Monthly Archives: March 2010

On My Way Out

My husband decided to tackle a significant home improvement project.  After seven years with the same used-to-be-beige carpet that came with our new home, he is installing tile.  That news in itself won’t shake the earth, but I don’t have to help. At all.  Between us, I’m the only one with any tiling credits,  having tiled a  large floor and two hearths.  But on this undertaking, I get to be OUT.   I love that man. Actually he said he didn’t want my help and muttered something about my not getting in his way.  He tends to stare at things long …

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Brief Encounters with a Reading Club

I’m reading Ben Fountain’s Brief Encounters with Ché Guevara with some locals through D Magazine’s Reading Room. I haven’t read on-assignment since college.  Much better than my textbook on quantitative methods.

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