kinzel: (Second Life)
Up early -- looked out the kitchen window, and saw the day's single lily. Got coffee and rushed off after breakfast to the PO where I was second in line with a bunch of SRM Publisher packages and had a minor rules run-in with a PO purist telling me that I use too much tape on my packages, or that the package was too fat -- but who couldn't provide me with chapter-and-verse on this. Flat rate envelopes .. .are they flat rate or not? Or must they not be deformed, in which case most people are doing it wrong...

After the PO I zoomed up to the used-bread store above Fairfield, noting that yet another restaurant in the mock-old-fashioned-cabin has gone out of business. Pity, that. The lady at the used-bread store says that business is booming for them - after all if the bread costs $2.95 to $3.95 in the grocery and is 2/$3 in her store, you can tell who has good value. We have three used-bread stores in the greater Waterville area and we've been using them more often these last months as the cost of gas has gone up....

Thence, in short order, to the hair cutters of choice, also in Fairfield, where Sharon had arrived a few moments before me but was not yet begun. Trimmed, my cut was first, I was out fairly quickly, and then to the store to do fill-in-the-blank shopping, though I'd left the list on the refrigerator. Sigh... still got most of what I thought we should have, came home, and by the time I'd put the food away it was time to start lunch, which by the time it was done was a sort of stir-fry of apple/garlic sausage with broccoli, chives, diced potatoes, and sweet-peppers, in olive oil.

Along the way I discover I am moderator of record for two panels at worldcon this year.

Some computer work done, a short visit to Second Life, some correspondence, a nap ... and zoom, time to get back to work. The day is warm, breezy, brilliant, and dry ...

Today's Free Music? http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/General_Union
kinzel: (redster)
Argent (the Subaru) got a much-needed refurbishment yesterday while Rolanni was having the hole in her head fixed... that's because it is getting to be road-trip time again... So, don't tell my parents, but we're heading their way for the party my sister has planned for them ... which means we'll be dependent on drive-by connectivity again, RSN. Wish us luck! Watch for news from the road.

Meanwhile, Andre the PHD Web guy has come to my rescue with the SRM Publisher catalog, where minor-appearing but important changes have been made to assist and clarify access. Go ANDRE!

Now, I have to go back into the works to fix a finger-fehler that reset a bunch of "available to all" titles to "wholesale only, please buy 20." Sigh... Visit srmpublisher.com where I'm trying to catch the glitches before we hit the road to the south.

The day-lily count will begin soon. For some reason ours are very late again this year, but there's already a dozen stalks showing and probably more on the downhill side I can't get to without fighting through the English roses ... and that's bad plan because the roses *always* win, you betcha. Since each stalk has multiple blooms... it oight to be colorful. The thing is that with our travels, especially the Amtrakking that's coming up, we're going to miss some of them, so the lily count will be off for the year. Sigh.

Denvention is approaching. That's WorldCon in SF community shorthand for World Science Fiction Convention and a great place for fans to meet each other, their favorite authors, and snarf lots of favorite books and art Still time to get in on the fun! Visit -- http://www.denvention3.org/ for details. Sharon and I between us will be on panels, give readings, have signings, and we'll be at parties to. On The SRM Publisher side we expect to have a Wednesday evening party including Lawrence M. Schoen, whose new SRM chapbook Buffalogistics should be breaking at the con. See the cover at srmpublisher.com ...

Later today, with luck, some comments from me on the poll you guys were so good about taking at ....
http://kinzel.livejournal.com/195539.html


Oh yeah, with some workaround I have the Optia operational, so we'll see how that goes.

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