Category Archives: personal

Friday, 17 May 2013

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:28 – Barbara’s dad is on a restricted diet at the nursing home. The main restriction is on liquids. He’s at risk of aspirating liquids, which can cause pneumonia. Accordingly, they have him limited to “nectar” liquids, which essentially means … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 9 May 2013

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:49 – Barbara just left for the hospital. They’re discharging her dad this morning and transporting him to the Brian Center nursing/rehab facility. It’s one of the best ones available, and it’s where my mom lived for a year before … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Posted on 23 April 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:14 – No word yet on when Barbara’s dad will be discharged from the hospital to the rehab facility. Barbara said her dad’s personality has changed. She’d never expected him to behave nastily, which he’s doing now. I told her … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:05 – Barbara and I had finished the other series we’d been watching, so we rotated series five of Mad Men and The L Word into the on-deck circle. Mad Men is as good as we remembered it to be; … Continue reading →

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Monday, 8 April 2013

Posted on 8 April 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

13:41 – I’m still working on taxes. Grrrrrr. As is true every year, I find myself wishing that I could visit the graves of everyone who was responsible for creating state and federal income taxes, dig up the bodies, and … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 6 April 2013

Posted on 6 April 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:51 – Barbara and I were watching Inspector George Gently episodes last night. One of them starred a young Australian woman named Ebony Buckle, who performed two Celtic songs called Matty Groves and Silver Dagger. She has an extraordinary voice, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Posted on 2 April 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:41 – The penultimate episode of Heartland series six was broadcast Sunday evening. Yesterday morning, I BitTorrented the SD version, just in case. The HD version usually isn’t available until late Monday or early Tuesday morning. It’s available this morning, … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 31 March 2013

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:12 – The official forecast for the next two weeks is that I’ll be in a Bad Mood, as I begin doing the taxes tomorrow. This year, I’ll be in a Badder Mood than usual, because the government is stealing … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Posted on 19 March 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:50 – The other day, I was using IMDB to look up a cast member from a British TV series I was considering adding to our queue to see what other series that actress had been in. The name of … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 7 March 2013

Posted on 7 March 2013 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:02 – I got one of the colors wrong yesterday. I said universal indicator is “rose” at pH 3, but I should have said “salmon” or perhaps “terra cotta”. It’s a problem of guy-colors versus girl-colors. Like most guys, I … Continue reading →

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