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mdlbearHello, welcome to Women's History Month, which started last Sunday, and International Women's Day, which is today. See also, EFF: Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech That EFF Admires
Not a great week, but on the whole not too bad. Next week will either be pretty good, or a disaster, depending. See below.
There was also the little matter of my monthly pension deposit not arriving, because the address confirmation mail they sent was busy chasing me across two continents. Blarg, but sorted out now. Good thing I'm on a new blood pressure prescription. Which has not been delivered, but fortunately I have enough to get me through the week.
I have spent the entire week worrying about my impending trip to Seattle on Tuesday (coming back a week from yesterday). In addition to worrying about the possibility of getting sick in a country without good health insurance, and other problems it might be best not to mention in public right now, there's the fact that my nice new Travelpro suitcase is 5cm too wide to fit Delta's carry-on requirements. So I'll have to check it. Fortunately my meds all fit in my (old) CPAP case, under the (new) CPAP.
I'll be taking the new Framework 12 laptop. First time traveling with it, so we'll see. There's a lot of state on my Thinkpad, including way too many open tabs in Firefox. Things may be a trifle inconvenient for a while.
We're getting a new scooter tomorrow; Lizzy goes into the shop on Wednesday, and apparently Scarlett is still being worked on.
Linkies: Guide to U.S. Expat Taxes in the Netherlands | H&R Block; HoS qul (The Fire is Strong) | Klingon Warpgrass (Lyric Video) - YouTube, Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis': Milestone in science fiction film,
Notes & links: 0301Su Women's History Month @ Women's History Month * walk: 0912 H. Marsmanplantsoen 1: .70km, 10hp, 17mm, 23min, 1160st, @ HoS qul (The Fire is Strong) | Klingon Warpgrass (Lyric Video) - YouTube @ Philadelphia Inquirer · 21h A mad king’s illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington - By Will Bunch @ Rebecca ‘Becky’ Benaroya, Seattle philanthropist, dies at 103 | The Seattle Times * spent a few minutes with the (new) hot glue gun, making shelves out of catfud boxes : We (N) are getting a new scooter - lighter and faster than Lizzy. * 22:00 take out cardboard for recycling & nice talk with A', our next-door neighbor in #20, after taking out the cardboard * hx work session * Dutch * Asked N about residence; she said to ask (financial advisor)Jerad * before bed took off the remaining leg wrap and put on the remaining compression sock 0302Mo @ A primer to the First Lemurian Clothing Taxonomy | Lemuria -> sent a link to (brother)Al. @ Meta's Head of AI Safety Just Made a Mistake That May Cause You [some] Alarm * walk: 08:01 H. Marsmanplantsoen 1: .70km, 16mm, 22min, 1200st, 8hp * 10:00 - 14:00 WZHThuiszorg leg-wrapping (here) & ordered bandages because no evidence that they'd been ordered for me. -> it said 1-2 days when I clicked on it, but now says 1-2 _weeks_. Feh. * 10:00 take in cardboard bin (ours is gone; grabbed an unlabeled one) * SL: hot-melt glue sticks * hx work session * Dutch * ask Jerad about residence, and international Schwab account * call about Ricoh pension: 1-800-843-2399 (USBank) 877-775-1479 Ricoh Pension Center (several hours) Need to send change of address by fax will have to call back to get account number my portal account exists but doesn't have my account info on it. $ C $145 to ucs.org (Union of Concerned Scientists) from AX Au $ $1500 from USB to Bunq x Total Lunar Eclipse visible from Seattle, but very late: partial 01:50-05:17; totality 03:04-04:03 -> so probably not worth staying up for. Not visible at all from Den Haag 0303Tu * walk: 07:33 DSB801 .85km, 6hp, 18mm, 19min, 1500st; good pace! missing cardboard recycling bin turned up halfway down the block : odd email from grootmade.com/festingervault.com -- apparently a WP plugin company. They claim I have an account, but no evidence I ever made one. May have given my email in order to get a freebie. % leg wraps slipping down a bit; R knee hurting a little. -> brace; helps a _little_ * hx work session * Dutch 10min * call about getting Lizzy repaired 033-4555444 Relync R2 -> will be picked up Wed 0311 (a week from tomorrow) -> the company calls itself scootplaza BV * set up call with Jerad; clarify tax question. * fax change