Travels with Plink and Rolly: Almost Conflikt

I'm sitting at the kitchen table of the Big Green Monster; good place. No, let me rephrase that: a Very Good Place. Lived-in. Too many stairs for the flower_cat; I'm afraid she would have had a difficult time getting around.

Long talk in the afternoon with pocketnaomi. She needs to read "Mark Elf" by Cordwainer Smith. So does anyone else who wants to understand the Mandelbear's origins as the Middle-Sized Bear.

Dinner last night at Outback with concom, guests, and friends. I had fish, like a good bear. Afterwards there was music with cflute, tibicina, and pocketnaomi (who persuaded me to stick "Toolmakers" into my twofer slot, if I get one).

Still haven't heard from _amethyst_fire_; I suspect she's busy with school; but... Should have tried last week to track her down by phone; my phone phobia really gets in the way some times.

I Hate Macs

Yet another reason, if any were needed, not to like Macs. I pulled out my shiny new Lenovo thinkpad keyboard, which works like a dream. Nice touch, no errors. Trackpoint far enough down so that I don't touch it accidently. Three buttons. I've typed this entire paragraph with no errors due to missed or doubled keys. Perfect.

...but there doesn't seem to be an Apple key. Blerg. At least, if I use it for text, I won't go hitting Apple-W when I want to delete a word and end up deleting the window I was typing into.

There's a Thinkpad in my future, I suspect.