Done yesterday (20091213 Su)

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I started the day in pretty good shape emotionally, but probably significantly underslept. I was delighted to find that the most recent software upgrade on Dorsai had fixed flash video, finally.

Then we went to the Dickens Fair. I always used to enjoy it; this time it was far too noisy, crowded, and stressful. I ended the afternoon tired and vaguely unhappy. I think my former state of emotional unresponsiveness had some distinct advantages -- this will probably be my last Fair. Not Colleen's -- she had a blast, the more so because she could get around easily in the scooter.

The YD went early to her Sunday evening game night, and grabbed a burger at BK on the way. This gave me the opportunity to cook the two steaks that had been sitting in the fridge for a while -- butter, pepper, and a can of straw mushrooms from the cupboard.

After dinner, I finally located Animusic 2, so we watched that. Animusic 1 is still missing.

Ended the day with a headache, joint pain (ok, maybe I shouldn't sit cross-legged in the fan-back chair), and a lot of tension. It mostly all went away once we got into bed and had a good, long snuggle.

Interesting quote from the Wikipedia article on nonverbal communication: "Measurements of the ability to communicate nonverbally and the capacity to feel empathy have shown that the two abilities are independent of each other." Good to know.

On the whole not a particularly good day, but an instructive one.

River: Handbook 2010

This is ganked from this post by quadrivium, but it's apparently been making the rounds in email and on a few other blogs. Mostly good advice.

( Handbook 2010 )