Done Since 2023-01-01

[mdlbear]

I can't figure out whether this was a particularly bad week, or not. I'm just kind of drifting. Some of that, probably, is general hopelessness about the US's political situation, whether I can get the Whidbey Island house ready to sell, and whether I can find something I can do that will generate some income. (The reasons for needing extra income are somewhat complex; I have enough for now.) I haven't been sleeping well the last few weeks; not entirely clear which is the cause and which the effect.

Part of sleeping badly seems to include waking up at 2 or 3am to find myself sitting up with a computer in my lap and without my CPAP mask.

I need to trim my to-do list. Lists, because I keep moving stuff out into specialized sublists, which doesn't really help. N suggested making a short list and picking two or three to do each day. You can find a summary of the current files under Sunday, in boldface. (It's somewhat inaccurate because it's counting scheduled items and sublists; the actual total is closer to 312 items.) But I haven't made a full pass over them in months. And that's not counting project-specific lists. I need to make a sweep for those. (Ok, did that. 45 total files with the .do extension, but only 36 of those contain to-do items.)

I'm probably boring you with statistics. Sorry about that. Linux geeks may be interested in the command lines, under Sunday.

Top links: some extremely (and delightfully) NSFW alphabets (links under Tuesday), and a green comet last seen by the Neandertals some 50,000 years ago (more links under Saturday).

Notes & links:
0101Su  New Year's Day  * litter boxen
  & awake 4:30; cat cuddle but may not have gotten back to sleep
  * up 6:30; S=4:58, W=199.8; exercises
    : had both cats purring next to me, but couldn't reach anything to record with.
    % exercises left me considerably more tired than usual.
  : Apparently I missed champaigne last night.  The bottle was sitting on the kitchen
    counter when I came in; N pointed out that it's still New Year's Day, so...
  % a bit of a blood sugar crash around 1pm.  Lunch (fried rice) is helping, but slowly
  % some nice interaction with m and k around lunchtime
  & count to-do items: (the following could be simplified to use *.do)
    echo $(for f in to colleen eol mom must rest-stop wibnif; do \
           echo -n `grep '  o ' $f.do | wc -l` "$f; "; done) | head -c -2; echo
    -> 32 colleen; 8 eol; 6 mom; 66 must; 10 rest-stop; 152 to; 95 wibnif
  & rename notes.do -> notes.done, which keeps it out of `*.do` lists (see above)
    grep '  o ' *.do | wc -> 369
  : N recommended making a *short* list, and picking 2-3 items to do each day.
    Would work for small items, anyway.
  * 15min:  dishes.
  % I think loading (and to a lesser extent unloading) the dishwasher activates the same
    part of my brain that had me addicted to Tetris all those years ago.  (1980s - 90s?)
  * 15min:  organizing/decluttering the circum-desk space.  _very_ gradual progress
  * guitar:  Stolen Child
  * */1    CPAP:  change paper filter, wash tubs
  * load drugs
  % cuddly cats.  Nose-nuzzle from Desti as soon as I got into bed.  Snuggle from Ticia

0102Mo
  & Awake 3:50; S=4:49; down 4:45
  * up 7am; S=6:53, BP=126/67, P=63; exercises
    % (bp taken sitting in bed after exercise; was 135/74 at first)
  @ The Absurd 2nd Century Space Opera You'll Never Read - YouTube
    See mdlbear | Done Since 2022-02-27 for 0303Th
  @ How to Recycle Everything in Your Home some good suggestions
  @ The Problem with the Solution community care for mental illness
    " Some things you can't fix. But you can work around them, or you can not let it
      bother you. The psychiatric profession is - you know, is really stuck on recovery. "
    " for anyone interested in community care in the U.S., a researcher named Jackie
      Goldstein has just come out with a book called "Voices Of Hope For Mental Illness"
      which profiles all sorts of neat programs across the country. "
  & re-arranged things at the foot of the bed to put the spacers (pillows) _under_ the
    covers, which should give my feet a little more room

0103Tu  47th anniversary
  & Awake 3:30ish; S=3.9; down 4am; give up 4:25
  * up 7am; S=6:19; cat cuddles
  : 11? N has an am dentist appointment
  * walk: West end of block
  @ LastPass Data Breach: It’s Time to Ditch This Password Manager | WIRED 
  * leave 1:45 or so for PT
  * 2:15 PT - Cody -> new exercise:  cervical retraction at wall
    Suggestions for getting out of bed:  first get on side, knees pulled up
  @ NSFW The Erotic Alphabet of 1880 - All 26 Letters - Flashbak (ysabetwordsmith)
    NSFW Belles Lettres: The Naked Alphabet (1971) - Flashbak
    NSFW Soviet-era erotic alphabet / Sergey Merkurov – wewastetime
  @ **Award Winning** CGI Animated Short Film: "Green Light" by Seongmin Kim
    haunting
  * remove keyboard bezel from Starshine.  -> Would have been easier if I'd found the
    screw, right in the middle, that was hiding under a goddam sticker
    % broke my right thumbnail in the process.  Needed trimming anyway
  % 10:40 finally in bed.  Need to do some guitar tomorrow.
  & brought out some subscription items to the lair.  In a _paper bag_, for the kitties
  % ... and totally spaced that today was our anniversary.  Went through the day thinking
    it was Wednesday.  That may well have been a defense mechanism.

