Babbage's Birthday so far

[mdlbear]

Wrote some checks, went to the Post Office, took my walk -- acutally got in a whole hour in spite of the distinct possibility of rain -- and went to the bank. Then attempted to find a parking space for the Container Store. No luck. Sorry, the parking force is very weak with this one.

I will spend most of the afternoon atoning for a year's worth of procrastination by sorting through the charity solicitation letters. The last few years I've ended up making most of my donations in the last few days -- sometimes the last few hours -- of the year. Since the First is a Monday this year I could presumably cheat and backdate a few checks if I had to.

I'll probably alternate between sorting and working on fun stuff like putting away the dishes.