Done yesterday (20111031 Mo)
A good day? Mostly. I went up to the Menlo Park office for a meeting, and took my walk to and around the little artificial pond in the nearby park. I was struck by how many phone conversations I recalled while passing the place where I'd had them. Apparently location is a powerful trigger for me. (Now I'm finding that just thinking about the places brings back more memories. Eeep!)
I spent some time comparing netbooks -- I am now thinking of a Thinkpad X120e. The HP Pavilion dm1z has gotten better reviews, but I really want the pointing stick and middle mouse button.
I also spent some time researching laryngopharyngeal reflux (again). After rejecting the idea of using omeprazole (which interferes with citalopram metabolism), I decided to try raising the head of my bed about 10". This appears to have worked -- I woke up able to breathe and without having to constantly clear my throat. So... YAY!
Another patent with my name on it has issued. I have very mixed feelings about this: there's a sense of accomplishment, but I really hate the idea of software patents (which this is, like most of mine). I have 24 now.
A long phone call from a lonely Wolfling -- she's depressed, and I don't know how to help. I don't know what to call that feeling, but it hurts. Empathy? Maybe that's why I kept my feelings buried for so long, and so deep that I didn't know I had them.
A couple of good links: Ysabetwordsmith's Asexual Awareness Week Wrapup, Liralen on the difference between religion and faith (among other things). As a total outsider to religion, I've mostly seen its bad side; "faith" in particular has always baffled me.
Hmm. This one seems to have gone a little deeper than usual. Have to do more of that.
1031 Mo * up 7am; W=197.6; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, exercise, light @ Cringely » How to get a job after the Singularity comes % forgot to post 1028 Fr! Urk? Too much undone stuff in between. * Walk: ~2mi to and around the pond near the Menlo Park office % kept remembering phone conversations that I'd had in various places along the way. * compare netbooks. I think either a Dell Mini 10v or Thinkpad X120e * ordered replacement anywhere mouse from meritline.com ($40; next best $60) * pick up humira at Kaiser * call Mom * update website(s) to next party @ liralen - Circling About An Unseen Center the difference between religion and belief or faith @ Secure pre-caching through local superdistribution and key exchange 8,046,328... bringing my total to 24. ! accomplished and pleased, but somewhat ashamed of my accomplishment. | noticable sugar rush -- from one _tiny_ package of malted milk balls. @ ysabetwordsmith | Asexual Awareness Week Wrapup @ Laryngopharyngeal reflux - Wikipedia tried raising the head of the bed; seems to have worked wonders. " Extraesophageal symptoms are the result of exposure of the upper aerodigestive tract to the gastric juice. This causes a variety of symptoms, including hoarseness, postnasal drip, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, indigestion, wheezing, chronic cough, globus pharyngis and chronic throat-clearing. " * PAY BILLS & unhappy call from Chaos. ! She's depressed, and I don't know how to help. I don't know what you call that, but it hurts. Empathy? Maybe that's why I buried it so long. * very sleepy; headed for bed ~11:30
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