Done last week (20150208 Su - 14 Sa)

[mdlbear]

I have been a Productive Bear this week, mostly in the garage, though I also wrote and posted a poem. (The first version was typed into the comment box on LJ, which may not be the best way to work, but whatever gets words onto silicon is ok.)

I also dealt with repair people -- we now have a functioning washer, scooter, and lift chairs.

Wednesday I read the recently-republished "Vanishing Act" in Lapham’s Quarterly, and so encountered The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett. I finished it yesterday. Simply amazing. A brilliant fantasy, written by a nine-year-old girl, that... I don't know. Just go read it.

I also had to deal with a fair amount of pain, especially in the evening. No fun. And Tuesday the stream of bad news and idiocy on Facebook got to me, to the point where I wrote "I am too cynical and depressed to continue reading facebook tonight.". Bah! There are better things:

Yesterday was, of course, Valentine's Day; I spent most of the day in the Rainbow Room with Colleen listening to music, and made a most excellent dinner consisting of lobster tails, beef Wellington, crab-stuffed mushrooms, and asparagus. All for roughly the price of a rather cheap dinner out. I'm not complaining.

Links in the notes, of course.

0208 Su
  * up 6:50; W=214.4; shower, laundry (including filter-cleaning.  Twice.), dishes
  ~ broken image links for CC logos in lyrics. -> PrivacyBadger blocking the links.
  @ Vaccination: Just Do It · Deirdre Saoirse Moen
  : The washer definitely has a clogged drain.  Grump.
  * 15min:  a very productive hour or two in the garage.  Took out much cardboard, and
    found the base to the Dell monitor.  Brought that up; found a plastic bin full of toys
    and three boxes of fabric.  Emptied the plastic bin labeled Junk, mostly by
    redistributing the remaining contents.
    % Dead tired, though.
  * QFC run for dinner, and a couple of things for N.
  * More garage puttering
  * a little work in /Songs
    cf comments in mdlbear | Done this month (20150201 Su - 07 Sa)
  * steve.savitzky.net/Songs/Index.html now uses server-side includes instead of the old
    template system.  Now under git control, except for generated and audio files.

0209 Mo
  * Up 7:30; W=214.2; 
  @ Complete Transcript Of Bob Dylan's MusicCares Speech - 'These songs didn't come out
    of thin air' f(Tom Tuerff)
  * Bad drain pump.  Again.  When I mentioned that I'd found paperclips in the drain
    filter the repair guy said that was probably it.
  @ Only two states — Mississippi and West Virginia — allow no exemptions beyond those
    for medical reasons. Those states also have exceptionally high vaccination rates — for
    measles, 99 percent of Mississippi kindergarteners are fully immunized, as are 96
    percent of West Virginia kindergartners — and neither state has had a case of measles
    in more than 20 years. 
  : The keyboard on my work laptop is pure crap.  Which is why I'm using a thinkpad
    keyboard there.
  & Finally connected Chrome on cygnus with my google account, because I want to be able
    to move the profile if cygnus dies suddenly.
  @ What Would Happen To Earth If All Humans Disappeared? | IFLScience (ysabetwordsmith) 
    AFTERMATH Population Zero Full - YouTube f(Elizabeth Barrette)
  * Did a load of dishes after dinner; not a clean plate to be had, so it was past time.
    (Giselle was out sick, so they hadn't gotten done)

0210 Tu
  * up 6:35; W=213.4
  @ Professor Supports Parkinson's Research Through Song | UANews Mel Tatum
  @ Some MBA Students May Have Just Made the Greatest Feminist Anthem of Our Time (ysabetwordsmith) 
  @ Anthem's Data Breach: Now A Lifelong Cluster**** for 80 Million Americans
  % pain+frustration+maybe not enough to eat = depression or a good facsimile
  % I had to wash a plate and fork because I couldn't bend down to get clean ones out of
    the dishwasher.  Facebook is depressing all by itself.  I should go to bed.

0211 We
  * up 6:40; W=213.4; dishes... dishes
  & called JimmyZ -- we're on the list for Friday.
    -> tomorrow, 5-7
  @ The House Without Windows (includes downloadable ebooks)
    Farksolia — Barbara Newhall Follett's home on the web (by her nephew)
  & opened a can of worms at work.  Turns out the design wasn't anywhere near as done
    as I expected.  

0212 Th
  * up 6:35; ;
  * 4pm leave work no later than.
  * 5-7 Jimmy Z for washer drain pump install.
  * dishes, laundry
  % 9:30 sleepy

0213 Fr
  * up 6:35; W=213.4; 
  * order drugs
  * pay bills - amex, navient, viewtech.  Went through piles.  Two more due after 0220
  * paid amex gold balance; conflikt and sasquan mostly
  * 10am Jim Hale (Spinlife) Everything works now.
  : Two of my other coworkers also have HP laptops, and we were all griping about the
    lousy keyboards.  I like my Thinkpad and Ubicomp keyboards, thanks.
  " f(Julia Ecklar) I remember being told once, "If you believe in evolution, that means
    you think people are animals, that we don't have souls.". I said, "No, it means I
    believe people are animals, and that everything has a soul."
  @ Raising Children Without Religion May Be A Better Alternative, Suggests New Research
    | Bustle How secular family values stack up - LA Times
  @ Ruby Refreshed - The Complete Series (Download the
    first and coolest cyberpunk radio drama - Boing Boing)

0214 Sa Valentine's Day
  * some cuddle in the morning.  Also some Curio-cuddle
  * up 7ish; ; Shower, laundry
  @ Poem: Round Dance, 2138
  * Metro run for dinner - lobster tails, beef Wellington, crab-stuffed mushrooms, and
    asparagus.  Also gin, ginger, jam, and marmalade
  * Put up three 8' boards across the beams in the garage.  Put up most of the 8' lumber
    from inside.  
    % 3:30 tired but productive.  I'll take it.  Now I'm going to the RR to listen to
      music with Colleen.  
  & Found the Animusic DVD in the Avalon Is Risen case.  Restored both to their rightful
    places.  Still some misplaced CDs and at least one empty box.  :P
  * Dinner.  Yum.  Candles, on the dinner table.
  * Finished The House Without Windows Extraordinary. 

Comments

[amaebi]

May the creation outweigh the pain, week by week.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!