Today’s Business: 2010-09-13
Monday, September 13th, 2010Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
Log
08:30 AM: I’m up. Sunny this morning. So I’m up early. 
08:45 AM: These cats are driving me crazy. They’ve learned to start this relentless meowing as soon as we come down to the kitchen. Our female cat yowed so incessantly that I had to get the spray water hose after her. This quite effectively shut her up. Hopefully, she won’t become immune to it. I don’t use it that often; just when she really acts spoiled and demanding.
09:15 AM Re-synced [Emmy's] iPod. She complained that her CBS RMT 1974-1975 playlist was sorted in the wrong order. She wanted the episodes to play earliest-to-latest. So I sorted the list this way in iTunes and re-synced. That fixed the order on her iPod.
09:25 AM: My main writing computer (this one) is still periodically locking up, even after disabling all add-onsin Internet Explorer. Perhaps I’ll try booting it into safe mode and see if it still freezes there. At any rate, I think I’ll copy my email files over to the backup machine and transfer all operations away from this one. I haven’t reformatted this one in going on three years. So I should do that too, just to rule out the possible presence of corrupt or rogue software.
10:30 AM: Repaired the CD player that a friend brought me to look at on Saturday. He said the CD door would not open, and he was correct. It would not. So I took the top off of the player and found that there was a data disc jammed inside. The hole in the center of this disc was a bit smaller than what is typically found on a music CD. I got it out and the door then opened and closed as it should. I notified the customer and he should come pick the unit up sometime early this week.
12:00 PM: Watched the Witnesses to 9/11 piece from the History Channel, that I recorded on the DVR this past Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This was a collection of more home videos taken in New York City on the morning of 2001-09-11.
12:15 PM: Wrote 400 more words into the Tom’s Views –> Acceptance and Equality Together piece.
12:30 PM: Performed final editing and then posted the Tom’s Views –> Acceptance and Equality Together piece.
01:25 PM: Mom’s nursing facility is to call me Thursday morning with an update on her condition as they see it. Okay, I’ve got the appointment on my calendar.
02:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
04:45 PM: Finished computing what people owe me as of the end of this month. Yippie! It’s worth spending the hours each month to figure that out, so I can get my money back.
07:00 PM: Cooked tonight’s supper; consisting of chuck steak, home-grown broccoli, and a salad featuring cucumber, an avocado, and several tomatoes.
10:20 PM: Watched The History Channel’s mini series: America: The Story of Us; Part One on the DVR. This one covered the early colonization of America, from the arrival of the Deliverance and the Mayflower ships from Europe, through the winning of the revolutionary war (war for independence) from around 1620 through 1789. Excellent show. I’m eager to see part two tomorrow.
12:00 AM: Debated more on Facebook about the proposed mosque at ground zero, and iPodded. Bed time now. Tomorrow’s another day. Good night.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Balance transfer offer from Chase bank. Not at this time, thanks.
- Credit monitoring update report. No fraudulent activity against me lately.
- Promo Only’s Modern Rock Radio series; the 2010-09 issue.
- Survey for Mom to fill out from her hospital in Pittsburgh and their cardiovascular institute.