Office / estate work, ‘A Perfect Fake’, ‘Escape to Canada’, ‘Encounters at the End of the World’, ‘Dexter’
(posted from home)
(This post covers 12 - 20 December, 2008)
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Saturday, 20 December -
Labashi and I both wanted to get out a bit today so drove into York to window-shop. We checked out HDTVs and furniture for them at Circuit City and Best Buy. But neither of us are impressed enough to make the jump—it’s just too much money. We saw some great Blu-Ray DVD footage here and there but were disappointed in the quality of the HD broadcast stuff—way too many jaggies!
I also checked out laptops and found some decent deals but nothing special enough to jump on.
We had lunch at Five Guys and thought we’d then pick up some small items at Wal-mart but as we neared we saw the area was jammed with traffic. We high-tailed it for home.
I walked my four-miler comfortably on this 32-degree day and then had an out-of-season mojito.
That evening we watched more ‘Dexter-Season 1’.
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Friday, 19 December-
For some reason I was awake a few hours last night. I probably would have been awake for an hour or so but got caught up in reading ‘Black Widow’ by Randy Wayne White.
I slept in an hour or so to catch up with my sleep this morning. Most of my ay was spent looking for bargains on the web. My laptop is having a few problems and I think it may be dying.
I also spent an hour or so catching up my log on the estate work after the series of meetings yesterday.
The weather was miserable today: icy rain all morning and then a steady rain most of the afternoon. I suited up in rain gear I bought for the fishing boat and did my four-miler anyway.
That evening we watched two episodes of ‘Dexter-1’
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Thursday, 18 December –
Today Labashi and I drove to Chambersburg to handle a series of meetings and tasks for Mom’s estate. That took all day so I missed my daily walk (but that’s ok; I should probably take a break once in a while anyway).
That evening we watched episode 4 of ‘Dexter- Season 1’.
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Wednesday, 17 December-
Today I had to get out of the house. I drove down to the Dallastown Starbucks and read the Times then into the library where I read more newspapers and found two crime novels for my late-night reading.
I then went to the Stonybrook gun shop to check out the used-guns cabinet and jaw with the owner, John.
That afternoon I did my four-miler just before dark. That evening we watched the first three episodes of ‘Dexter-Season 1’ with Michael C. Hall. I had read a strong recommendation for Dexter on Slate and thought we’d give it a try.
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Tuesday, 16 December -
I spent most of today on the phone and on the computer, working on my executor duties—tracking down info, paying bills, etc.
Late in the day I walked my four-miler listening to CBC Editor’s Choice podcasts.
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Monday, 15 December-
I spent the day working in the office (mostly estate tasks) before taking my walk-4 late in the day. We have a front coming in tonight and it’s pumping warm air up from the south. I walked in my shirtsleeves on this 63-degrees-but-windy day (but the high tomorrow will only be 36).
That evening we watched ‘Encounters at the End of the World’, a Werner Herzog documentary about Antarctica. This one’s a winner. Recommended!
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Sunday, 14 December-
This morning I drove into Staples and bought the office chair I had found yesterday.
I assembled the chair and then installed a webcam for use with Skype. Several other family members are installing Skype and a webcam. Hopefully we can keep in touch and see the grand-nephew and grand-nieces more often.
I saw two bluebirds and a red-tailed hawk on my ‘walk-four’ today.
That evening we watched the Survivor-Gabon finale. Go, Bob!
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Saturday, 13 December-
I’ve been working in the office so much I wanted to get out today. I stopped at Circuit City to look at High Def televisions. But if I’m already looking to rein in my cable bill, I don’t see how adding HD feeds would be possible. And if you don’t get the HD feed, the picture is actually worse than analog—way too many jaggies and moiré patterns. While there I spoke with a guy about my PC dilemma. I have over 500 video clips from the Alaska trip and need to back them up, do some editing, and burn them to DVD. All with a nearly-full hard-drive on my laptop. I ended up buying a copy of Nero 9. I think I can transfer files to Labashi’s desktop to free up some space, then install Nero and work with the video from my portable hard-drive.
I stopped by Staples for a few office supplies for my executor duties and had some luck. A few weeks ago I had looked at a replacement office chair but it was too expensive. But after speaking with the manager about something else, I mentioned I was interested in the chair sometime in the future and he said it was going on sale tomorrow—30% off.
I walked-four late in the day, then we watched ‘Escape to Canada’, an interesting documentary about the decriminalization of marijuana and the passage of gay-marriage laws in 2003 and the follow-on backlash to both. It seems odd to me that Labashi and I have spent so much time in Canada in recent years and weren’t really aware of these. But then again, we spent our time traveling and seldom even listened to a news broadcast.
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Friday, 12 December –
Today I mostly worked in my office. This is the time of year we get a lot of annual bills. Our cable and internet deal is about to expire and if I’m not careful the rates will skyrocket. We’ll have to make some decisions about cutting back. We had gotten lucky a year ago and locked in a great rate but with that expiring and the new year’s increases, our bill will skyrocket some 30 per cent. I looked into going back to Dishnet but they don’t have any good deals and we’d lose some channels we like. But we don’t really need all the stuff we had on the sweetheart deal. I also restarted our Netflix account today so had to go through and rebuild the queue. I also had a few estate tasks today, mostly bill-paying.
Late in the day I walked-four. That evening we watched ‘A Perfect Fake’, an odd little documentary about men building fantasy women, both in the form of as-realistic-as-possible dolls and via computer-generated graphics (movies). The documentary tried a little too hard to convince us there’s something to it. Yes, the dolls are more realistic than previous generations but it’s just ridiculous to think they are anywhere close to simulating a person—heck they don’t even move. The computer-generated graphics are also improving but have a long, long way to go.
