she works out her situation. She is a...

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