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Coming back up...
Jun. 25th, 2002 08:54 pmI slept poorly last night, but I suspect if I go on detailing my every ache and pain, I'll lose interest in posting to LJ. I'm better now, I think. 'nuf said.
The kids left yesterday, shortly after I posted yesterday. Drew called the store this morning to say he was okay and give Lee some tips. I hope he and Shannon (and Huntur) have a good time.
While browsing in the SF section at the Bay Area Boulevard Barnes & Noble, I found that another Philip K. Dick story has made it to the big screen: Minority Report. They had a special reprint on sale, with a strange, steno-book binding (but without the spiral); I'd have bought it except I'd way overspent myself in Houston by then (the eve of our departure). It seems every few years or so, someone goes dipping into Dick's work and comes out with something that can be turned into a good screenplay.
I also put back the latest book in the Starfist series, as well as volume 3 of the Seafort saga. As I let my buyer's discount card lapse, the price there is no different from the price at Wolftracks down a few doors from the store, though I may have to wait for Wolftracks to order them. (No big deal there, I don't envision too much spare time for the immediate future.)
In the dead time during one of the sims last week, I downloaded all sections of The Linux Cyrillic HOWTO (rus), dated 5 December 2000. Printed out, the pages stack up about half an inch high. I'm sure I don't need to memorize all of it to use Cyrillic successfully on a Linux box, but what I need may well be there. Again, time will be a factor.
I got a formal notification from the ATA about my proposed sessions. They accepted both my proposed session on navigating one's way through the Cyrillic encoding swamp, and my session on what translators need to know about U.S. export controls. Then there is a third session that I'm signed up for - I think it's a panel - whose subject does not immediately pop into my mind. Talking about the ATA, I've received e-mails of concern from some colleagues who have been watching the news about the fires in Colorado and wanted to know how things were around my digs.
Aside from a seemingly permanent smoky pall over the mountains, nothing much has changed. The news is that the Hayman fire is now completely contained (contained != extinguished, BTW). The Missionary Ridge fire continues to burn, and the Durango Herald reports that the fire can now be seen from the city. The fire has pretty much burned all the area around Vallecito Reservoir, is threatening the communiations towers south of Freed Canyon, and is edging up into the Weminuche Wilderness.
One of the pumps the city is using to store water from the San Juan River has broken, so the local water authority has announced a cessation of all outside watering effective immediately (it had been limited to certain times on certain days). Local concern is focused on local happenings. There was an incident a couple of days ago, apparently, during which a vehicle caught fire and set fire to a couple of trees before being brought under control.
I gave Pat C. my application for the County Search & Rescue group today. I need to get a background check and then a bunch of training, but I'll do whatever it takes in the meantime to help keep this neck of the woods a little safer for everyone.
I came home at 2:30 pm from the store, completely bushed. I napped, which restored me somewhat, but it still took me a couple of hours to come up to speed and down to work. My mind is still not very alert (translation is hard), so I'm going to doodle for a little bit and then make a hard charge at getting a good night's rest and then getting out of the store early enough tomorrow to keep fatigue from getting to me.
Cheers...
The kids left yesterday, shortly after I posted yesterday. Drew called the store this morning to say he was okay and give Lee some tips. I hope he and Shannon (and Huntur) have a good time.
While browsing in the SF section at the Bay Area Boulevard Barnes & Noble, I found that another Philip K. Dick story has made it to the big screen: Minority Report. They had a special reprint on sale, with a strange, steno-book binding (but without the spiral); I'd have bought it except I'd way overspent myself in Houston by then (the eve of our departure). It seems every few years or so, someone goes dipping into Dick's work and comes out with something that can be turned into a good screenplay.
I also put back the latest book in the Starfist series, as well as volume 3 of the Seafort saga. As I let my buyer's discount card lapse, the price there is no different from the price at Wolftracks down a few doors from the store, though I may have to wait for Wolftracks to order them. (No big deal there, I don't envision too much spare time for the immediate future.)
In the dead time during one of the sims last week, I downloaded all sections of The Linux Cyrillic HOWTO (rus), dated 5 December 2000. Printed out, the pages stack up about half an inch high. I'm sure I don't need to memorize all of it to use Cyrillic successfully on a Linux box, but what I need may well be there. Again, time will be a factor.
I got a formal notification from the ATA about my proposed sessions. They accepted both my proposed session on navigating one's way through the Cyrillic encoding swamp, and my session on what translators need to know about U.S. export controls. Then there is a third session that I'm signed up for - I think it's a panel - whose subject does not immediately pop into my mind. Talking about the ATA, I've received e-mails of concern from some colleagues who have been watching the news about the fires in Colorado and wanted to know how things were around my digs.
Aside from a seemingly permanent smoky pall over the mountains, nothing much has changed. The news is that the Hayman fire is now completely contained (contained != extinguished, BTW). The Missionary Ridge fire continues to burn, and the Durango Herald reports that the fire can now be seen from the city. The fire has pretty much burned all the area around Vallecito Reservoir, is threatening the communiations towers south of Freed Canyon, and is edging up into the Weminuche Wilderness.
One of the pumps the city is using to store water from the San Juan River has broken, so the local water authority has announced a cessation of all outside watering effective immediately (it had been limited to certain times on certain days). Local concern is focused on local happenings. There was an incident a couple of days ago, apparently, during which a vehicle caught fire and set fire to a couple of trees before being brought under control.
I gave Pat C. my application for the County Search & Rescue group today. I need to get a background check and then a bunch of training, but I'll do whatever it takes in the meantime to help keep this neck of the woods a little safer for everyone.
I came home at 2:30 pm from the store, completely bushed. I napped, which restored me somewhat, but it still took me a couple of hours to come up to speed and down to work. My mind is still not very alert (translation is hard), so I'm going to doodle for a little bit and then make a hard charge at getting a good night's rest and then getting out of the store early enough tomorrow to keep fatigue from getting to me.
Cheers...
