The week seemed very short. Partly I suppose because I didn't get much ( Read more... )

Today I am grateful for...

• Git, both for keeping track of my writing and giving me something to write about. Also, $editor.
• Troubleshooting skills. Does treating customer service reps as rubber duckies count? It should. (My CPAP wasn't broken; the tube was ( Read more... )

Apparently it's been a fairly busy week. Last Sunday I finished $writing-gig-4, though I didn't really get started on -5 until Thursday. ("Fairly busy" seems to be considerably short of "busy". Or perhaps doesn't include "productive"?)
The closest I can come to a mood is "fascinated" (or maybe "captivated ( Read more... )

I appear to have been getting things done this month, but it doesn't feel like it. That's typical for me. Hmm. Let's see: grep grep grep... some cooking, a dentist appointment, flu and COVID booster ( Read more... )

Today I am grateful for...

• Our housekeepers.
• A catbox cover that doubles as a nightstand -- N's household had an extra.
• Naproxen Sodium (see above).
• Things to write about. (Even if I often don't... you know... actually write.)
• Tiktaalik roseae. Don't miss the music video.

The Facebook Logout - We're really over Facebook. Here's their sample post text:
I’m logging out of Instagram/Facebook from November 10-13 as part of a ( Read more... )

Where did the week go? How am I supposed to figure out what kind of week it was if I wasn't there?
Part of the reason I wasn't there was getting my Moderna booster shot ( Read more... )

Today I am grateful for...

• Finding a pharmacy that took walk-ins after somhow having failed to click submit on Walgreen's vaccine appointment form (which, by the way, sucks), and getting a Moderna booster shot. Not so grateful for the side-effects, but the immunity is well worth the price.
• N, who brought me breakfast ( Read more... )

This post in Krebs on Security describes an unusual and potentially ( Read more... )

Welcome to November, 2021! To those of you doing NaNoWriMo, NaBloPoMo, or one of the other November challenges, good luck! I'll be tracking my posts, but won't be too upset if I don't manage to post every day, because life. Or vice versa.

[Crossposted from mdlbear.dreamwidth.org, where it has
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