Done yesterday (20111004 Tu)

[mdlbear]

So... a pretty good day. Ok, a good day -- it doesn't need the qualifier. It started with a Hawaiian word: 'ohana, which means "family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional." I like it. Thanks, Callie!

I took a walk, going West on McClellan for a change, which quickly took me into the quiet residential area of Monta Vista. It's quiet enough that I'll be able to make phone calls (if I can ever get back into that habit).

I work with cool people. $BOSS sent me a link in email with the subject "best WolframAlpha answer ever".

And best of all, I put in this prompt on ysabetwordsmith's poetry fishbowl, and got the poem "Afterlove". Ame liked it, too. I think that's my first-ever poetry prompt (unless I'm just being a forgetful old bear), so it's kinda special.

A few other links in the

1004 Tu
  * up 7:30; W=199.8; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, exercise, light
  @ 'ohana (via Callie)
    'Ohana means family, family means no-one gets left behind or forgotten'
      Part of Hawaiian culture, ʻohana means family in an extended sense of
    the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes
    that family are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one 
    another.  
    Important Hawaiian Beliefs and Values
  @ Why Did Solyndra Fail So Spectacularly? | TechCrunch 
  * walk:  ~2mi through Monta Vista.
    going E. on McClellan gets to quiet residential streets.
    ! pleased.  Now I know where to go to make phone calls.
  @ best WolframAlpha answer ever (email from $BOSS)
    ! happy.  I work with cool people.
  @ Live Below The Line (Naomi)
  & long IM conversation with N. about changing the way I interact with my
    family.  Difficult.  I need to talk with the YD more.
  * make dinner - Colleen wants fish
    Found a .9lb salmon filet at Lucky on the way home.  Pan-fried, which
    made for excellent crispy skin that I had all to myself
  x 10pm: pick up YD at DeVry
  @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Poem: "Afterlove" inspired by
    my prompt, and sponsored by me.
    ! thrilled?  I think this is the first time I've prompted a poem.
  | 11:53 head for bed.  Very sleepy.
  * take laundry out of drier

Comments

[dejla.livejournal.com]

That is a really good word. I like it.

[andyheninger.livejournal.com]

I took a walk, going West on McClellan for a change, which quickly took me into the quiet residential area of Monta Vista. It's quiet enough that I'll be able to make phone calls (if I can ever get back into that habit).

The trails along Stevens Creek (the creek, not the road) starting at McClellan Ranch Park are very nice too. Go west on McClellan past Monta Vista high school, around the corner to the left and down the little hill to the creek. It's just under a mile from Bubb Road to the park entrance.

[mdlbear]

Thanks. I almost got there yesterday, but turned back because it started raining.