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Hair towards the top there looks a little like one of Boris Johnson's arrangements, could become a thing.
I am toying with the idea of installing Catalina. Problem is, nothing is actually broken on my Mac and there is not much I can see that 10.15 will bring that will have me jumping for joy…Add to that my Wacom Intuos tablet might be left unsupported.
Is this really the best time to have my Mac go pear shaped? *sigh*
I think it is just boredom really. I shall have to resist.
Is this really the best time to have my Mac go pear shaped? *sigh*
I think it is just boredom really. I shall have to resist.
Resist. Resist. Resist.
Or, better - immerse yourself in Hilary Mantel.
Most unusually, (for me), I am reading this book really slowly, and savouring not just the story, but the irresistibly wonderful way in which it is told, in a prose which is exquisite, precise, rich, luscious, and absolutely gorgeous to read.
I think Catalina takes back to the good old Mac days - when updates put you in a world of pain for weeks... Go for it it'll be pure nostalgia.
It's pretty impressive to see how people on social media go from keto experts, to constitutional experts, to public health policy experts so quickly 
I am sure I do the same - at least to some extent - but it's charming to observe nonetheless.
I am sure I do the same - at least to some extent - but it's charming to observe nonetheless.
I shall.
Ah yes, every couple days Hilary is moving one book closer to the front of my queue. I am saving her for last. I have been looking forward to the release so long.
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I think what is really frustrating is that we have had 5 days (and another 3 forecast) of the most glorious weather here in the South West of England… and we are only allowed a single "state-sanctioned excursion" per day.
See photo and weep with me.
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I weep with you.
Just beautiful.
My friends in Bristol reminded me last Friday (when I phoned to check on how they were - at that stage they were both self-isolating, and had been for a week, well in advance of government guidelines to do so) that the map shop and the cheese shop in Bath both miss me, and are awaiting my next visit with impatience - whenever that may prove possible.
Hilary Mantel's book is brilliant; some pieces of dialogue are laugh out loud funny, they are so sharp, while the book as a whole is reminiscent of those pantomimes where you want - badly - to shout up at the stage, and advise the characters - "Noooo!! Don't.....".
Actually, it is a real tribute to her story-telling, (and historical accuracy and fidelity to sources) that while firstly, we know the story, the outcome and the end, and secondly, while she has largely persuaded us to see the character of Thomas Cromwell in a different - more nuanced - subtle and sympathetic light, (yet we still know what he did, and in this book, the wise and tolerant humanist of the first book is yet further compromised, souls rendered sordid in the selling) we still want to shout at him, an anguished off stage prompt, "Nooooo - don't, just don't...."
To be savoured.
Just beautiful.
My friends in Bristol reminded me last Friday (when I phoned to check on how they were - at that stage they were both self-isolating, and had been for a week, well in advance of government guidelines to do so) that the map shop and the cheese shop in Bath both miss me, and are awaiting my next visit with impatience - whenever that may prove possible.
Hilary Mantel's book is brilliant; some pieces of dialogue are laugh out loud funny, they are so sharp, while the book as a whole is reminiscent of those pantomimes where you want - badly - to shout up at the stage, and advise the characters - "Noooo!! Don't.....".
Actually, it is a real tribute to her story-telling, (and historical accuracy and fidelity to sources) that while firstly, we know the story, the outcome and the end, and secondly, while she has largely persuaded us to see the character of Thomas Cromwell in a different - more nuanced - subtle and sympathetic light, (yet we still know what he did, and in this book, the wise and tolerant humanist of the first book is yet further compromised, souls rendered sordid in the selling) we still want to shout at him, an anguished off stage prompt, "Nooooo - don't, just don't...."
To be savoured.
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How much did you pay in overage? That stuff is usually cheap. Good, but cheap. As I recall it smells like almost nothing compared to regular old hand sanitizers.
Used to use it at work years ago through a B2B supplier and then we switched over to this brand that had mountain in its name. American company. 82% something solution but with humectants and moisturizers.
Five days smoke free for the first time since early 2017. I think, can't even remember. It's bad, but not as bad as I remembered, so that's nice.
Have a new guitar arriving tomorrow, which I'm very excited about. Although I'm positively going stir crazy because of the lack of work, isolation etc., it's at the same time nice to have time to dedicate to things like learning to play an instrument again and going for the occasional stroll through the neighborhood when I feel like it.
All in all things are actually better than they have any right to be, even the weather's been all sorts of amazing lately.
