Thematic Change: Disjointed Babbling Edition
Thursday, November 1st, 2012 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniSo! A new journal style, so I can have my sidebar back.
Today, being the first of the month, is firstly about balancing the checkbook, figuring out the monthly income and putting thirty-three percent of that away immediately in the tax account, because -- freelancer.
Amazon.com, being situated on the left coast, has paid the author portion of 60-day-ago Kindle sales into the account as per usual. BN, apparently situated on the right coast, has posted a comment in their Community Forum, stating that, due to Weather, payments will be late. That's fine as far as it goes, but it would've be...nice...if they had said how late.
Regarding the upcoming election, I already voted by absentee ballot, since the Original Plan had Steve and me absent on November 6, by way of celebrating the 32nd anniversary of our marriage. Thus, I feel a little aggrieved that I don't get a pass on political news, now. I'm also concerned about the level of acrimony -- no matter who wins the election, the rift separating the "sides" is only going to widen. That's sad and scary.
In Between It All, I've been reading Maphead, by Ken Jennings. This inspired me to print out a blank US map off the intertubes so I could test how geographically literate I am, which is -- not so much. I'm pretty solid with the Maine-to-Florida/Texas/California/Nevada/Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Montana nexi; and I took the Georgia/Alabama/Louisiana curve off the top of Florida in good form. But I inverted Tennessee and Kentucky, and totally forgot about Arkansas. The saddest part, though, are the eleven states sort of in the center there, which I've left blank. I mean, I know that I'm missing New Mexico, and Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, the Dakotas, North and South, but I'm clueless as to which rectangle might be what. Maybe I should just write in, "Here There Be Dragons," and have done...
Speaking of the storm -- we here at the Catfarm and Confusion Factory had to deal with nothing more than a couple of nasty thunderstorms and some wind. The worst damage was that the flag was torn off the windchimes (I replaced it with an old CD); we didn't even lose power. To be succinct, we were very fortunate.
I'm looking at the images coming out of Jersey and New York and I'm just heartsick. I can barely imagine what the folks who are on the ground are feeling, and having to deal with.
Everybody keep safe, right?
Today, being the first of the month, is firstly about balancing the checkbook, figuring out the monthly income and putting thirty-three percent of that away immediately in the tax account, because -- freelancer.
Amazon.com, being situated on the left coast, has paid the author portion of 60-day-ago Kindle sales into the account as per usual. BN, apparently situated on the right coast, has posted a comment in their Community Forum, stating that, due to Weather, payments will be late. That's fine as far as it goes, but it would've be...nice...if they had said how late.
Regarding the upcoming election, I already voted by absentee ballot, since the Original Plan had Steve and me absent on November 6, by way of celebrating the 32nd anniversary of our marriage. Thus, I feel a little aggrieved that I don't get a pass on political news, now. I'm also concerned about the level of acrimony -- no matter who wins the election, the rift separating the "sides" is only going to widen. That's sad and scary.
In Between It All, I've been reading Maphead, by Ken Jennings. This inspired me to print out a blank US map off the intertubes so I could test how geographically literate I am, which is -- not so much. I'm pretty solid with the Maine-to-Florida/Texas/California/Nevada/Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Montana nexi; and I took the Georgia/Alabama/Louisiana curve off the top of Florida in good form. But I inverted Tennessee and Kentucky, and totally forgot about Arkansas. The saddest part, though, are the eleven states sort of in the center there, which I've left blank. I mean, I know that I'm missing New Mexico, and Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, the Dakotas, North and South, but I'm clueless as to which rectangle might be what. Maybe I should just write in, "Here There Be Dragons," and have done...
Speaking of the storm -- we here at the Catfarm and Confusion Factory had to deal with nothing more than a couple of nasty thunderstorms and some wind. The worst damage was that the flag was torn off the windchimes (I replaced it with an old CD); we didn't even lose power. To be succinct, we were very fortunate.
I'm looking at the images coming out of Jersey and New York and I'm just heartsick. I can barely imagine what the folks who are on the ground are feeling, and having to deal with.
Everybody keep safe, right?
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New jersey
Date: 2012-11-03 11:20 am (UTC)So every evening has been a romantic candlelight dinner. :-) We have no power (maybe back by wednesday) and no heat, but do have our gas cooking stove so we can have hot meals and hot tea, and we do have hot water. Gasoline lines are unreal because so few stations are open. There are enough recharging stations open again that I am using my electronic devices for more than emergencies.
Millie
Re: New jersey
Date: 2012-11-04 04:38 pm (UTC)Stay safe.