Done this week (20140810 Su - 16 Sa)

[mdlbear]

We got a little rain this last week -- nice. I also Got Stuff Done, for certain values of stuff -- put up some 1x2 battens to hold up the bamboo screen around the deck, and paid some long-overdue bills. And made dinner on Monday. But as usual not nearly enough.

We have an(other) offer on the Starport; we'll see whether this one sticks.

On the down side, Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall died. The former set off the predictable post-celebrity-suicide followup; both good and bad. Mostly good, as in advice for both the survivors (no, it's not selfish) and the depressed (see particularly Boggle-the-owl's post, I don't like the phrase "a cry for help"...). Here, have a stick.

The Shooting of Michael Brown by a cop last Saturday also had the predictable fallout, and triggered an acute case of deja vu. I've seen it before, in the '60s (civil rights protests) and '70s (Vietnam War protests). Back then we called them "Police riots". I am not feeling very optimistic right now.

Links in the notes.

0810 Su
  * up 6:30ish; W=215.4; shower
  * 1x2 battens to hold up deck screen.
  @ Tools - Handibot WAAAAAANT!  f(Jim Wright)
    Also ShopBotTools CNC Routers - even the small one is 24"x18"

0811 Mo
  % awake 2ish - 4ish
  * up 7am; W=214.6
  * made chicken tikka masala for dinner
  : Robin Williams is dead, of apparent suicide.  
  : Thunder!  With luck it will rain.

0812 Tu
  & awake briefly 3ish
  * up 6:30ish; ; alarm flaky again
  : raining.  Yay!
  @ Embarrassment Squick - Fanlore -- another of those "OMG there's a name for it!"
    moments.  
  @ ysabetwordsmith - Poem: "The Best Government Money Can Buy"
  @ It occurs to me that if I ever have to make a web form that asks "number of
    children", I should put a checkbox next to it labeled "it's complicated".
  : Lauren Bacall is dead.  Robin Williams is _still_ dead.  A lot of suckage this week.


0813 We
  * up 6:05; W=215.6
  * The weekend's Amazon orders arrived; installed Colleen's tablet holder.  
    (LAZY MAN Flexible Desk Table 360 Degrees 360 Rotating Desktop Stand Lazy Bed Tablet
    pad Holder Mount)
  @ Making Wrong Code Look Wrong - Joel on Software
  @ Fields Medal mathematics prize won by woman for first time in its history.com 
  @ There's Nothing Selfish About Suicide | Katie Hurley 
  @ Robin Williams's death: a reminder that suicide and depression are not selfish 

0814 Th
  * up 5:5; W=215.6; dishes
  @ mossmann's blog: The NSA Playset (LWN)
  * We have an offer!  620K.  Now we see whether they back out like the last bunch.
  * Thankful Thursday
  * Pay bills

0815 Fr
  * up 4:45; W=215.6; seriously underslept
  % a bit of reading and cat-cuddles before getting dressed and having coffee.
  @ osewalrus: Ferguson and the Power of the Self-Narrative
  * 9am end-of-sprint demo
  @ I Quit Liking Things On Facebook for Two Weeks. Here’s How It Changed My View of
    Humanity — Medium Not to mention her view of FB.
  @ Washington Police: 'We Have To Respond With Smartphones Almost As Fast As We Respond
    With Guns' | Techdirt 
  @ Police as Occupiers and Agents of Violence: Reflections on the Death of Mike
    Brown 
  % threw up after dinner.  The old problem of mucus and gas -- thought I'd beaten that.
    And we're out of simethecone again.
  * Mailed check to plumber; emailed note to architects.  Talked finances with N and G.
  * hurting; took methocarbamol

0816 Sa
  * up 9am; W=213.6; shower
  : Debian is old enough to drink today.
    Bits from Debian - Debian turns 21!
  @ The Greatest Fake Religion of All Time Hail Eris!
  % drifting.  Possibly an after-effect of not having slept well all week.
  * buy:  simethecone, nitrile gloves, kosher salt, coffee
    -> went out with Colleen; drove up 99 to Joanne's, and bought the stuff at the Safeway
       next door.  On the way back I thanked her for getting me out of the house.
  @ Boggle! - I don't like the phrase "a cry for help"... 

Comments

[capplor.livejournal.com]

I (Robin) was wondering if the closer analogy might be the Watts riots, but that fell in the period where I was too young to know and too old to have it listed as history, so I don't know much.

[mdlbear]

I don't really remember, but Wikipedia has an article that suggests it was more of an ordinary riot than a police riot. There may, however, have been aspects of both.

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

"Embarassment Squick" has on occasion lead to me leaving a theater to enjoy the lobby for the rest of the film. It constantly annoys me that folks find this funny.

[mdlbear]

Me, too. One of the reasons I generally prefer to watch DVDs at home these days -- I can leave the room, turn it off, or skip parts.