Done yesterday (20101128 Su)

[mdlbear]

1128 Su
  & awake 7:30; snuggle
  * up 8:00; W=193.8; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, eyes, dishes
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  @ List of English words of Sanskrit origin via Namaste via cflute 
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  * wiping Dorsai's disk finished; partitioned.
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  * walk: to Naglee and back; ~:30 (1.6mi according to google maps)
  * pick up Bruce Martz at BART in Fremont
  * 4:50 YD returns flt 1611
  : phone conversations with Al, Mom
  * rice with garbanzo beans to go with the chili Kat made.
  & staying the hell out of the living room, between YD and TV.
  % why do people (well, ok, the YD) get irate when I ask questions?  Or try
    to tell them something?
  * install Squeeze beta 1 on Dorsai
  @ Rights of Writers: Can I Say That My Story Was Not Previously Published?
    via inkygirl
  * take out garbage, since YD is still gimpy from her sprained ankle
  * dorsai minimal setup:  emacs, IP address, ssh host key, authorized_keys
    for root.

I took a walk! It was only about half an hour, after which I had to spend the rest of the afternoon playing cab-driver, collecting Eileen's dad at the Fremont BART station, then the YD at the airport. But I did get a walk in. Finally.

I also did a clean install of Debian Squeeze (testing) on Dorsai, my old desktop machine. Did the minimum necessary to give it its old identity back, then turned it off because I don't actually need it right now.

Why does the YD, and to a lesser extent Colleen, keep getting upset every time I try to tell her something? "Stop lecturing me!" when all I was saying was, "Next time tell me you're in the arrival area instead of saying you're next to the Southwest departure sign." And again trying to straigten out her stupid prepaid debit cards. I don't read minds, remember? And I may have a real reason for wanting an unambiguous yes/no answer to a simple question, even when you think you already said that as a non-answer to some other question. Baffled bear.

*sighs*

Comments

[aerowolf.livejournal.com]

"Hey, next time, would you please tell me you're in the arrival area instead of departure?"

Or words to that effect. It takes the sting out of the request, rather than coming across as being a command or demand.

And no, I'm not good at it either. but I'm working on it.