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Saturday 4
December
2004
Saturday - rain is predicted for
Sunday, so I mowed the lawn using the bag and mulcher attachment. This
did a final trim on the grass, and also got up 95% of the leaves. I
filled the greenwaste and garbage cans, but now the leaves won't be
moldering on the lawn all winter. It was sunny, and below 50F, so it
was a nice couple hours working outside. I think that my side yard had
collected the leaves from my upwind neighbors across the street to the
west, curse them. On the other hand the front yard wasn't particularly
"leafy", someone down the street to the east of me is probably raking
them up and cursing me.
I also did a bit of shopping. Despite it being well into December the
local mall wasn't all that busy. I picked up a new winter coat, and a
couple of filters for my humidifiers from Sears. The old filter has
basically turned to mold - I'll have to clean the entire humidifier and
add a capful of bleach when I insert the new filter. Although a storm
is predicted in the near future the Antelope Valley generally has a
very low humidity level in winter - nose bleed low.
I was also going to get something at Best Buy, but their checkout
procedure still hasn't changed: a line of twenty customers, two cashiers, and three people guarding the
door against shoplifters. I can get a better price on line anyway.
Friday 3 December
2004
Friday - a friends son
turned eleven, so there was a little birthday party for him. He got a
lot of computer games and videos this year. He had a friend over for
the party - they disappeared afterwards into his room with the games
from which there soon emerged the delighted sounds of various
sorts of electronic carnage.
Speaking of which - what is with Andromeda
on teevee? Obviously there has been a huge change in the plot line this
season - everyone is apparently in an alternate universe, which
looks a lot like a leftover Mad Max set. And what about Enterprise and this
Vulcans as bad guys plot line? Huh?
Thursday 2
December 2004
Thursday
- it's odd, I thought I'd updated this. Oh well. Not a lot to say, just
keeping busy working.
Wednesday
1 December 2004
Wednesday - still working. The basic
coding is pretty much done, now comes the debugging part. Sigh.
Tuesday 30
November
2004
Tuesday - just working away.
Arguing with Blue Cross and the therapists about my medical bills from
hand therapy. BC wants me to pay it all, I think they should cover it.
Bah.
Monday
29 November 2004
Monday - back on the road, headed south.
Traffic wasn't too bad, which given that it's just after Thanksgiving
is surprising. You never can tell ahead of time with the I-5.
The dentist appointment for tomorrow is put off until next week. That's
the message on the phone anyway. At one time I could check messages
remotely, but that seems to have stopped working. I'll have to check
the instructions.
Sunday 28 November
2004
Sunday - we watched the San Francisco
FortyNiners and Miami Dolphins. The was possible the worst professional football game ever
played. Two one and nine teams
battling it out for the bottom of the league. The FortyNiners are now one and ten, the Dolphins two and
nine.
The leak in the new pipes has virtually stopped, and we have a heat
lamp under the sink to dry out the soaked particle wood.