0104We  * litter boxen
  % awake 5am; S=5:26; surrounded by cats.
  * up 6:ish; S=6:17; exercises
  % 7:10 acetaminophen
  @ Mastodon—and the pros and cons of moving beyond Big Tech gatekeepers | Ars
  * post mdlbear | River: Colleen: 47th Anniversary    -> 4:30 drink some Glenlivet
  * replaced the power cable on Starshine.  Lost a screw -- dropped on the floor.  Dropped
    one on the desk too, but found it.  I'll have to take it slow.
    -> also, the three screws that hold the keyboard and the two that hold the backplate
       simply refuse to line up.  Should at least _work_ without them.  But I don't have a
       charger for it as far as I can tell -- growf.  Have to bring one from Whidbey
  * guitar:  noodling, Millennium's Dawn, Ship of Stone, etc.

0105Th
  & Awake 4:00ish; no mask, sitting up; itching; worries
  * up 7:30ish; S=3.0 so ~6 total;
  @ Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds
  @ 20 Entertaining Uses of ChatGPT You Never Knew Were Possible | by Mark Schaefer
  @ Biomimetic Wind Turbines Could Revolutionise The World | by Will Lockett Medium 
  @ 2022: The Year That Podcasting Died | by Nick Hilton | Dec, 2022 | Medium
    " I don’t know of any podcast production company that isn’t positioning itself to
      provide a much wider range of services. "
    " perhaps that’s the neatest summation of what the podcast of 2023 and beyond will be:
      an audio-visual and social product. "
  @ Dear Bosses: Don’t Give a Macbook to Linux Programmers | by Nav | Nov, 2022 
  & to Bartell to pick up scrips for N
  @ The Dungeons & Dragons’ OGL 1.1 Tightens Grip On Competition
  * pack:  blue tie-dye bag

0106Fr  Twelfth Night, 1/6  * litter boxen (E')
  * up 6:30; S=7:23;
  @ 6 Movement Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making
  @ Online Alarm Clock Timer
  * 9am E' arriving half an hour earlier than usual
    % bad priorities:  ran dishes instead of eating breakfast; barely time for a Kind bar
  * check outage map before driving up to RE
  * schedule cats' pre-op blood tests  -> Tuesday 4pm
  * make sure the cats are provisioned - G will feed/change litter Sunday night
  * pack:  Lenovo charger with flat plastic connector; bag of thinkpad screws
  * Back on Whidbey:  let N know that I'm home.
  * after arrival:  * water orchids  * sort mail
  * pack:  * nail files;  * DS-1 filters
  & good conversation with a neighbor (after he yelled at me for speeding, which I thanked
    him for because, yeah, stupid of me).  Vince?  He's taking care of his mother with
    dementia; we had quite a few shared concerns.  Whidbey native.

0107Sa
  * up 7ish; S=6:34, W=198.6; exercises, shower
  * 2n+1/1 CPAP RE:  change nosepiece -> every other month while bilocated
  @ AV Linux MX Edition – bandshed.net
    " This system is tuned out of the box for fast low-latency Audio performance, seamless
      JACK/PulseAudio integration and optional support for Windows Audio and Plugin
      applications through Wine-Staging "
  * SL:  eggs, meat (chicken thighs/ground beef), potato for baking, onion, yogurt, catfood
  * pack:  webbing tiedowns (for moving bunk beds)
  * 15min:  sorting in MBR.  cleared off and folded the white table.  ~1h?
  * finish bottle of Bacardi Gold that's been in the cabinet probably since we moved in
  % the itchy area on my right leg (just above the ankle) is about 1°F warmer than the
    other side (measured with a non-contact IR thermometer)
  : Conflikt will be ON HIATUS for 2023.  FK-NO will be held March 24-26, 2023!
  % There's so damned much that Colleen and I never did.  And that I never did.  We always
    thought we had time,
  * singing:  Millennium's Dawn, Quiet Victories.  Both shortened somewhat.
  * made a baked potato for dinner
  @ EarthSky | Comet 2022 E3 ZTF is still getting brighter (ysabetwordsmith)
    Look up! A bright green comet unseen since the Neanderthals blazes in the night sky
    this month " it won’t be back for another 50,000 years. You really want to see
    this comet while you can. "
    " What time will newfound comet be closest to the sun next week? | Space
    Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF at perihelion: online observation - 13 Jan. 2023 - The Virtual
    Telescope Project 2.0
    C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Wikipedia
    Diatomic carbon - Wikipedia
  @ ysabetwordsmith | Firing the Fandom Police
  % 11pm tylenol