virtual advent 2018: festivus with a side of translation FAIL
Welcome back to yet another installment of sprite's Virtual Advent 2018! Today we will take a quick journey to the land of Festivus, the anti-commercial made-up holiday that falls on December 23. It's the product of a 1997 episode of Seinfeld. It's best explained by watching this compilation clip from…
virtual advent 2018: caja tio
Catalan Christmas traditions tend toward the weird. With that may I introduce... CAJA TIO - the pooping log! Also known as Tio de Nadal, Caja Tio is a staple of Catalan Christmas tradition. The basic gist is that a household has this wooden log sculpture, typically 30 centimeters long, in…
here’s to warren miller (r.i.p.)
Warren Miller died yesterday at the age of 93. To any alpine skier, his name brings to mind images of gorgeous alpine vistas, with good looking skiers performing extreme feats of derring do - or neophyte skiers battling their equipment as they crash getting off the chairlift. I was still…
virtual advent: random christmas trivia
Christmas is a weird holiday for me. I’m not really in on the religious aspect. I like the fact that it happens around the winter solstice, which heralds the arrival of my favorite season of the year. It snowed this morning in New York City, where I happened to be…
virtual advent: skiing santas!
Welcome to another stop in sprite's Virtual Advent 2017! I love that sprite carries on this tradition every year - and I try to provide something unique to the mix every year. This year I'm sharing the tradition of the skiing Santas. Many ski areas kick off their season in…
coffeeneuring 2017: new places aplenty
Another autumn means another of Mary G's Coffeeneuring Challenges! I've always enjoyed riding my bike in search of a cup of joe. Or an espresso. Possibly a flat white. Or maybe a cortado... Regardless, it's always fun. This year, I once again couldn't come up with a "theme within a…
a quick #hip2point0 update
Yes, I said I'd give more regular updates about the new hip. And I've not done so - at least not on this site. Bugger. Sorry about that. I'll make it brief and bulleted: I made it through the high-risk for deep-vein thrombosis time without incident. Yes, there was a…
a #hip2point0 update: two weeks on the new hip, and…
Hey there! It's been a fortnight since #hip2point0 happened, and a lot has changed - primarily for the better! The surgery went well. My previous post was thumb-typed in the pre-op prep room on my smartphone. I hadn't yet had any pain meds or anesthesia, but I was confident about the…
#hip2point0 – here we go!
Just checked in at the hospital. Old #projectfemur hardware is coming out, #hip2point0 hardware is going in. I'm at ease with this. It is time. Yes, it'll be a lot of hard work coming back to full strength, but I'm ready for the challenge. Game on! See you after surgery...
six days left to go…
In six days, the new hip arrives - I can't wait! I have the clearance from my primary care doctor - my body is ready for new hip hardware. I have the surgical orders from my orthopedic surgeon - he's ready to remove the last vestiges of #projectfemur hardware and…