Done yesterday (20100905 Su)

[mdlbear]

0905 Su
  * up 8am; W=197.8; drugs, nose, teeth; laundry, dishes, coffee
  % annoying observation:  a sugar crash seems to make me gain 2 pounds.
  @ The Hugo Awards : 2010 Hugo Award Winners
  * backups:  2010-09-05T08:41:19-0700 - 2010-09-05T09:49:28-0700
    /dev/sda5            1349854392 458407152 822878612  36% /media/bak
  * 10:30ish reserve room for Orycon Fri 11/12-Mon 11/15 (?)
  * refil simvastatin prescription
  * puttering:  office:  all moving boxes under counter
    (It's cheating -- there are still a couple in the living room.)
  * replace safety flag with Jolly Roger.  Still need to mount on scooter
  * Modify reservation: want Fri 11/12.  
  * Walk - 3 mi by the creek turned back at the bridge to the park
    because my hips were starting to hurt.
    % even with the ear-loop the Jawbone keeps popping out of position.  It
      stays in, but feels awkward.  Maybe my ears are weird.
  * Guitar Showcase: clamp-on music holder, folding stool/guitar stand
    @ StagePlayer II
  ~ tall chair for performing.  Ikea has director's chairs, but they
    probably have arms, which won't work.  The studio had nice wooden
    swivel chairs with backs. Look for bar stools. (1206) (no back, but...)
  * buy: coffee
  * BB&B: microfiber dish-towels, bathmats
  * dinner: kasha, kielbasa sauteed in butter with mustard, salad
    3 good-sized (12oz?) glasses of water.  Must have needed it.
  @ 10 Books that Screwed Up The World - Top 10 Lists | Listverse 
    via ysabetwordsmith
  @ BBC News - Going back to the past to survive via gmcdavid 
    The last of the punch-card lace-makers still hanging on to its niche
  @ ysabetwordsmith - Read my article "Balancing Powers" in Communities magazine
    Householding: Communal Living on a Small Scale — Communities Magazine
  " (10:51:57 PM) me: We had blue irises at the old house in Connecticut.  I
    miss that house.  It was torn down to make way for a freeway interchange;
    my folks moved during my senior year in college. 
    (10:52:51 PM) me: It still turns up in dreams occasionally.
  "
  * bed ~midnight; snuggle
  * multiple dreams remembered in fragments.  architecture, food; erotic.
    quite a lot about LISP, and some seamless transitions between real and
    virtual worlds.

A busy day of puttering, a good walk by the creek, and shopping. The prize deal of the day was at Guitar Showcase, where I found a Farley StagePlayer II combination stool and guitar stand, for about 50% off. (The footrest is considerably too low for me, unfortunately; I'll have to rig something else. And it doesn't have a backrest. But it's very cool, and I'm glad to have it. (I also freely admit that I'm also a sucker for gadgets.)

Also bought coffee at Barefoot, and some very nice microfiber-and-memory-foam bathmats and microfiber dish-towels at BB&B.

The puttering got me to the point where all of the moving boxes in the office are under the counter (cheating, because some are still in the living room, but...), and I managed to make our hotel reservation for Orycon.

Odd dreams; one just an erotic snippet, the other something long and rambling involving leftover seafood, a maze of cubicles, LISP hackers, and seamless transitions between real and virtual reality.

Some good links, including 10 Books that Screwed Up The World.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Ikea bar stools with backrests, no arms, under $50 (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query=bar+stool+with+backrest&category=products&min_price=14&max_price=50&sorting=relevance)

Wal-Mart bar stools, some with backrests, no arms, under $50 (http://www.walmart.com/browse/Furniture/Kitchen-Dining-Furniture/Barstools-Counter-Stools/_/N-89ttZapsx?catNavId=4037&tab_value=Online&ic=59_0&ref=385985+500001&search_sort=4&selected_items=+&depts=)

Target's sorting process crashed my browser, but I think they have a few.

[saffronrose.livejournal.com]

LISP hackers! Haven't encountered any in a decade or more!