Year: 2004

I just found a backup CD of some of my IXUS photos. 1,418 photos have been recovered, basically all my photos from November 2001 to February 2003. It is better than nothing, which is what my $2000 is currently buying me.

I have just returned from 3 days on the South Coast, where the water was gorgeous. Tomorrow (today) I go on a houseboat for the weekend. Life’s tough.

I am on leave from work, for a bit over 2 weeks, as of last Tuesday. It is a year since I last took leave of any significant duration, and it also a year since Kirsten’s parents were last here from the Netherlands. They liked it so much that they have returned, and I am… Continue reading Holiday Mode

Then read this thread, start at the bottom. You will immediately pull out your credit card and go to amazon. Unless you are stronger than I.

After 30 hours, the bleeding has mostly stopped. The bleeding, of course, coming from the big hole in my mouth where my wisdom tooth used to be. This tooth had gone rogue and had to be eliminated as an example to the others. It didn’t go without a fight. It adopted a ‘scorched earth’ policy… Continue reading Al Dente