Done Since 2020-08-02

[mdlbear]

Considering that last week included Ame's 30th birthday and the 75^th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (marked by re-reading John Hersey's book), I'd have to say that it wasn't nearly as bad a week as it could have been. Leaving me free to worry about Colleen's ongoing health problems and the US's ongoing descent into tyranny. We may have a handle on solving the first of those. I'm rapidly losing hope about the second. I don't think I've worried much about the Earth's ongoing climate changes all week. So there's that.

This is not the future I ordered. How do I send it back and get a replacement? Alternatively, I'd really like to wake up now.

I spent most of yesterday working on improved documentation for FlkTex. That will hopefully result in a couple of posts some time in the near future.

The links about Ame and Hiroshima should probably be approached with caution; there's a fair amount of quoting for context.

Notes & links:

0802Su  * litter boxen
  * Up 5:15ish; S=6:19, W=193;
  * ordered bed trapeze from $A.  If rental had been $5/month I'd have gone for that, but
    Medicare won't pay for it, and at $25/month it'll pay for itself in <5 months.
  @ Debate begins for who's first in line for COVID-19 vaccine
    " The CDC’s opening suggestion: First vaccinate 12 million of the most critical
      health, national security and other essential workers. Next would be 110 million
      people at high risk from the coronavirus -- those over 65 who live in long-term care
      facilities, or those of any age who are in poor health -- or who also are deemed
      essential workers. The general population would come later. "
    We'll see how that goes, won't we?  Colleen would qualify, certainly.
  @ Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting: NYT 
  % 2:38 - grieving.  Not so much for Ame as for America.  That the former is a prefix of
    the latter is pure coincidence... 3:30 I don't think I'm very good company right now
  : According to a mailer I just received, our neighborhood now has gigabit fiber.
    I'll believe it when they let me sign up for it.
  * reading Sirens of Mars
  % 10:30ish very sleepy.    

0803Mo
  & awake around midnight
  & awake 3ish.  C needed help getting back into bed
    % back pain -> heat
  * up 6:15; S=5:29;
  @ Has the Summit Supercomputer Cracked COVID's Code? - IEEE Spectrum
  @ Scientists Worry About Political Influence Over Coronavirus Vaccine Project - NYT
  / 9:15ish major cleanup 
  * HH nurse coming ~9am for skin care
  / count of "cleanup" (proxy for diarrhea) by year: 
    for f in 20*;do echo -n $f: `grep cleanup $f/*.done|wc -l`\; " ";done;echo
    -> 2006: 0;  2007: 0;  2008: 0;  2009: 14;  2010: 18;  2011: 27;  2012: 12;  2013: 8;
       2014: 16;  2015: 13;  2016: 17;  2017: 33;  2018: 15;  2019: 66;  2020: 130;
    "major" cleanup wasn't used much before 2019; perhaps it wasn't needed.  But...
    for f in 20*;do echo -n $f: `grep cleanup $f/*.done|grep major|wc -l`\; " ";done;echo
    -> 2006: 0;  2007: 0;  2008: 0;  2009: 2;  2010: 1;  2011: 1;  2012: 1;  2013: 0;
       2014: 0;  2015: 0;  2016: 0;  2017: 3;  2018: 2;  2019: 12;  2020: 72;
  * CPAP:  change nosepiece                                  */1
  . CPAP:  change paper filter,  o wash tub                  */{1,15}
  % 1:40 drifty.  Thinking about tomorrow's post, in progress.
  * call Whidbey Telecom -- do I really have fiber in the neighborhood?  (Doubtful)
    -> nope!  apparently there were two sets of letters - one that was supposed to go out,
       and one that wasn't.  No surprise, really.
  * 2:20 C Dr. Rochier (V) -> as I suspected, C isn't a good candidate for surgery to
    repair her hernia.  With her health as fragile as it is...
  * Singing:  Toolmakers, Stuff that Dreams are Made Of; a little noodling to see whether
    ?? (don't remember what :P ) works in D rather than C capo 2 (it doesn't, because Bm)
    When I Go,
  % I seem to have misplaced a dozen little magnets off of my fidget.  Weird.
  % meloxicam 10:38 -- back twinges