Have a new guitar arriving tomorrow, which I'm very excited about. Although I'm positively going stir crazy because of the lack of work, isolation etc., it's at the same time nice to have time to dedicate to things like learning to play an instrument again and going for the occasional stroll through the neighborhood when I feel like it.
All in all things are actually better than they have any right to be, even the weather's been all sorts of amazing lately.
Nice. Some song suggestions to rock out on with the new axe ...
Smoke on the Water
Blowin' Smoke
No Smoke Without a Fire
Smoking Gun
Things that seem weird in hindsight given the global topic of conversation.
E.g. the fact that my cat Bella started doing this a decade before it was cool:
E.g. the fact that my cat Bella started doing this a decade before it was cool:
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Nice. Some song suggestions to rock out on with the new axe ...
Smoke on the Water
Blowin' Smoke
No Smoke Without a Fire
Smoking Gun
I'm sorta partial to Smokin' In The Boys Room, but I see the pattern we're going for here! Incidentally, the first of your suggestions was also the first song my father said I should play.
You guys really want me to light up again, is something I'd say if I were even a little paranoid...
Awww.
My late, great Ms. Cabo San Lucas not only did that, but playing with and eating toilet paper was a favorite past time of hers.
When mom chides me for buying too much toilet paper I just tell her, "I am possessed by Cabo"; which would explain my tendency to eat a lot, look cute, and unfortunately, waste some toilet paper as I try to start a fresh roll.
Gathering my stuff in the office in preparation for working from home, I’m struck by how sad I feel to be leaving the office, even for what I hope is only a few weeks. We’re a small group, as a result of downsizing, and have become pretty close. I am just now appreciating how close we are to one another, both as members of an organization and as individuals. We don’t all like each other, necessarily, but we work well together and generally do what needs to be done without needing adult supervision.
I will miss seeing and talking with my compadres, in person. That interaction is a significant part of what makes my work meaningful.
But what is going on now will change, and we will likely all be back together in what will be the new normal. When that is, and what it looks like, who knows.
Stepping back, this whole situation seems surreal. As someone with a modest undergraduate science education, I consider myself a reasonably informed consumer of data and information. But I am skeptical, at best, of most of the data being disseminated. More to the point, I find much of what is being passed off as news, particularly in the past couple of months, frankly appalling. And irresponsible.
But this seems to be par for the course, so for the past few years I have limited my intake of news. I’ve seen nothing in this situation to make me to want to change that practice. What news I do view comes from this forum, from one other forum that I subscribe to, from my SO (who spends way too much time on her Apple News app), and from my coworkers. At least one of those sources will be somewhat curtailed.
We still don’t have a TV subscription. The plasma screen sits dark and mute, except for those times when we put a DVD in the player and watch a movie. I can not imagine finding the time to watch enough TV programming to justify the cost of a subscription.
I keep hoping that there will come a point, when we reach some sort of sustainable equilibrium, that we will hear a more rational explanation of what exactly happened and why.
On the other hand, maybe not.
Anyway, I’m putting a sign on my office door and heading home, to the farm.
At least we have baby goats 🐐
I will miss seeing and talking with my compadres, in person. That interaction is a significant part of what makes my work meaningful.
But what is going on now will change, and we will likely all be back together in what will be the new normal. When that is, and what it looks like, who knows.
Stepping back, this whole situation seems surreal. As someone with a modest undergraduate science education, I consider myself a reasonably informed consumer of data and information. But I am skeptical, at best, of most of the data being disseminated. More to the point, I find much of what is being passed off as news, particularly in the past couple of months, frankly appalling. And irresponsible.
But this seems to be par for the course, so for the past few years I have limited my intake of news. I’ve seen nothing in this situation to make me to want to change that practice. What news I do view comes from this forum, from one other forum that I subscribe to, from my SO (who spends way too much time on her Apple News app), and from my coworkers. At least one of those sources will be somewhat curtailed.
We still don’t have a TV subscription. The plasma screen sits dark and mute, except for those times when we put a DVD in the player and watch a movie. I can not imagine finding the time to watch enough TV programming to justify the cost of a subscription.
I keep hoping that there will come a point, when we reach some sort of sustainable equilibrium, that we will hear a more rational explanation of what exactly happened and why.
On the other hand, maybe not.
Anyway, I’m putting a sign on my office door and heading home, to the farm.
