Yesterday evening, I had a problem with my computer: I could get on some internet sites, but others I got a DNS error. I couldn’t use google, I couldn’t get on to me email, but I could get on the MSN site. I ultimately did a search through the MSN site to figure out what to [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Don’t Know What Happened
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged computers on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surprising Sunday
Posted in Rain, Shopping on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning, I was planning to go to Target before church, and to get a few odds and ends I needed and they sold at fair prices. When I got to it, I found it was closed until 11 — the whole area it was in was being blocked off by police so they can [...]
There Must Be a New Cult in the Area
Posted in City Life on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, the weather was a mix of rain and no-rain. I was able to get some needed work done in the morning, and I went out to eat for supper. Walking back home, I was stopped by some cultist — I don’t know what cult she was a member of, but her words were clearly [...]
Crabfest
Posted in CUA on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday was the annual “Crabfest” at CUA, and so I went to get the free food and beer (they always have veggie burgers) and catch up on people I’ve not seen for sometime (Andy, Will, etc). The problem with how they dealt with the rain we were having is to put half of it inside (with the food), [...]
I Got To Take A Break From Teaching
Posted in CUA on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I had to do a double take as I was walking to the student center on campus. Next to the art building I saw an albino squirrel. At least, I take it that it must have been an albino — it was perfectly snow white, and I’ve never seen a squirrel like that before. [...]
The United States
Posted in USA on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Things are strange in the United States. Yesterday was the first time I’ve ever heard a major candidate for president has ever said, “I am going to suspend my campaign to help deal with the economy.” Of course it is a clear political ploy: he doesn’t know anything about economics, there is hardly anything he can [...]
The Song (Gita) is now done
Posted in CUA on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I finally got to finish my discussion of the Gita; I felt the end of it was a bit weak (I sort of got lost in my presentation, and couldn’t find the text I wanted to use and quote to them). But the greatest difficulty is to give them a presentation of the text without [...]
So That’s What They Are Doing?
Posted in Animals on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, as I was walking outside, I noticed one squirrel which was near the door I exited get scarred and flee. It went the direction I planned on going, and so thought I was chasing it. It kept moving on ahead of me, and stopping when it thought it was far enough away that I would [...]
Ouch
Posted in pain on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Right now the big toe on my right foot is hurting. I don’t know why, but it is. If I focus on it, I will feel the pain, wherever the foot is, though some positions (like seated down) are better than others. I am trying to massage it, but I don’t think that is helping. [...]
Smithsonian
Posted in City Life on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since my class is going to be required to visit the Smithsonian and look at some Hindu art there for a take-home assignment, I knew I had to go and see what was there. Sometimes there is more than at other times; I only found two exhibits, one in the Freer and one in the [...]
Persecute Bad Economists?
Posted in weather on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s getting quite cool, although some of it is relative. The high was in the low 70s, but with a strong wind, I felt chilled in it when I was outside. If it were like that after a cold winter, I am sure it would feel hot. But right now it is coming from a [...]
Well, there went the class….
Posted in CUA on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Right when I was trying to get started with my class, we had a fire drill in the building (the only one for the year). Lost probably about ten minutes of the class, but also, just broke up everything, my class’ attention, my line of thought, etc. There wasn’t enough time to explain the Gita…. [...]
Today: The Gita
Posted in CUA on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday was another beautiful, cool day. I decided to take a trip to an Indian bookstore in VA during the morning, and then in the afternoon did studying and preparing for class today. I’ve wanted to do something with the Gita with my class; they dont’ have a copy of it on their own, so [...]
Classy
Posted in CUA on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I continue to be further and further behind where I want to be with my Hinduism class. The students are reading through the texts ahead of where I am, but that’s ok, I will be able to reiterate what they have read (and hopefully they have read it). It’s difficult to know how much [...]
That’s Cool
Posted in weather on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe how radical a shift in weather we have had from Sunday into Monday. Sunday we were having record highs, Monday, no, it wasn’t a record low, but it was cool, very cool; I liked how it felt, and it is going to be like that again today. No rain has come [...]
