Done yesterday (20110731 Su)

[mdlbear]

0731 Su
  * up 6:30ish; W=200.?; drugs, nose, light
  ~ 1:30 Blaine Owensby World Financial Group -> will reschedule
  @ The Chocolate Chip Country - Short story: Starlit Rays (haikujaguar: Fun Stuff to Read!...)
  @ Alan - The debt ceiling
  : The UBF has left the building! -- heading off in a van full of
    stuff, with Og and Liz.  YD tearful, of course.
  * 15min: Verified that the Stagg mini mic stand plus the telescoping boom
    would be tall enough to use as a travel mic stand.  Cool!
  @ 100% Wind and Solar Powered Billboards Come to London, New York & Sydney
      Ricoh, a Japanese company, prides itself on being a green leader. A few
    years ago, it introduced plant-based plastic printers. 
    ! ... and I'm proud to work for them!
  * write checks
  * 15min:  attached folding cup holder to Colleen's cane (yesterday)
  * 3-mile walk by Los Gatos Creek.
  * buy: loperamide, grabber, clip-on lamp for Colleen
  * buy: (live) mousetraps (Home Depot)
  @ filkertom: Annoyed
  * Started the step.  1x12 with 2x4 legs.  Drill needs charging. 
  * Took broken setscrew out of the base of my Stagg stand.  Metric, so it'll
    take a trip to OSH to find one.  Fits nicely in Chami.  The music holder
    doesn't, but it fits in the 24" TravelPro.
  * finished the step.  Exactly as high as the platform on thr scooter.
  * ordered: Amazon.com: Stagg 3-Section Telescopic Boom Microphone Stand - black 
    only $30; may go taller than the one I have.  In any case I really like
    that one; it's light-weight and stable.
  * 15min: sorting through charities box deleting paid and duplicates
  * bath.
  : nova's running 3% ~= 27W

A good day. A 3-mile walk, lots of productive puttering, and the UBF and almost all of his stuff have been delivered to his home in Simi Valley. (The YD is upset about the latter, of course, but there's nothing we can do about a protective order.) The house feels a lot better now.

On the gripping hand, my right shoulder and neck muscles continue to hurt, despite naproxen, methocarbamol, ethanol, heating pad, and switching shoulders on my shoulder bag. :(

The main puttering accomplishment was finally making a 4"-high step to help Colleen get into the van. Basically just a 18" piece of 1x12 sitting on a couple of 2x4's and held together with deck screws. It turns out that it's exactly as high as her scooter deck.

I determined that my Stagg mic stand fits in Chami when completely folded. This required vice grips to take the broken setscrew out of the base; I'll have to go to OSH sometime soon to find a replacement. Looks like about a 5mm, just to keep things interesting. The music stand attachment doesn't quite fit in Chami, but does fit in the TravelPro suitcase. But I can haz traveling mic stand!

Now all I need to do is finish getting satisfactory scratch tracks...

I am feeling cautiously optimistic. Good drugs? Finally getting off my tail on a number of different projects? Don't know, but hopefully I can keep a little momentum going.

As for links, I'd like to point out Ricoh's 100% Wind and Solar Powered Billboards Come to London, New York & Sydney. It feels good to know that the company I work for actually gives a damn about the planet and its people.

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[patoadam]

Glad you like my debt post.