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April Folly
Apr. 14th, 2024 06:32 pmIn celebration of folly, I bought a scratch-off Virginia lottery ticket in late March, and began scratching off potential prizes beginning on April First. I didn’t win anything.
April Folly, Updated
Apr. 5th, 2022 02:03 amWhile working Monday, I scratched off the other potential prizes on the lottery ticket, and it turns out that I can get $50 for my $30 lottery ticket. That isn’t a fortune, but it’s something.
Monday evening, I made borshch, with a parsnip as well as the beets, potatoes, onion, carrot, Tofurkey sausage, and kimchi. Borshch, let us remember, is actually and originally a Ukrainian, rather than a Russian, dish.
Monday evening, I made borshch, with a parsnip as well as the beets, potatoes, onion, carrot, Tofurkey sausage, and kimchi. Borshch, let us remember, is actually and originally a Ukrainian, rather than a Russian, dish.
April Folly
Apr. 2nd, 2022 12:21 amIn celebration of folly, I bought a scratch-off Virginia lottery ticket some days ago, and scratched off some of the material covering the numbers on April First. I would scratch off another number or two after making progress on my work; I scratched off the bonuses and one half of the regular prizes. So far, I haven’t won anything.
On my evening walk, I met a man with a three month old black Labrador retriever puppy, who eagerly jumped up on me. Later on the walk, I saw a rabbit on the sidewalk right in front of me; not wanting to frighten him, I turned left into the street. He didn’t stay frozen, but turned left onto the lawn.
On my evening walk, I met a man with a three month old black Labrador retriever puppy, who eagerly jumped up on me. Later on the walk, I saw a rabbit on the sidewalk right in front of me; not wanting to frighten him, I turned left into the street. He didn’t stay frozen, but turned left onto the lawn.
April Folly
Apr. 1st, 2020 11:33 pmIn celebration of folly, I got a scratch-off lottery ticket, which I’ve been scratching at today, uncovering a potential prize or two after putting in some effort in the telework salt mines. I have scratched off a $50 instant prize, and there might possibly be something else in areas which I haven’t scratched off; I don’t know how that works.
This isn’t enough to finance the Georgist movement and make a donation to Doctors Without Borders or Kids In Need of Defense as well, but it’s something.
This isn’t enough to finance the Georgist movement and make a donation to Doctors Without Borders or Kids In Need of Defense as well, but it’s something.
April Folly
Apr. 2nd, 2019 12:42 amSunday evening, I celebrated the successful end of the quarter by opening a bottle of wine I’ve had for a while: Saperavi, a dry red Georgian wine. It’s a bit astringent, but went tolerably well with pasta and tomato sauce. On April Fools’ Day, I celebrated folly by scratching off some of the possible prizes on a Virginia lottery ticket. I didn’t win any money, but I only scratched off a few, so I still might find something.
April Folly
Apr. 3rd, 2018 12:06 amIn celebration of Folly, I bought a scratch-off lottery ticket, and didn't win any prizes.
I also submitted a few suggestions to the Washington Post Style Invitational contest. This week's contest is to propose people for real or imaginary government positions; the example was Bart Simpson for Secretary of Education, since he has twenty-eight years of experience in public school, much of it with school boards (the blackboard on which he has to write sentences after school, depicted in a cartoon). We'll find out how my entries do in four weeks.
I also submitted a few suggestions to the Washington Post Style Invitational contest. This week's contest is to propose people for real or imaginary government positions; the example was Bart Simpson for Secretary of Education, since he has twenty-eight years of experience in public school, much of it with school boards (the blackboard on which he has to write sentences after school, depicted in a cartoon). We'll find out how my entries do in four weeks.