31st Takoma Park Folk Festival
Posted in Festivals on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I went to the Takoma Park Festival. To make sure I got there at a good time, I went to an early mass, came home, and put on some clothes suitable for the day, for it was a very hot day (indeed, it could have hit a record high). While I was there, I decided [...]
Sun not Rain
Posted in weather on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t expect the fire alarm was with a real fire, but I don’t know what set it off. Was someone cooking or did someone hit one of the alarms? I don’t know, but I do know, it annoyed me to know end that I woke to a fire alarm like that. It started the [...]
That’s Not An Alarm Clock!
Posted in Apartment on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I awoke about fiften minutes later than normal, and I awoke to a fire alarm going off. Since we were allowed to go back in within thirty minutes, it appears there was no real fire; I don’t know what set it off. Sometimes sensors can be over-sensitive, and it is possible someone was cooking (even [...]
Teaching Issues
Posted in CUA on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Class went fairly well yesterday; my TA didn’t get through all the material he wanted to discuss, so he got to see how little one can actually go through in an hour’s time. It’s really surprising. On the one hand, for the class, it seems quite a bit, but for the professor, there is so [...]
Dinner Out
Posted in Friends on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, I had to deal with a dose of my fatigue, and rest quite a bit in the day. I was already scheduled to get together with Tony and Nate in the evening, which was good, but made for a long day. Thankfully the rest earlier gave me some energy; but we also got [...]
So Much For Nothing
Posted in Rain on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were supposed to get a fairly decent storm (not anything like what had happened on Saturday, but still, a thunderstorm with hail, and possible flooding). I took with myself an overcoat and an umbrella as I went to campus; the overcoat, on top of my suit, made be very, very hot. By the time [...]
Another Day Gone By
Posted in Fatigue on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, I just didn’t have the energy I wanted; I think I have been having my “energy low” the last couple days, which I get from time to time with my fatigue. When it gets like that, it is hard for me to do much; reading for more than a few minutes at a time [...]
The Day After
Posted in movies on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After the heavy rains on Saturday, Sunday was a beautiful, but cool, day — the sun was out and shining all through the day. In the morning, I had little energy, but I was better by mid-day, and it allowed me to go out and enjoy myself for a bit. I went to see a [...]
Tropical Storm Hanna
Posted in Rain on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the morning to the early evening, Hanna’s strong gusts of wind and rain rushed on through the area, making it a day to stay indoors. There was no reason to go out in it; an umbrella wouldn’t have protected me from the storm’s harshest blasts of rain — if anything, the umbrella would have [...]
Hanging Out
Posted in Friends on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For Friday, I had a rather busy day, getting together with Apolonio Latar for lunch; he is in the area now, and trying to discern if he should go into the priesthood. As he does so, he is living with a community of priests. After talking for a few hours, he had to go to a function, while [...]
More Lack of Sleep
Posted in Sleep, cleaning on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While I got more sleep going into Thursday, by the time I was done teaching, I was exhausted, and needed a few hours of rest (which I got) to regain energy. While I did not nap, I did lie down, and take it easy. When I was beginning to feel better, I started my laundry, and went [...]
Ugh
Posted in Sleep on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I woke up several hours early, and couldn’t get back to sleep. While I don’t think I was dragging all day, I know it did affect me, making it impossible to do the kind of work which I wanted to do. For the most part, the only thing I was able to do was [...]
It’s September But Feels Like August
Posted in CUA on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday was a very hot day, and that meant wearing my suit, and carrying many, many books around with me (I checked out several from the library) wore me out by the end of the day. Some of the buildings, especially ones I went into, didn’t have good air conditioning on (if any). So it [...]
Labor Day Without Much Labor
Posted in Apartment on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been needing to get some new shoes, and that is what I did yesterday morning. One of the pairs I’ve had and used for years was getting quite bad, and would make sure my feet got blisters when on I wore them because the padding in them had completely worn out. I had not [...]
Predictions
Posted in Church on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since it is Labor Day weekend, the annual Byzantine Catholic pilgrimage is going on in Uniontown, PA. Fr Michael went this year, and we had a substitute priest, Fr. Leonard Martin, celebrating liturgy with us at St Gregory’s. One thing I noticed is how much quicker the liturgy was; I got home about 30 mins [...]