At least we have baby goats
🐐
I was in the office on my own after one of the owners left. It did feel weird. Like being there on a weekend. I make sure to call my colleagues daily. Just communicating via teams or email isn’t the same thing.Gathering my stuff in the office in preparation for working from home, I’m struck by how sad I feel to be leaving the office, even for what I hope is only a few weeks. We’re a small group, as a result of downsizing, and have become pretty close. I am just now appreciating how close we are to one another, both as members of an organization and as individuals. We don’t all like each other, necessarily, but we work well together and generally do what needs to be done without needing adult supervision.
I will miss seeing and talking with my compadres, in person. That interaction is a significant part of what makes my work meaningful.
But what is going on now will change, and we will likely all be back together in what will be the new normal. When that is, and what it looks like, who knows.
Stepping back, this whole situation seems surreal. As someone with a modest undergraduate science education, I consider myself a reasonably informed consumer of data and information. But I am skeptical, at best, of most of the data being disseminated. More to the point, I find much of what is being passed off as news, particularly in the past couple of months, frankly appalling. And irresponsible.
But this seems to be par for the course, so for the past few years I have limited my intake of news. I’ve seen nothing in this situation to make me to want to change that practice. What news I do view comes from this forum, from one other forum that I subscribe to, from my SO (who spends way too much time on her Apple News app), and from my coworkers. At least one of those sources will be somewhat curtailed.
We still don’t have a TV subscription. The plasma screen sits dark and mute, except for those times when we put a DVD in the player and watch a movie. I can not imagine finding the time to watch enough TV programming to justify the cost of a subscription.
I keep hoping that there will come a point, when we reach some sort of sustainable equilibrium, that we will hear a more rational explanation of what exactly happened and why.
On the other hand, maybe not.
Anyway, I’m putting a sign on my office door and heading home, to the farm.
At least we have baby goats
However apart from working from home everyday and trying to find food in the supermarkets 2-3 times a week, my life hasn’t really changed. My social interactions are usually next to nothing apart from work or Mrs AFB.
I paid $14.33 each which I believe is regular price. I like it for the reasons you gave but especially for the moisturizer. I also picked up 3M Cavilon Moisturizing Lotion since I’m washing my hands so often.
Stay safe.
Well, next time you are in the area let me know! I'll buy you a very good cup of coffee.
I shall. As I say, it was so long in the writing, so many false alarms of imminent release…
The Booker Prize awaits… oh but who would want to be a judge? Imagine that pressure. Three wins would be astonishing.
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My favourite Hilary Mantel book is still "A Place of Greater Safety". Viewing (reading) the French Revolution through her writing is quite special.
Glad that I handle stress pretty well, but I must admit it's now starting to affect me. Things are not really easy at work at the moment.
We'll get through this.
I do not. I'm now sweeping like crazy and cleaning things that don't need cleaning. I'm such a mess, I'm also wanting to eat all day. I even forgot to charge my iPhone last night. I'm glad I got the Pro Max when I did or this device would have died already.
We are, indeed, all in this together.
We can do it. Right?
Well, next time you are in the area let me know! I'll buy you a very good cup of coffee.
Thank you.
I look forward to that.
Actually, I had planned to visit my friends in Bristol for Easter, around the time of my birthday, for around a week, but this global pandemic - and the fact that they are self-isolating - both are retired, and he has serious "underlying health conditions" as the euphemism phrases it.
I've read it - and it is excellent.
Hilary Mantel herself has said that it is a young person's book - in other words, a book written by someone sympathetic to, and from the perspective of a young person seeking radical & revolutionary political change.
It's difficult to adjust on a new normal, especially if we're limited in what we can and what we should do. Ultimately I am half lucky that I can still go to work, so I can get out of my lair and parts of my routine are maintained. If I remember well, your husband is a LEO; that must be very stressful right now.
Not only we can do it, but we WILL do it. For all its horrors, humanity is also very resilient, and we also have this great capability of making good things out of bad things.
^^^ I have been playing the NYT's "Spelling Bee" puzzle too often, I guess. I looked at "Blegh" and thought gee I am drawing a blank. Then I realized "blegh" is short two letters of making the the usual seven-letter array from which one plays.
So on to my next guess. Are you feeling quite well?
Thanks for helping me realize I was hooked on that puzzle. Think I just gave it up for the rest of Lent.
So on to my next guess. Are you feeling quite well?
Thanks for helping me realize I was hooked on that puzzle. Think I just gave it up for the rest of Lent.