#a practical guide

Series: The SiegePages: 350Genre: Quirky, dark fantasy The first two novels in K. J. Parker’s Siege trilogy did much to create a kaleidoscopic world from the singular position of the City, the capital of a great Empire that has been Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City told the story of an engineer not of the Robur race who struggled to hold out in the face of overwhelming odds, protecting this…

I used to not brush my teeth on any sort of regular schedule.  I do, however, shave on a quasi-regular basis.  So, after my dentist suggested brushing when I shave, I put some of my shaving gear with my toothbrush and toothpaste.  Now I brush my teeth every time I shave.

It’s only 2-4 times a week, but it’s probably a far cry better than “eh, once a month, maybe?”

I only wear white socks.  I’m picky about pairing them, and it’s a pain.

I bought a new pack of ten pairs of socks.  Then, before I wore any of them, I took a sharpie and put one dot on each sock near the big toe, and drew a unique number on each pair of socks.  Now I just dump my clean socks out and match the symbols, and it makes it easy to tell when I loose socks.  The dots tell me which sock goes on left and which goes on right.

I bought two identical laundry baskets, different from my family’s.  They stack nicely.  One basket for dirty laundry, and one basket for running laundry and for storing clean laundry until I get it put away.