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(posted from home)
(This post covers 12 - 20 December, 2008)
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Saturday, 20 December -
Labashi and I both wanted to get out a bit today so drove into York to window-shop. We checked out HDTVs and furniture for them at Circuit City and Best Buy. But neither of us are impressed enough to make the jump—it’s just too much money. We saw some great Blu-Ray DVD footage here and there but were disappointed in the quality of the HD broadcast stuff—way too many jaggies!
I also checked out laptops and found some decent deals but nothing special enough to jump on.
We had lunch at Five Guys and thought we’d then pick up some small items at Wal-mart but as we neared we saw the area was jammed with traffic. We high-tailed it for home.
I walked my four-miler comfortably on this 32-degree day and then had an out-of-season mojito.
That evening we watched more ‘Dexter-Season 1’.
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Friday, 19 December-
For some reason I was awake a few hours last night. I probably would have been awake for an hour or so but got caught up in reading ‘Black Widow’ by Randy Wayne White.
I slept in an hour or so to catch up with my sleep this morning. Most of my ay was spent looking for bargains on the web. My laptop is having a few problems and I think it may be dying.
I also spent an hour or so catching up my log on the estate work after the series of meetings yesterday.
The weather was miserable today: icy rain all morning and then a steady rain most of the afternoon. I suited up in rain gear I bought for the fishing boat and did my four-miler anyway.
That evening we watched two episodes of ‘Dexter-1’
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Thursday, 18 December –
Today Labashi and I drove to Chambersburg to handle a series of meetings and tasks for Mom’s estate. That took all day so I missed my daily walk (but that’s ok; I should probably take a break once in a while anyway).
That evening we watched episode 4 of ‘Dexter- Season 1’.
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Wednesday, 17 December-
Today I had to get out of the house. I drove down to the Dallastown Starbucks and read the Times then into the library where I read more newspapers and found two crime novels for my late-night reading.
I then went to the Stonybrook gun shop to check out the used-guns cabinet and jaw with the owner, John.
That afternoon I did my four-miler just before dark. That evening we watched the first three episodes of ‘Dexter-Season 1’ with Michael C. Hall. I had read a strong recommendation for Dexter on Slate and thought we’d give it a try.
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Tuesday, 16 December -
I spent most of today on the phone and on the computer, working on my executor duties—tracking down info, paying bills, etc.
Late in the day I walked my four-miler listening to CBC Editor’s Choice podcasts.
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Monday, 15 December-
I spent the day working in the office (mostly estate tasks) before taking my walk-4 late in the day. We have a front coming in tonight and it’s pumping warm air up from the south. I walked in my shirtsleeves on this 63-degrees-but-windy day (but the high tomorrow will only be 36).
That evening we watched ‘Encounters at the End of the World’, a Werner Herzog documentary about Antarctica. This one’s a winner. Recommended!
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Sunday, 14 December-
This morning I drove into Staples and bought the office chair I had found yesterday.
I assembled the chair and then installed a webcam for use with Skype. Several other family members are installing Skype and a webcam. Hopefully we can keep in touch and see the grand-nephew and grand-nieces more often.
I saw two bluebirds and a red-tailed hawk on my ‘walk-four’ today.
That evening we watched the Survivor-Gabon finale. Go, Bob!
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Saturday, 13 December-
I’ve been working in the office so much I wanted to get out today. I stopped at Circuit City to look at High Def televisions. But if I’m already looking to rein in my cable bill, I don’t see how adding HD feeds would be possible. And if you don’t get the HD feed, the picture is actually worse than analog—way too many jaggies and moiré patterns. While there I spoke with a guy about my PC dilemma. I have over 500 video clips from the Alaska trip and need to back them up, do some editing, and burn them to DVD. All with a nearly-full hard-drive on my laptop. I ended up buying a copy of Nero 9. I think I can transfer files to Labashi’s desktop to free up some space, then install Nero and work with the video from my portable hard-drive.
I stopped by Staples for a few office supplies for my executor duties and had some luck. A few weeks ago I had looked at a replacement office chair but it was too expensive. But after speaking with the manager about something else, I mentioned I was interested in the chair sometime in the future and he said it was going on sale tomorrow—30% off.
I walked-four late in the day, then we watched ‘Escape to Canada’, an interesting documentary about the decriminalization of marijuana and the passage of gay-marriage laws in 2003 and the follow-on backlash to both. It seems odd to me that Labashi and I have spent so much time in Canada in recent years and weren’t really aware of these. But then again, we spent our time traveling and seldom even listened to a news broadcast.
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Friday, 12 December –
Today I mostly worked in my office. This is the time of year we get a lot of annual bills. Our cable and internet deal is about to expire and if I’m not careful the rates will skyrocket. We’ll have to make some decisions about cutting back. We had gotten lucky a year ago and locked in a great rate but with that expiring and the new year’s increases, our bill will skyrocket some 30 per cent. I looked into going back to Dishnet but they don’t have any good deals and we’d lose some channels we like. But we don’t really need all the stuff we had on the sweetheart deal. I also restarted our Netflix account today so had to go through and rebuild the queue. I also had a few estate tasks today, mostly bill-paying.
Late in the day I walked-four. That evening we watched ‘A Perfect Fake’, an odd little documentary about men building fantasy women, both in the form of as-realistic-as-possible dolls and via computer-generated graphics (movies). The documentary tried a little too hard to convince us there’s something to it. Yes, the dolls are more realistic than previous generations but it’s just ridiculous to think they are anywhere close to simulating a person—heck they don’t even move. The computer-generated graphics are also improving but have a long, long way to go.
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