The way of the modern world

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Mary Beth Frezon

I find it interesting. I am, most of the time, able to resist impulse purchases on the web. I can bookmark things, enjoy them virtually, do the research, comparison shop etc etc etc with the best of them.

BUT

once the Buy Now button is pushed, there is no more patience. I want it now. I want to be able to track it and I want it on my doorstep. Now. Is it here yet? How about now? C’mon already. How about now?

What’s up with that?

In other news, I did the update on my iphone to 5.1 and voila! I’m sitting on 4g connection. amazing. After all those years of having no cell coverage at home.

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Quilt National ’11

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Mary Beth Frezon

QN 11 is at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles at the moment and Tanya Brown posted a link to a couple youtube videos about it. The first one starts with a walk through of a different exhibit of antique and other contemporary quilts.

So here you go:

Part one

Part two

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Another day

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Mary Beth Frezon

Today was sort of a weird day – some odd things at work, some nice things, came home driving by a half dozen things I’d meant to do on the way home. Had a nice chicken sandwich for dinner. Couldn’t figure out what to do so I figured I would watch the first half of The Return of the King.

Well. There were a lot of tears. There were some changes in the story one of which was interesting and not necessary but I let it go. Many many many people (and orcs) died. The hobbits carried on.

I really admire how the back story was presented at various points. Enough to understand what was going on.

Anyway, I did start out with the idea of just watching disk one. Ha! I took a few minutes break but popped number two in as I came back into the room. I just sat there and let the story grow and grow and roll over me.

Cannot wait for The Hobbit!

That’s all there is to report.

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Let it begin

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Mary Beth Frezon

…and let it begin just before one corner. There’s a reason for this tradition. It means that after the last corner, there are no more corners to do. I know that sounds weird. Look at it this way: if I started on the nice straight part after the first corner, I’d have to do:

  • hard side
  • corner
  • easy side
  • corner
  • hard side
  • corner
  • easy side
  • corner

versus

  • bit of easy side
  • corner
  • hard side
  • corner
  • easy side
  • corner
  • hard side
  • corner
  • most of easy side

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather race to the finish along a long straight line without worrying about going around a corner or anything else that might slow down crossing the DONE line.

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From the quote box

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Mary Beth Frezon

It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule. — J.R.R. Tolkien

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