Ira Heinichen's Blog

I have a friend who’s very sick. They needed help eating tonight, so we went over and made sure that happened. Soup and lemonade, but good lemonade. Trader Joe’s was out of it, so I went to Ralph’s, but their selection was mediocre at best…but there was also a Gelson’s down the street and jackpot. They had faaaaancy lemonade. That hit the spot.

Health is everything. It’s literally the only thing that matters in life. Everything else is secondary. Entirely. That’s not just some aphorism or say...

We didn’t end up watching The Babadook tonight after all. Liz had to go elsewhere, and we really want to watch it with her. It’s a movie we’ve been looking forward to watching together, her and I, for quite some time. Like…two years? Which makes it sound like it’s been massively built up. I wouldn’t say that’s true, per se. Neither of us know what to expect, really. But we do want to watch it together. So, Josh and I watched some more Miyazaki doc instead. That was also great.

Work was steady...

It’s late. Gonna skip the fine distinction tonight, but we’ll be back with it…well, actually, probably Saturday since tomorrow is a podcasting night and I don’t think I’ll do one then either. So, we’ll be back at it in two days 🙂

I got up and wrote. Wrote in the evening. Had some really good ideas, too. That’s what happens when I sit down and do my effing work, lol. Optimistic that tomorrow I’ll be able to sketch out a rough outline. We. Shall. See.

The comforter is on the bed. Joy and Coo...

We have a blanket pile on our bed right now. It’s. The. Best. It’s cold out! Only for a couple days, I think, then several days of decently warm, and then back to cold-ish again.

It’s not thaaaaat cold. Right now it’s only 57 out. But that is WAY cooler than it was just a week ago. Leftover cool air from the storm that blew through. It feels like fall/winter, just like that. Early. Usually doesn’t turn like this until the end of the month. Right now it’s usually disgustingly warm. Glad it isn...

Today, we’re finely distinguishing between “First Cousins” and “Once-removed.

First, Second, etc. is determined by the distance of a common ancestor…ie- grandparents. Simply put, we count the number of “g’s.” Shared grandparents, one “g,” means First cousins. Shared great-grandparents, two “g’s,” Second cousins.

Removal has to do with generational differences. Once removed is one generation difference. Twice removed is two generations. So, my parent’s cousins are my cousins…once removed. ...

Today’s fine distinction: tights vs leggings vs pantyhose vs stockings. Let’s gooooooo

Tights cover the feet.

Leggings do not.

Tight are also an undergarment, ie- meant to be worn underneath other clothing, so they tend to be thinner. Leggings are usually thicker and can be worn as their own form of pants.

Pantyhose are a thinner version of tights, to the point they’re often semi-transparent. They are also usually more opaque towards the upper portion, hence the combo name of “pantie...

Today’s fine distinction: Ethics vs Morals.

“Ethics” are intelligible, explicit, rational principals of right and wrong, defined by one’s social and/or professional community.

“Morals” are emotional, deep-seated, felt senses of right and wrong, defined by one’s conscience or god.

This, I think, is brilliant in terms of clarifying the distinction: while an unethical act may get you fired, an immoral act may land you in hell. Woohoo – fire, right there. Good stuff.

Oh, and diving even ...

Making it another brief entry tonight because it’s already snooze time and I still want to do some Roman Reading.

Gary and Derrick are having a baby. She’s coming soon, so they had a baby shower today and we went. It was the most heartwarming thing in the world. They’ve been trying to make this happen for such a long, long time. Literally years. And it’s finally happening. I couldn’t be happier for them.

Otherwise, I took care of the pups, read Shakespeare, and tried to rest. Not much of t...

It’s late so I’m gonna be quick about it. Long week! My lord. And gonna be a busy weekend too. All good stuff though, thank goodness.

Work was busy. Busy busy busy. I got everything done I needed to, though. For the most part. I do need to get some uploads going over the weekend, but nothing too crazy. Only a little writing, but that’s better than nothing. I was wiped after going out last night. And then we went over to the King’s for Cat’s birthday. Happy birthday Cat!

Night night.

Today’s fine distinction is “Accuracy” versus “Precision.”

So, to be “accurate” has to do with how close you are to the correct answer.

To be “precise” has to do with how close or fine you are measuring.

Fuzzy. So, here’s the example the book uses. A jar has, in fact, 76 jelly beans inside it. David guesses there are 125 inside. Lucy guesses between 50 and 100. David is precise, but not accurate. Lucy is accurate, but not precise.

I get it.

The two words do actually pertain to adj...