Done last week (20140817 Su - 23 Sa)

[mdlbear]

Another rough week. But I put out three posts with actual content -- one informative (The Justin Case file), one River post (Empathy) and one demifiction (Introducing the Melody/Rose 'verse). So I should be feeling accomplished. I'm not, particularly.

Mostly what I'm feeling is broke, and worried about money. The house in San Jose still hasn't sold, so I'm carrying two mortgages as well as a horrendous amount of other debt. Not good.

Links below, many of them depressing.

0817 Su
  * up 6ish; W=213.6; shower 
  @ A Youth, an Officer and 2 Paths to a Fatal Encounter - NYTimes.com 
  @ Shooting of Michael Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  @ One sentence that explains why local police don’t need military weapons - Vox 
    Mother Jones' Kevin Drum puts it simply:
    "We've spent the past two decades militarizing our police forces to respond to
     problems that never materialized." +Jim Dennis
  @ Our communities are not warzones | American Civil Liberties Union 
  % got very little done today.  *sigh*
  @ posted mdlbear | The Justin Case file

0818 Mo
  * up 6:30; W=213.6
  @ Features - KeePass open source, cross platform password vault
  @ firecat | linkspammity spam
  @ The anti-Facebook: one in four American neighborhoods are now using this private
    social network | The Verge 
    Nextdoor: Join the free private social network for your neighborhood

0819 Tu
  * up 5:40ish; W=213.0; 
  @ Church, Here’s Why People Are Leaving You. Part 1 | john pavlovitz 
  * WFH
  ~ 2pm Colleen dentist -> rescheduled
  @ MoonScape - Jesus Wept (catsittingstill | Well said.. )
  @ The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Game of Rat and Dragon, by Cordwainer Smith
  @ Interplanetary Transport Network - Wikipedia dive starting at L2

0820 We
  * up 6:10; W=213.0
  @ Novena laptop (Lessons from the Novena laptop project [LWN.net]) 
  * Humira

0821 Th
  * up 6:15; W=213.0
  * Made pasta with red sauce for dinner.  Maybe overdid it a little.

0822 Fr
  * up 5:56;;
  @ Why I Just Quit Facebook | Jason T. | LinkedIn 
  & dinner from Orient Express:
    Honey Walnut Prawns
    OE Fried Rice
    Beef Chow Mein
    Chicken Fried Rice
    Ginger Scallion Beef
    Salt & Pepper Tofu
    Eggplant in Garlic Sauce
  * River: mdlbear | Empathy

0823 Sa
  * up 7:15; W=213.0
  * 9:30 (maybe 9:15?) wake Colleen.
  * 11ish - 2:30ish st/roll down to Pike Place Market; lunch at Cutters (not all that
    good); one scary bit when the scooter blew its breaker on the Pine Street hill.  But
    apart from that, a really nice outing.
  @ Pets look like their owners: Dogs and their people have similar eyes. Weird.
  @ Matthew Yglesias on The Green Lantern Theory of Geopolitics (TPM Cafe) 
  * patched wall in downstairs laundry room so that the area will be kitten-safe.
  @ Hangover polar bear: One Way to Bypass ISP DNS Interception on Linux 
  @ Hangover polar bear: n2n: Simple VPN on Debian Wheezy 
  * Posted the first Melody/Rose universe demifiction.
  @ mdlbear | Introducing the Melody/Rose 'verse

Comments

[amaebi]

Wow. How could I have neglected to say what substantial achievements those writings are? They are! Congratulations!

[mdlbear]

Many thanks!

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

*useless handpat*

Toward a better week to come.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!