Trickle down

[kinzel]

Trickle down....

that's the snowflakes. One or two at a time, if you look hard. Elsewise it looks misty... which means another Maine strange morning, temperature outside in low 20s, warm enough to shovel part of the deck in my long-sleeve Fritz's shirt (that's the denim shirt with the steam engine on it for those of you who have seen me traveling) and...warm enough that I can almost believe the predicted high in the 40s, and so I didn't bother to clean the whole deck...

Had a real adrenal surge last night when my computer locked just after I'd finished a good run of writing. Ack! Pffttt (hi Bill!) gave the household a charge, it did, especially when I looked -- after reboot -- at the end of the piece I'd been working on. And it showed no change from the start...

Finally I realized what happened, and that in fact the last 5 lines were the only part that hadn't been saved in autosave, and the last five lines were only working notes that I've been updating rarely....so I had them elsewhere. So I backed the file up over network to Rolanni's hard drive, and to the 80 gig free-standing Maxtor, too.

Then Rolanni (considering my problem to be a warning) decided to back-up on CD -- and the program threw fits at her, multiple times.... aiieee....

Finally she realized it was choking on the inclusion of the photofiles, and she got a quick CD back-up of all the writing and SRM files, no problem....

Phew. So, along with our multicheese sandwich, a glass of the red.

Last evening's wine: Long Flat Cabernet Shiraz Malbec. 2002. Australia. That's 80% Cabernet, 10% Shiraz, 10% Malbec. My compliments to the Long Flat folks. Inexpensive but nice.

Comments

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

44F, fog/mist. This is actually a good thing, as fog burns off. Currently, no rain in the forecast. I'm really ready to get out, given that we've had 4 consecutive weekends of raining weather.

[od-mind.livejournal.com]

If you like the Long Flat blend, you might want to try Penfolds Bin 2 Shiraz/Mourvedre. It's a bit more expensive (but not much), and a big leap up in quality. Some genius blender at Penfolds has figured out how to use Mourvedre, which has a fairly 'earthy' flavor palate, to mimic the effects of aging on a good shiraz. The result tastes like a mature pricey shiraz -- but still with fabulous fruit.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if Penfolds is one of the limited variety of wines permitted in the state. Maine, you see, has a commisar of alcoholic beverages, and even though state stores have been disbanded and distribution has been farmed out I often suspect that we are not able to see the full range of current wines. This is easy to verify by stopping at a New Hampshire state store on the way south or west -- we do it as a matter of course so we have decent wines on the road. I should mention that a Maibe resident buying in NH and returning directly to Maine still faces the chance meeting with liquor cops looking for tax stamps. And no, one can't just mailorder wine here.