0804Tu
  & awake 2:10ish;
  * up 6:30ish; S=6:32;
  * finish 2# bag of coffee
  * Ame: 30  * s4s For Amy
    See also 2019/11/02--s4s-memorials.html https://mdlbear.dreamwidth.org/1691378.html
  * singing:  For Amy, Ship of Stone, Millennium's Dawn, The Stolen Child
    / maybe shouldn't have reminded Colleen about Ame.  I won't tell the kids.
  * apple fritters for breakfast - didn't come out as well as I'd hoped.
  * 1ish HH PT - Colleen -> exercise ball
  * Election day -- ballots must be in drop box by 8pm
  * call Mom
  % 10ish meloxicam

0805We
  * Up 6:30; S=6:53;
  / major cleanup
  * start new 2# bag of coffee.  Or maybe the -> Payless coffee, since it isn't airtight
  % moderate (4ish) back pain; applying heat
  * push chordpro changes in MakeStuff; update github and gitlab remotes
  / cleanup; bed bath (V)
  / C did some bed exercises; I don't remember all of the ball exercises except for
    rolling it forward and back; will have to take notes next time C' comes.
  * Walk: to Middle and back.  Not very exciting.
  % pain on the right side of my neck again.  Growf.  _possibly_ from having the laptop
    table in the bedroom on the left side of the chair; we'll see if centering it helps.
  % C watching TV is going to mean more time in the bedroom and (hopefully) music room.
    Should get a chair for in there.  Or haul in the grey one from the LR.
  % working on Ame's s4s and birthday posts seems to have been pretty effective therapy.
    Which isn't really surprising.  Guess what's surprising is how effective it
    was.  Unlikely to work for my other problems, though.  Unfortunately.
  / semi-major cleanup at bedtime
  / 1:14 minor cleanup (minor except that I had to get up to do it)
  % worried.  Is she getting weaker?  Can I get to sleep?  (not sure I ever did)

0806Th  Hiroshima - 75 years ago  * litter boxen  LR,BR changed
  * up 6:38; W=193.2, S=6:41; shower
  % neck pain -> heat.  May need a muscle relaxant
  @ 'See you in court': ACLU files nearly 400 cases versus Trump
  @ The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus - The New York Times
  @ The Enola Gay and the secret history behind the Hiroshima mission - Wash. Post
    Hiroshima anniversary: 75 years on, nuclear testing killed untold thousands
  @ Writer John Hersey exposed U.S. lies about Hiroshima’s human suffering in New Yorker
    - The Washington Post I read this, in book form, over 50 years ago
    
    Hiroshima (book) - Wikipedia
  @ Hiroshima | By John Hersey August 24, 1946 | The New Yorker
    Hiroshima: Hersey, John:  Amazon.com: Books
  @ Cranes Over Hiroshima - YouTube  % tears listening to that
  @ Opinion | We’ve Hit a Pandemic Wall - The New York Times
    " “People often think of trauma as a discrete event — a fire, getting mugged,” said
      Daphne de Marneffe, [...]. “But what it’s really about is helplessness, about being
      on the receiving end of forces you can’t control. Which is what we have now. It’s
      like we’re in an endless car ride with a drunk at the wheel. No one knows when the
      pain will stop.” "
    % I think I'm actually in slightly better shape mentally than I was a few weeks ago.
      For what that's worth.
  / 10:30 major cleanup
  @ Amethyst Rose: Memorial Postings - 1995/8/5 - But not yet quite forgotten...
    " the veils between the worlds are wearing thin. [...] Five minutes ago, more or
      less, he puts his copy of Yeats' poem _The Stolen Child_ back on the shelf.
      Fifty years ago, a single bomber takes off for Hiroshima; it will arrive the
      following morning about this time.  Five years, one day, and about six hours
      ago a baby is stillborn, killed several days before by the effects of
      untreated high blood pressure in her mother.  It will be a few days before her
      father sets the Yeats poem to music.  Five years later, yesterday, he only
      remembers once or twice that it was August 4th. "
    # My collected postings leave off in 2011.  I should bring them up to date.
  : Desti sat in front of her (the living-room) litter box until I came over to change it,
    then stood on the card table and peered down at me to make sure I was doing it right
  @ A mechanistic model and therapeutic interventions for COVID-19 involving a
    RAS-mediated bradykinin storm | eLife (IEEE article; see 0803)
    Version of record (after 2 revisions) published _today_
  * Walk: to Skybird, 2:24 - 2:57, so 33m; .6mi each way, so 1.2mi

