Done recently (20110201 We - 02 Th)

[mdlbear]

The last two days have been pretty good, actually. I walked seven miles, and finished one of the three tech reports that have to be written this month.

The walking was kind of stupid, of course. I got back to the office after a nice, three-mile walk, and discovered that both my keys and my phone were missing. So I backtracked (after checking around my desk and the car), and found them right where expected to: in the middle of the sidewalk where I'd taken my jacket off. Hell of an excuse, but at least I was in decent shape for walking, for the first time in a week.

The phone, of course, was on my nightstand. I had apparently forgotten to plug the charging cable in, but... (When I plug the charging cable in, I loop it across the front of the nightstand so that when I open the drawer for my underwear, I can't help noticing it. One of my little semi-automatic reminders that usually works. But sometimes not.)

Let's see... Wednesday I stopped at Ross on my way home from group, and found a 25" Samsonite suitcase. It's something I'd been looking for ever since Colleen's paisley monster croaked and I gave her my old one. This one is black, butt-ugly, and not as shiny as the newer ones, but has a loop for carrying a second suitcase, which was something I was looking for specifically.

Yesterday evening, I made pretty good progress updating the Steve.Savitzky.net and LookingglassFolk.com websites after our concert at Conflikt 2012. Still need the audio, of course.

Quite a few good links in the notes, though most of them are "good" in the sense of infuriating, rather than informative or amusing. Stuff like 6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy and One Town's War on Gay Teens (TRIGGER WARNING!), both via Kee Hinkley on G+.

0201 We
  * up 6:40; W=190.6; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, laundry, light, exercise
  @ filkertom | The Pink Badge Of Cowardice
  * refill citalopram Rx
  @ peoppenheimer | The Second Bill of Rights (ysabetwordsmith, IIRC)
  * mail kat's book
  * walk: 2 mi (to DeAnza Blvd)
  * Avoid Avoiding
  * bought vitamins at CVS (2-for-1 sale); 25" black Samsonite suitcase at
    Ross.  Only a couple of pounds heavier than the 23" Travelpro.  Ugly,
    though. 
  @ slacktivist » The prefix ‘pro-’ was nounced dead Tuesday …
    (catsittingstill | The Susan G. Komen Foundation is no longer racing for the cure)
  @ Occasional kvetch - What First Amendment?
    The Mad Filkentist - Pennsylvania legislators spit on First Amendment
  * post summary for the week (Wrap-up Wednesday).  
  * PSA:  henceforth BCC will be used _only_ to shuffle email between my own
    accounts; CC and "reply to all" will be viewed with suspicion and used
    with extreme caution.  Carefully-wrapped forwarding will be used rather
    than adding a recipient.  CC:  Considered Confusing.
  @ Neil Young is right — piracy is the new radio 

0202 Th
  * up 6:40; W=191.6; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes
  @ Robot Musicians Tom Digby.  Wonderfully weird.
  * 15min: put 60W power brick back on nova, since it's insufficient for CPAP.
  * walk:  5mi.  To Radio Shack, then back to DeAnza blvd to retrieve
    keys (which were exactly where I figured, in the middle of the
    sidewalk at the point where I took off my jacket. :P ) 
  % phone missing; suspect it's at home.  Hope I didn't wash it.  Office phone
    very low on juice, having been forgotten in my computer bag all week.
  % 2pm somewhat sleepy
  @ Partimus - We Share
    free linux-based computers for schools
  @ Emotionally Dumb: An Overview of Alexithymia
  @ How the ECDSA algorithm works (LWN)
  " (17:15:20) ***me has finished one of the three technical reports I'm
    working on, and is very reluctant to start working on the second this late
    in the day.
  * The phone was, indeed, on my nightstand.  But not on the charger.  :P
  @ 6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood
    Controversy | | AlterNet +Kee Hinkley
  @ One Town's War on Gay Teens | Politics News | Rolling Stone +Kee Hinkley
  * now listening to the CDs from Conflikt:  Brunch CD, Queen of Spindles (now
    on); next up is Live At Duckon.
  * rip the Talis CDs
  * pay bills
  * update s.s.net, LgF.  Add concert directory even if no audio yet.  

Comments

[netolu.livejournal.com]

Keys, phone, multitool etc always get arranged on a small table for that purpose. That way I know I have everything when the table is clear.

[mdlbear]

Makes sense. I keep such things in my pants pockets overnight unless I plan on washing the pants or charging the phone. (Keys live in an elastic-mesh pocket on the strap of my shoulder-bag, which also holds my wallet/ID/etc.)