I actually haven’t been working much lately, since I’ve been packing. But here’s what I’ve done since the last time I posted my work: This will probably be the last time I post from the old place, and even this post has been pre-published to show up “in the future”—as this is being read, I’m probably mostly packed up and getting ready to unplug the computers. Share this post:
I feel lucky that I’m not affected by the wildfires in Southern California, but even without all the local news coverage I can tell that they’re really, really bad this year. For one reason, the warm, dry wind is relentless. It’s very normal for this time of year; the hot air that rises from the desert swoops down over the mountains and blows hot across the southland. But it’s very strong this year, with winds gusting to hurricane forces, about…
Of all the people I ever went to school with, I’m probably the easiest person to find—this, despite the fact that I share my name with a lot of other women. I haven’t married yet or changed my name, so people can still search for me using my “maiden” surname, and I’m the first to pop up on a Google search for “April Martinez”. It’s easy because I’m everywhere on the net. I have this blog. I have my work…
Bah. OK. I first saw this phenomenon on Kat’s blog, where she refers to this article. Later, an author in a Yahoo! group links to another article on it and yet another blog post on it. The phenomenon? This animation: …and all the internet discussions about it. I don’t understand the phenomenon, really, because it all seems so fairly simple to me. I don’t really believe that it indicates which side of the brain anyone uses, but perhaps that’s because…
I try to hit my post office box once a week, and when it’s just me, I usually take the 405 freeway. When I have H.E. with me, however, like today, we take a more scenic route along the Pacific Coast Highway and see all the boat shops along Newport Beach. Every time we pass the Duffy boats, I think back to the time I rode one and saw all those cool names on all the other boats like it…