of address to US Bank. We'll see if they can do it w/o the acct # ? call USBank back to get account number, needed for fax. See if they can use the address on my main USB account. Mention the missing info in the portal * 18:00 zoom call w\ Jerad Investments going okay; sent me a link to Block's expat tax service. @ Guide to U.S. Expat Taxes in the Netherlands | H&R Block® : my pension payment is late. WTF?? -> account suspended. WTAF?? -> Because my mail bounced. They will re-enable my account and resume payments. GAAAAAAAAAK! $ $500 from BECU to USB checking. : Shurgard (storage) invoice arrived -- verified that autopay is set up @ U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu * make arrangements with people for next week * e.g. M. G. suggested getting together. The DOL trip? -> YES * Load drugs 0304We * walk: 7:08 DSB804: .64km, 8hp, 17mm, 29min, 1584st, @ dw_advocacy | Victory in Virginia!! NetChoice v. Jason S. Miyares, 1:25-cv-02067, (E.D. Va.) @ Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees. | Copyright Lately @ 10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025 | by Ethan Siegel * 10:00 - 14:00 WZHThuiszorg leg-wrapping (here) -> asked the home care person to order more bandages. He insisted on doing it here. Then had to call a colleague because hold was taking too long. @ Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS The year of Linux on the desktop Windows 12 rumors, features, pricing: Everything we know so far | PCWorld * hx work session * Dutch (minimal) * Expat Tax Filing | H&R Block® research Foreign Tax Credit file Dutch taxes first. * copy limo times to to.do -- no idea why I haven't done that already & told N my story; she said to take tomorrow off. Modulo bank stuff and clinic appt : J' here (in NL) until 0312. visiting here Monday * check drug supplies; make sure there's a week's worth of everything * order Pantoprazole - only 2 left; lisinopril *maybe* it'll get delivered 0305Th @ Ageless Linux: Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age " We are in full, knowing, and intentional noncompliance with the age verification requirements of Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.501(a). " @ Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis': Milestone in science fiction film : my ORCA card has gone walkabout * 12:30 Uber scheduled for 13:00 Doctor (alarm set for 12:25) -> Abby (MG) -> minimal risk of clots for flight of < 12h; get up and walk every 2h -> on the way back wear two pairs of compression socks. * 13:30 Carmen -> BP looks good(!) -> make another appointment in 6mo (Sept.) @ Privacy Guides launches a new Activism section * hx work session * fax address verification form to Aon (Ricoh Pension Plan) * call Aon +1 877-775-1479 "if you continue to have trouble..." -* when I get back from clinic -> being handled by another office??? they'll call back presumably. * worked my way down to the bottom of the social tab in gmail. Around 2013. * Dutch @ Charles de Lint: ICE Out (2026) Free Downloads (ysabetwordsmith) : Lilac has monitor orientation in the Displays control panel widget; not automatic, but it's there. Even better, you can put it on the panel and select directly! 0306Fr * walk: 7:03 DSB801 .85km, 12hp, 23mm, 13min, 1275st : 12:21 DHL showed up with my leg-wrapping supplies. * 1ish WZHThuiszorg leg-wrapping (here) (I assume deliberately scheduled later than usual to take advantage of the delivery) @ Newton vs Leibniz: The Calculus War Explained | Medium : my pension (and 1099) are back on line. Still haven't paid for March. <- Looks like they want to double the April payment. * hx work session * Bandcamp Friday - mention CC+S in #filkhaven, Friday's * download Ricoh pension 1099R * Dutch 0307Sa * walk: DSB801 .85km, * 09:22 D" * review drugs. order listed as "pending" I can get by -- I have 10 lisinopril (5 days) left. Only one pantoprozole, but I can use Rennie or Tums until I get back. @ Scientists Capture a Glimpse into the Quantum Vacuum | BNL Newsroom & wikipedia dive from Strangelet * hx work session * Dutch * Lilac: install texlive, mount xx and yy partitions, figure some things out
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Date: 2026-03-08 04:33 pm (UTC)Thanks! hugs accepted and returned
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Date: 2026-03-09 02:51 am (UTC)Safe travels! It's a scary time to be coming here.
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Date: 2026-03-09 10:53 am (UTC)