Done this week (20130112 Sa - 18 Fr)

[mdlbear]

So... another week. Busy. Our DVD collection fits into half of a tower. Very few of the CDs are out, but that's ok; most of them have been ripped. Of course, I haven't made the collection easily accessible yet, so that's a problem.

Things seem to be falling through the cracks a lot more often than I'd like, and I often feel pretty close to the edge. The edge of exactly what, I couldn't say. My sanity? Something like that. Do Not Like.

Colleen had her gastroenterology appointment on Wednesday; apparently UW has one of the best people in the country for Crohn's Disease. We'd heard that, it was one of the considerations in moving up here. And there's an assistance program that reduces her Humira cost to $5/month -- major win, since our insurance only covers 50% of its astronomical cost.

Some good links. Nadia Heninger Is Watching You (computer security) -- What makes this cool is that she's the daughter of an old friend and former coworker, Andy Heninger. The Wordsmith's Forge - Discussion: An Army of One, Autism in SF My Mom Was An Underground Railroad For Abused Women: What She Taught Me About Feminism And Fear | xoJane. The Tiny Transforming Apartment That Packs Eight Rooms into 420 Square Feet Still pretty cramped, but some cool ideas. The Goliath telescoping dining table is impressive. Want.

0112 Sa
  * up 8:10; W=202.8, BP=131/75, P=51; d, n, t, l; exercise, dishes, light
  @ Nadia Heninger Is Watching You | TechCrunch What makes this cool is
    that she's the daughter of an old friend and former coworker, Andy Heninger.
  * Looked at houses with N, C, and E.  The first, in W. Seattle, was huge and
    lovely.  Maybe a little too good -- the price would be a bit of a stretch.
  @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Discussion: An Army of One, Autism in SF 
  * 15min:  put two moving boxes of DVDs into half of the tower
  * Chinese (Yu Shan)  206-548-4626 
    beef fried rice, honey walnut prawns, orange beef, chicken chow mein,
    Ma Po tofu, Hot & sour soup, won ton soup
  : I apparently failed to pay my SW credit card bill.  Gleep!  Things are
    falling though the cracks more often than I'd like -- I need to do some
    *serious* cleaning/organizing/sorting on the paper piles.

0113 Su
  * up 8:15; W=202.8, BP=126/78, P=59; d, n, l; exercise, shower, dishes, light
  @ Expert witness describes Aaron Swartz's "crimes" - Boing Boing 
  * long explore (99S, W. Seattle, 4th and Madison, etc.)
  * grocery shopping:  QFC
  ! I feel *really* close to the edge, for some reason.  Stress?  It's triggered
    by being told I have to get up and do something, but I don't think it's
    simple laziness (simple though that would be as an explanation).  I just
    kept thinking "make it stop" without any real idea what "it" was.  I really
    felt like I needed to sit down and have a drink, and I couldn't until later.
  * chili for dinner, with rice and a salad.  It was Colleen's idea, though I
    don't think either she or the YD liked it all that much.
  * 19:44 BP=129/69, P=70
  % 8:21 sleepy.  Hope I'm not coming down with something.  Last thing I need.
  * bed 9:30ish.

0114 Mo
  * up 6:15; W=203.2, BP=121/84, P=52; d, n, l; dishes, light
  * actually remembered to go to the 10th floor.  OTOH, forgot my phone and had
    to go back for it from the bus stop.
  * walk:  4th, 3rd and Pike.
  * Naomi's birthday dinner party
  @ PirateBox by David Darts
  * Thinking about buying land and building a house.

0115 Tu
  * up 6:20; W=202.4, BP=126/85, P=57; d, n, l; dishes, light
  @ Why Temporary Work Is Worth It - Forbes 
  * Walk:  4th, 3rd and Pine; Westgate Center
  = stairlift - needs at least 28"; 30 would be better.  An inclined platform
    lift might work.  The scooter is ~25" wide.  Expensive, though.

0116 We
  * up 6:20; W=202.4, BP=127/81, P=57; d, n, t, l; shower, dishes
  @ What if Microsoft exited the search business? | The Daily Caller 
  @ "Aaron's Law" introduced, would change computer law so violating Terms of
    Service isn't a felony - Boing Boing 
  @ Heather Dale - One of Us (Fast Version) - YouTube
  @ 10 signs you love your job (LinkedIn)
    * you'd do it even if you weren't getting paid for it
  @ Orbiting Filk Recording Studio by unclechristo 
  * Staying home today for doctors' appointments; me in the morning and Colleen
    in the afternoon, at opposite ends of town.  Should probably have taken my
    laptop home to do a little work, but didn't think of it. 
  * 9:30 expect call from (mortgage broker) John Verhayden
  * 10:30 Anita Brown LCSW at Shoreline Clinic re: depression, etc.
    The have something called BHIP - behavior health integration program.
  * 2pm Colleen's GE appointment - UW digestive disease center, surgery
    pavilion, 3rd floor.  Down 15th Ave, L. on Pacific. Going straight down 15th
    doesn't work, despite going home that way.
    -> prescriptions for azathioprine and Humira -- we get a card from the
       H. assistance program that brings it down to a $5 co-pay (from $900)
    -> very encouraging -- Colleen's new GE is one of the top in the field.
  @ Body Impolitic - Blog Archive - » Reflections on Caring, or Things to Think
    About Along the Freeway - Laurie Toby Edison: Photographer 
  * 20:30 BP=126/62, P=73
  * 21:49 sleepy
  * 10:15ish:  bed.

0117 Th
  * up 8am; W=201.4; d, n, l;
    overslept very badly.  Do Not Like.
  * Moderately productive at work:  ran down a couple of bugs in the course of
    writing functional tests for $service
  & great conversation with a coworker who has a side-business making iPad stands
    @ Floor Stand for iPad - SwingHolder
  @ Why I Might Ditch My IPhone for an Android - Businessweek 
  @ My Mom Was An Underground Railroad For Abused Women: What She Taught Me
    About Feminism And Fear | xoJane 
  * 22:00 BP=124/70 P=66
  @ WhiteHouse (The White House) (LWN)
    I think it's cool that the White House has a homepage on github 
  @ The Linux digital audio workstation - Part 1 [LWN.net] 
    The Linux digital audio workstation - Part 2 [LWN.net]

0118 Fr
  * up 5:30; W=202.2, BP=143/71, P=59; d, n, l; dishes, light
  * a little noodling
  @ Packaged HTML5 Apps: Are we emulating failure? | groovecoder 
  @ Software Wars | Indiegogo
  @ The Tiny Transforming Apartment That Packs Eight Rooms into 420 Square
    Feet Still pretty cramped, but some cool ideas.  The Goliath telescoping dining table is impressive.
  * walk:  4th, 3rd and Pike.
  * bought an AT+T cellular house phone.
  * pick up Colleen's prescriptions at Walgreen's -> still waiting on Humira
  * over to N's with YD for box-moving -> Mission accomplished
    Cleared a ~4' path, just by moving essentially one row of boxes.  Tracked
    down a couple of Colleen's gluten-free cookbooks.