0807Fr
  * up 5:15; S=6:17;
  / 5:30ish major cleanup
  @ Still Here (via email from peaceaction.org)
    " On July 16, 1945, the world was forever changed when the first nuclear bomb was
      exploded in New Mexico. Three weeks later, on August 6, the United States dropped a
      nuclear bomb on Hiroshima; on August 9, the United States dropped another nuclear
      bomb on Nagasaki. Survivors of those attacks, collectively known as the Hibakusha,
      are still here. But so are nuclear weapons. "
  @ The Ultimate Guide to the Best Fiber Gummies for Constipation, IBS & Hemorrhoids
    for diarrhea, you want soluble fiber.  -> Phillips
    & made RiteAid account, because they have it for less than $A and ship faster
  * 11-11:30ish (HH nurse)Diane -> needs Dr. Hecker's phone number -> 425-339-5421 
  * call to Dr. Hecker budesonide less expensive at Safeway or Walgreens; he is in w-f;
    budesonide 3mg tablets 90 1 refill.  9mg 1 month, 6 next, then 3
    see whether it is available from ExpressScripts
    -> Yes, tier 4 (non-preferred)  plan pays 50%, so around $100
       or $90 at Walgreens with a GoodRx discount (50%)
  * 2ish (HH PT)Colleen -> will bring sample cushion -> try before ordering
    ball: (1 grip-pull/push; 2 lift butt == bridge)) (count out loud: effort 5, rest 5),
          3 side-to-side rotation;
    bed:  straight leg roll in/out; slide in/out (needs help, smooth surface)
          lift lower leg (kick up) with foot of bed up. Can do the ball workout too
    bedside scoot-step-step
  ~ 4:45 C lab for bloodwork -> sample not usable; have to go in again
  % ~9:15pm sleepy

0808Sa
  * up 6:30; W=193, S=7:36;
  / semi-major cleanup (not liquid)
  @ Virus aid talks collapse; no help expected for jobless now
  * set up C's bluetooth transmitter on the TV.  Discovered in the process that I can't
    find the remote for the player.  (Did eventually find the one for the TV, which let me
    determine that the aux output is independent of the volume control, as I was hoping.)
  * started working on MakeStuff/TeX/README.md - spent most of the day on this
  * 2:30ish C lab for bloodwork - open 9-4
  * Installed bed trapeze -- probably needs repositioning.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

WegotitwrongWegotitwrongWegotitwrong...

(I don't know if you've read the novel to which that's a reference.)

[mdlbear]

I don't recognize it. Almost certainly not. But, yeah.

[jesse_the_k]

FlkTex: the typesetting parameters can usually be adjusted to fit an entire song on a two-page spread (including Desolation Row). Several different variants are supported, for one- and two-sided printing

As a former typesetter, I salute you!

[mdlbear]

Thanks! I've spent most of today cleaning up the FlkTeX-to-HTML conversion, which was badly broken on a few songs. Problem is I don't usually look at the website, mostly just the PDFs in my songbook.