mdlbear | Done yesterday (20110212 Sa) (Reply)

0212 Sa
  * up 7:50; W=197.6; drugs, nose; dishes
  @ Shelf-Pod by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio via technoshaman
    Microsoft is the plague: Nokia stock drops 14% as 1,000 employees walk out 
  @ Bernal Sphere Space Settlement via technoshaman
  @ Intel kept in the dark over Nokias MeeGo plans; operators reject first device
  * ordered 2 of ebonypearl's books from Lulu (also a download of Death and Dying)
  * set up Silverlode for x2vnc (requires ethernet connection ATM)
  * email Kat's tax return to her (from MacLappy)
  * REI after taking YD to see Ash.  Pair of lovely Keen "howser" slippers.
    Size 10.5 (Euro 44), a good fit without socks.
  * BB&B with Colleen.
  ! seriously depressed, as well as angry.  At least I can identify the
    depression now.
  * * simethicone  * aspirin  * potassium for the con med kit.
  * Walgreen's:  sudafed and pantsu
  : Ran into Marty and David in the checkout line.
  @ elf: Subverting the other side -- 3-part series "Turning Pirates Into 
    Customers" part 1  part 2  part 3
    " The question authors should be asking is not, does DRM prevent (some)
      piracy? because they dont need to prevent piracy. They need to gain
      sales, so they should be asking, does DRM prevent more lost sales
      through piracy than it prevents purchases through inconvenience? Many
      former customers have said theyll never buy DRMd ebooks again 
      several of those were active buyers, early adopters in a position to
      encourage their friends to try ebooks. 
    "
  @ A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Ebook Pricing
  & bought a bunch of tulips for Colleen; chicken for dinner; eggs, cottage
    cheese for later.  Defrosted a slab of bacon.  
  * roasted cauliflower (with lemon, capers, garlic, pepper); chicken thighs
    sauteed in butter with pepper.  Salad (a head of butter lettuce).
  @ Borders Nearing Bankruptcy Filing - WSJ.com 
  * bath 10:30; bed 11:30

Kind of a rough day. Maybe the best thing that can be said for it, psychologically, was that I recognized the depression rather quickly. That's a real improvement in my self-awareness.

Not that it helps a whole lot.

Retail therapy didn't help all that much, either, though I did get a nice pair of Keen slippers from REI's clearance rack. And Colleen really appreciated the bunch of tulips I got her at Safeway, along with the chicken, eggs, and cottage cheese. Dinner included a really yummy roasted cauliflower dish from Not Your Mother's Casseroles.

Realized with regret that I don't seem to have any local friends I'm close enough to that I'm can be comfortable talking to about what's been going on. I'm getting a lot better at making casual friends and acquaintances, but close friends is another matter and much more mysterious. Is a puzzlement. And a problem.

Links include elf's 3-part series on "Turning Pirates Into Customers".