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mdlbearSo... as of Wednesday, when the sale closed, I am no longer a homeowner, for the first time in almost half a century. So here I am, sitting in a house that is no longer mine, wondering what the hell I am now. ("Cancer patient" comes to mind -- I spent a large fraction of my time this week reading various relevant websites, not to mention other rabbit-holes.)
Now I have to change a lot of mailing addresses. (Already in progress, but more keep coming out of the woodwork.)
And now I have other things to worry about. Like whether R will ever get himself a job, and to what extent my (so-far undetermined) treatments will interfere with our moving plans.
Most of the best links are on Thursday. Crabs keep evolving to go from the sea to the land — and back again. Astronomers have found a planet with clouds made of sand, which isn't as intriguing as WASP-121 b, which appears to have clouds made of liquid metal and rain made of liquid rubies and sapphires. See also, On the Gem Planet by Cordwainer Smith.
Notes & links:
1112Su
& awake 01:14: woke up in bedroom recliner. Foo. Have to change bag...
% ... and definitely have a sore throat. Blarg...
* up 7:20; S=5:41, BP=120/80, P=79, T=97.3; bed exercises; shower; ... Dutch
% slept soundly as far as I can tell.
Not as congested as last night (can probably thank CPAP for that)
% 08:16 ibuprofen
* 11:55 COVID test (Binax NOW) -> negative, as expected. Will test again Tuesday
% 12:02 sore throat present but not as bad as last night
@ Exploding whale - Wikipedia
" The dynamite was detonated on November 12 at 3:45 pm. "
% 12:46 lidocaine
@ Yggdrasil Network | End-to-end encrypted IPv6 networking to connect worlds
* shopping expedition
* SL: coffee for lair; coughdrops
* SL: butter, applesauce and goatmeal, 4x2 covid test kits; + brussels sprouts, choc.
% sinus headache? Tooth? TMJ pain? Generic illness? ...another spasm; minor leakage
-> 200mg ibuprofen 19:09
1110Fr-12 Orycon -> skipping
1113Mo * litter boxen (G)
& awake 00:55 in recliner.
* up 6:30ish; S=5:08, BP=110/70, P=80;
% pain upper right jaw. Feels like just forward of the joint. Growf.
: A called needing rent and internet money. Right now, apparently.
% _very_ out of it. 09:59 unsteady. Fall risk? brain fog -> breakfast, 2nd coffee
% 9ish 200mg ibuprofen
: call from notary who thought I was signing docs in Seattle today. They'll send
someone here tonight. Apparently signing comes _before_ closing. -* done ~3pm
-* have affidavit and death cert. available
* 11-1pm Septic Inspection
@ Pasta and rice may be healthier as leftovers. Here’s why | The Seattle Times
* email Jerad about house sale;
* dumpster delivered -> bigger than I expected. Even the 20 yd^3 is huge
1114Tu
& awake 00:30 in recliner. ouch! down 00:41
& awake 7:30ish?? in bed until 9:30
* up 9:30ish; S=6:44;
* 10am - 11:30 Memory Keepers grief support group
: 12:06 call from (nurse-navigator)Rachelle - team meeting tomorrow; will ask about
appointment with medical oncologist.
* Buyers signed off.
~ 3:30ish leave with k for ferry to drop off k and collect N
-> N forgot meds, so just dropped off K
@ Man gives truly inspiring speech at Virginia Beach school board meeting
% 19:35 just noticed that I appear to have some kind of headache. -> ibuprofen
% 21:02 sleepy; total lack of motivation.
: totally unproductive
1115We * litter boxen
& awake 3:25 in recliner
* up 8ish; S=3:41; shower, ... Dutch
* noon Cathy and Pat to visit _their_ houuse. They brought a cherry pie.
(we provided pie the last two times they were here, but it's _their_ house now, so...)
-> left around 1pm.
* laundry. dishes,
: call from NexTitle - everything recorded; funds will be wired tomorrow morning.
* confirmed account names and numbers
& COVID test - negative as predicted.
* retrieve drugs from N; take tonight's; note that the backup stick isn't in backpack
% 19:32 cold lower legs. Dresses have their problems -> switch to sweatpants?
@ US Passport Processing Times Are Finally Getting Shorter | Condé Nast Traveler
" Although wait times have gotten shorter, allowing six months to complete the entire
process is still probably the safest bet. "
: N, j, and k seem to have been hit hardest by the household bug.
* email list of utilities to new owners of RE
1116Th
* up 7:30; S=8:03; out of bed 8:15ish;
@ We don’t do DST at this company - BackSlasher
* decided to wear regular shirt and sweat pants because cold. See how that works.
