April 11, 2013

Contents of my bag


in the big pocket
  1. a whole loaf of Baker's Bounty health bread -- slice it yourself
  2. my ipod ("mypod")
  3. The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
  4. last week's NYT magazine
  5. umbrella from Caroline's work
  6. slingshot planner
  7. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories, by Carson McCullers
  8. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities, by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt
  9. my wallet (actually, my walit)
  10. important (???) letters from my health insurance that I haven't opened yet but keep bringing to work because I think I'll do something with them there
in the small pocket
  1. many loose individually wrapped non-applicator tampons
  2. some tea bags (woman's moon cycle, chai)
  3. a pen that doesn't work very well but is not out of ink yet, so
  4. Ricola cough drops original herb flavor (mitte zucher)
  5. my keys
  6. business cards for the nanny, housekeeper, elder caregiver and employer hotline run by Domestic Workers United

January 30, 2013

Photoperiod and Moon Phase

For homework this week, I have to use information available through Sunrisesunset.com. Create your own local astronomic calendar to keep track of photoperiod, lunar phases, or moonrise and moonset.


*Latitude and longitude are not for navigational purposes.

dream

i had a scary dream about dachau last night. i dreamt that a woman had survived but only her head. so she was living, but only her head. it sat on a satin-lined basket. i guess this is a casualty of my line of work.

a photo.

women at dachau waving at liberation. april 29, 1945. from USHMM.

January 28, 2013

virtual slide rule

NdeGT alerted all 987,679 of us to this incredible VIRTUAL SLIDE RULE that moves when you move it.

ah mazing.

You can also obviously move the thing in the center of the slide rule. Now I just need to know why and how to use a slide rule.

I feel like I would really appreciate a virtual sextant so I could brush up on my celestial nav while at work.