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Forecast keeps flickering between "less than an inch" and "one to two" for tomorrow. I say bring it. I have nothing to go out and do this weekend, it's fine with me. I can stay home and read or paint, or weave for that matter.

Read because I just got Kyell Gold's new novel, Shadow of the Father, in today's mail. This is a continuation of the Volle ( Read more... )

Or at least, survived. Major roof leaks due to ice dams at work. The building is only ten years old, but to tell the truth, the roof has always leaked. The original contractors did a second rate job on quite a few things. Upgrading various older computers that fill supporting roles. All of them have been running Linux long enough to need new ( Read more... )

After more than a year of messing with it (though not, I admit, very diligently) I have succeeded in making the scroll wheel of the mouse work in Wolvix. Comparing the xorg.conf files on two different machines (neither of which worked, but for different reasons) I conclude that I just failed to follow directions very carefully. Duh-mb pony me. Not ( Read more... )

Yes, tomorrow is Marmota monax Day in Woodstock as elsewhere. It's a good day to avoid Woodstock, though. Ever since the film Ground Hog Day was released, it has become the town's sole claim to fame I guess. No longer the home of Chester Gould (creator of Dick Tracy) or the town whose jail held the likes of Dillinger and Debs, instead Woodstock ( Read more... )

I'm not sure where that expression comes from, but it applies. I've been stuffy and congested for a couple of days, since Thursday I think, and today I just couldn't stay awake to get much done. I spent much time sitting on the couch trying to read but actually dozing with a book in my lap, or doing the same in front of the computer. The latter is ( Read more... )

I'm sure it's still big and bright for some folks but here it's too cloudy now. For a busy and tiring day, I feel as if I didn't get much done. But we went grocery shopping and I did some reading and started revising a manuscript. More about that in a day or two, I think ( Read more... )

Slightly warmer than last night. Magnificent moon if you can stop your teeth from chattering long enough to see it. Should be doing many things, but I'm huddled near the stove instead, kind of watching a movie Gary wanted to see. We gave up electric blankets years ago, but at the moment I regret it ( Read more... )

Gary's in Chicago, I'm here with just the dogs. It's -7F outside and dropping. Fortunately I have firewood and the stove is already going. I think this is a night for the sofa in the living room with my quilt and plush pony ( Read more... )

More snow. Cold, too. Back to the woodstove. Fortunately, I did get it going well last night and did the right things (I'm out of practice) so that it still had coals this morning when I got up. The fire picked right up when supplied with more wood. A good thing, as it was about 10°F outside at that point ( Read more... )