-> actually worked pretty well. Not sure I'd want to use my regular pants though
* 11:30am zoom call with Jerad -> very productive
: The bunch of keys that had been in the little shoulder bag in my backpack were, as I'd
hoped, in the LH drawer of the monitor trestle. Tempted to say "treasure drawer"
@ Crabs keep evolving to go from the sea to the land — and back again | Live Science
@ Astronomers have found a planet with clouds made of sand : NPR
" This could be just the beginning of a bevy of otherworldly cloud
discoveries. Astronomers pondering one far-off planet, for example, suggested that
it might have clouds made of liquid metal and rain made of rubies and sapphires. "
cf. On the Gem Planet by Cordwainer Smith
@ Scientists Unlock Secret of Earth's Core: 'We Just Found the Holy Grail'
@ Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships
* call Safeco: cancel homeowner's and earthquake policies; change address on auto.
-> renter's policy# OH2366847 $120/year for 73K coverage on personal property
* TP for lair -> staged to bag
* change addresses! * Insurance * DOL * SSA/medicare
plus some other items from ./tracking.do
@ Confusing git terminology both informative and entertaining
% everything is a bit surreal right now, and I can't focus. These are mostly decoupled
@ The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally
Tell Their Story | WIRED very long; fascinating. Beware of rabbit-holes.
@ Reflecting on the Internet Worm at 35 - CERIAS - Purdue University
A Tour of the Worm
RFC 1135 - Helminthiasis of the Internet
The Internet Worm - Crisis and Aftermath - Eugene H. Spafford
% back to lair 22:20ish
* load drugs; re-load the backup stick
1117Fr
& awake 6:30ish; S=6:23;
* out of bed 7:40ish; minimal bed exercises; Dutch
* shower, apply fresh statlock to R (opposite) leg.
* start filling out oncology intake info form -> mostly done
@ Rediscovered After 60 Years-The Bizarre Egg-Laying Mammal of the Cyclops Mountains
" An extraordinary finding was an entirely new genus of ground and tree-dwelling
shrimp. ‘We were quite shocked to discover this shrimp in the heart of the forest,
because it is a remarkable departure from the typical seaside habitat for these
animals,’"
Researchers come across unique egg-laying mammal & tree-dwelling shrimps!
% afternoon - drifting; sleepy
@ Orgesticulanismus | Psyche Films extraordinary
" In Orgesticulanismus, the Belgian animator Mathieu Labaye pays tribute to his late
father Benoît Labaye, who had limited mobility due to multiple sclerosis before he
died in 2006. What starts out quietly, with a recording of Benoît’s personal
manifesto on the intersection of movement, freedom and the mind, set to photographs
of his life, transforms into an explosive animated exploration of the human
form. Conveying its message both through Benoît’s sage words and Mathieu’s
hallucinatory imagery, the film celebrates the power of the brain to adapt, and
perhaps even provide a different kind of freedom, when the body becomes limited. "
@ State of Affairs: November 16 - by Katelyn Jetelina respiratory diseases
1112Sa
* up 8ish; S=9:00, BP=141/83, P=74;
% 9:53 200mg ibuprofen
& order prostate cancer bag from Bag It.
@ “Does It Hurt?” “Only When I Laugh” – Quote Investigator®
& down the rabbit hole for PC info; continuation of yesterday -> download more PDFs
* walk: to end of block, before heading north
* drive up to RE. x Take white stool if possible
% somewhat sleepy despite having gotten 9 hours' sleep last night
% 17:41 urine looking _very_ dark. blood? -> drink some water.
19:24 -> after a couple of glasses of water, it's looking much more normal
% just skimmed through bits of Daybook (my old journal) for 69 and 70.
Mostly short poems that I have no memory at all of writing.
Who was I when I wrote that?
% I think I'm more worried about the Wolfling than I am about the cancer. Reasonable?
* guitar: Millennium's Dawn, on Snuggles. Snuggles' strings are d e a d.
% as usual, have gotten practically nothing done
& and as usual, fell asleep in the recliner. Getting to bed 01:14 after bag care.
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Date: 2023-11-19 09:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-19 11:01 pm (UTC)"On The Gem Planet" is part 1 (of four) of Quest of the Three Worlds. You can find it along with almost all of Smith's stories at Search: "Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony" on fadedpage.com (PD in Canada).
If you haven't already, read "Mark Elf" and "The Dead Lady of Clown Town". My username comes from the last few pages of "Mark Elf".
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Date: 2023-11-19 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-20 02:39 am (UTC)Also several other languages, including Russian. Several of his odd-sounding names are numbers in an assortment of languages, e.g., "Lord Sto Odin" in "Under Old Earth".
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Date: 2023-11-20 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
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