mdlbear | Done recently (20110123 Su

1023 Su
  * up 7:30; W=197.6; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  % cough starting to be "productive".  Still have some muscle aches
  * buy bagels (1doz + GF from Whole Foods), lox.  Also a new ceramic peeler
  * bagels and lox for brunch
  @ slweippert - Shiny Writer Links to distract from my lack of progress...
  * TGl:  PP&M Don't Laugh At Me  * d/l  * chord  * indent per. N's voicings
    N. likes the indentation.  ! pleased, proud
  * walk:  to Rose Garden and back
    Short because although it's a lovely day, I wasn't feeling up to more.
    % breathing fairly well
  @ elf: "The poor should not be reading my books."
  % helped Colleen in bathroom.  Now having trouble breathing.  Hmm.
  . TGl:  Cat Faber: Underground Rail  * format  * chord  o fully
  . TGl:  Cat Faber: Columbia  * format  * chord  o fully  o transpose
  . TGl:  Harry Chapin: Copper  * format  * chord  . re-wrap lines for fit
    http://www.azchords.com/h/harrychapin-tabs-24176/copper-tabs-220725.html
  @ filk: Common Ground
  : Chords from Ben Newman.  It _wasn't_ my imagination:  he's reusing themes
    Makes it much easier to learn.
  % Having to hold my breath while I'm eating leaves me gasping for air when
    I'm done.  This is NOT FUN.
    6:30ish:  sudafed, benadryl, neti (syringe, because pot didn't work at all)
  @ The Shawna Forde trial: Will the mainstream media bother to notice?
    @kyrielle 
  . TGl:  Ian:  The Great Divide  * format  o chord  o fully
  . TGl:  Cat Faber:  United 93  . d/l, format  o chord
  $ 15min:  HSX:  total sales receipts: $692
    * check for sales without paper receipts (one set of 3 promo copies)
  * 15min:  6 lead sheets worked on; a couple of run-throughs of WItD
  % 8:45 nose merely congested; breathing obstructed but possible.  Sorta.
  @ Dear Bell & Yellow Pages... We Have a Thing Called The Internet : TreeHugger
  @ Lynx - Wikipedia
    I hadn't realized that the bobcat is a species of lynx.
  * bath; bed ~11:30 after falling asleep in the tub

0124 Mo
  * up 6:45; W=197; drugs, teeth; coffee, C (w\ fresh ginger)
  @ Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff - So that was CES...
  @ Daily Kos: 2012 @rowanf - Obama needs to do more for the middle class
  @ naamah_darling: A couple of good links re: gender issues.
    Do you use Boy Words or Girl Words? Or the other words, but I cant
    amember them. The Ferrett's Journal - Post-Con Musings On Gender 
  @ The Ferrett's Journal - The Butterfinger Discussion: A Polyamory
    Question Via A Terrible Metaphor 
  * walk: ~45min - the Technology/Skyport/First/Metro loop
    % Pretty warm; only wanted my jacket for the first few minutes.  
      wearing the black Keen shoes, and no hip pain.  Breathing improved as I
      went on; the additional O2 requirement of walking appears to be good.
  % congestion starts to build up ~12-14 hours after last afrin dose.  Right.
    so most of what I'm getting is bounceback.  :( 
  @ Pegasus Publishing :: Rational Shirt (via IM frm Chaos)
  @ Charity Navigator - America's Largest Charity Evaluator | Home
  @ Malcolm Gladwell Can Explain Everything,... | Gather 
  @ High Lead Levels in Shopping Bags, Consumer... | Gather 
  & sang for N.  Wheelin', Get Up & Go, Riverheart, Eyes Like the Morning,
    Rambling Silver Rose, Toolmakers.  not a bad set, actually.  She
    called just as I was starting to noodle by way of warming my fingers up
    for Conflikt.  So...  Singing seems to be good for my nose; perhaps it
    scared the lobster off.
  * off to bed ~11:30

0125 Tu
  * up 6:40; W=197; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  " Google QOTD:  "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and
    that is my religion."  - Abraham Lincoln
  @ elf: Ebook thoughts in list format
  * E-File sales tax.
  @ Apple Aims To Take NFC Mainstream; Perhaps The Greatest Trick They've
    Ever Pulled? 
  @ xkcd: Local g LOL
  * 15min: set up (my) suitcase for loading

Sales taxes filed, six songs formatted for the Tempered Glass songbook, a little singing practice, a good chunk of code written at work, ... ok, it's been a pretty productive week. And I'm more-or-less over my cold or whatever it was, and we're heading up to Seattle for Conflikt tomorrow evening.

So why do I still feel like I'm not getting very much done?

Maybe it's just that there's so much to do. Maybe it's that I seem to need more sleep than I used to. Maybe I just miss being depressed, and haven't found something to fill the hole (or was it just a shallow depression?) with.

Maybe it's because I spent most of the weekend and the first half of this week feeling like I had a lobster clamped onto my nose. Anoxia does bad things to your brain, they say.

Best quote of the week, from iGoogle: "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion." - Abraham Lincoln

Links, as usual, under the cut. Charity Navigator is worth checking out if you want to verify the financial soundness and efficiency of an organization you're thinking of sending money too. It's not the whole story -- go to Wikipedia et. al. for info on things like political associations -- but it seems to be good information.