I leave today for a few days in Texas with a stop in Boston on the way out and back. I’m giving a longish [80 minute] talk that is more or less all new. I’m excited about it but at the same time having a hard time putting all the final pieces together. The good news is that I am the sort of crazy person who procrastinates doing one thing, by doing others. So I’ve…
- Started rowing with the indoor rowing machine my friend gave me when he moved to Portland Oregon.
- Pruned my mossariums
- Paid all my outstanding bills
- Started my taxes. Read up on how I’d ask for an extension on my taxes. Probably deciding against it.
- Gotten down to inbox five.
- Made sure the “libraries I’ve visited” listing is up to date.
- Backed up my hard drive
- Unpacked the stuff from my car from when I went down to my Dad’s
- Started planning an Autumn trip to Michigan
- Updated all my apps
- Almost finished the math-y book I’m reading
- Won a few Scrabble games
- Assessed the state of my mutual funds [upshot: eh]
- Installed my landlady’s printer
- Read the paper
- Did some HR stuff at MeFi Inc
- Nearly finished companion website for the book [sneak peek here, it’s not done]
- Recorded an old Cordelia’s Dad cassette from when they played in the Pioneer Valley in 1988 or ’89.
- Got lost in the unicode tables looking for a good wingding.
- Figured out how to use OSX’s Automator program to export my notes for my talk
- Wrote this.