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2015 in review (not books)
Books:
Well, the reading of traditionally published fiction and non-fiction was not great. Librarything.com tells me that I read 42 books, including DNFs. Favorite was The Martian. Actually, I think I need to up the count to 43, because Taylor Fitzpatrick's You Could Make A Life was self-published in December; I originally read it as original ( Read more... ) -
Well, that came out in a burst
I love my family...but sometimes I don't *like* some them very much. Or rather, I don't care for their behavior ( Read more... ) -
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The holiday weekend arrived earlier than I expected. I sort of meant to plan a roadtrip, but I waited to long, so I'll be hanging around. In theory, Friday is my day off, but I'll be going in to the office for a couple of hours in the morning, then heading to lunch and then maybe a museum stroll. Saturday is errand day (library, Good Will ( Read more... ) -
Pocket of quiet yesterday
~ I, like many others, did not expect charges to be laid so quickly, so Friday's news was startling, as were the charges themselves. I thought that manslaughter would likely be the worst charge, but murder was included for at least one officer. Indictment isn't conviction, though, so I'll be curious to see how it all plays out in court or in ( Read more... ) -
All quiet here
So I went to work on Monday and knew that Freddie Gray's funeral was going to be a big deal at home, but it hadn't occurred to me (naively) that there would be unrest following it. I was in an all day meeting; when we stopped for breaks, I was busy checking on work things and didn't stop to check headlines. After 5pm, I checked the front page of ( Read more... ) -
crowdfunding
I get the point of crowdfunding in the equity/investment sphere. I get Kickstarter projects that are going to end in a particular piece of art/media/whatever that funders may either appreciate or have an altruistic reason to want to exist in the world. But I'm kind of perplexed by a lot of the "projects" I see retweeted or reblogged on social ( Read more... ) -
teevee
I don't watch a lot of scripted TV any longer. It's not an aesthetic choice, it's just that I'm not really interested in a lot of what's out there. Unless I can stream it or watch it on demand later. I caught an episode of Grey's Anatomy last week and thought immediately, "Oh, Derek's leaving the show." I mean, it was pretty well telegraphed I ( Read more... ) -
Balance criticism with praise
Since I bitched about USPS last night, I feel like I need to balance that with praise today ( Read more... ) -
Shiny pretty
Once again my computer did not want to login for telework. It kept telling me that I didn't have an particular extension for Citrix, which had worked several days earlier. After an hour on the phone with the help desk at work, I had to uninstall and reinstall the same version of Citrix Receiver...again ( Read more... ) -
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I hate Comcast.
There was nothing noticeably wrong with my old modem. But no, it had to be replaced because it wasn't up to their new speed. Except half the time the signal is now slow.
I'm not impressed.
I'm a captive audience and I hate it.