Thematic Change: Disjointed Babbling Edition

[rolanni]

So!  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?

Comments

Tip for the western states

[capricchio.livejournal.com]

I like that one about CANT. Another hint is that the place known as Four Corners (Arizona, NM, Utah and Colorado)is the only place where 4 states come together squarely. Randon trivia that at least tells you who the 4 states mught be. :) Having grown up in the West and now living in the Northeast, I know where most of the states belong but Kentucky had me fooled until relatively recently. I was in Ohio last year and had flown into Cinncinnati, and that's the airport for part of Kentucky. Missoutri and Kansas are next to each other,only remembered becasue there's a Kansas City Missouri and a Kansas City (I believe) in Kansas. I only find Arkansaw becuase I was in Missouri once and discovered we were on the Arkansas border and it seemed so wierd, it stuck in my head. Ah, isn't travel illuminating. :) Glad you survived the storm.