A parting shot...

Just a couple of items before I wrap things up and go to sleep.

I got confirmation from the ATA that my proposed presentation at this November's conference (on Linux and Open Source) has been accepted. Now all that's left is to actually put together the slide show and make the presentation. There is, however, time between now and when this must occur. I am sure it will be enough, but only barely.

Second, the following image attests to the fact that yes, one can buy postage in the international departure area at JFK airport:



When I was there waiting to fly out of the country, I had an letter I wanted to send to my mom (a get well card). I was informed that there are no post boxes at the airport, for security reasons, of course.

Why, then, is there a farblegargling stamp vending machine there, in the international departure area, to sell you ordinary U.S. postage stamps?

I mean, it'd be silly enough to have a stamp vending machine in, say, a domestic terminal when you consider that you'd have to leave the airport to be able to use any stamps you bought from the machine. But when a person is in the area where the machine in the photo is located, their next stop is outside the U.S., where U.S. postage stamps are good for very little, certainly not for postage.

That's enough spleen-venting for the day. Now I can go to sleep.

Cheers...

A glorious day!

Aside from some haze (which some say is fire-induced), today was a really beautiful day here in Pagosa country. As usual, I spent the better part of the day either in the store (in the morning) or at home.

I found it very difficult to get started on the translations I have outstanding, so I killed some time making borshch. I must admit it's not as good as Galina's, but I notice that hand-chopping all of the fixings is worth the trouble. Last time Galina made soup, I processed the beets, carrots, etc. mechanically, and the result - while it tasted good - just didn't so much resemble soup as it did some fantastic vegetable-based gruel.

Assuming three days for my outstanding translations and a linear rate of translation, I should have done just under 2300 source words today. My spirit just wasn't in it today, so I stopped about a third of the way through, which turned out to be just over 2000 source words done. I figure that given my habit of usually exceeding my self-imposed quotas, an occasional day where I only do 87% of my quota is no big deal.

Man, I must be spending entirely too much time in front of this tube, because I am itching to get out of my office (or maybe it's the fact that I started reading Clive Cussler's Flood Tide, and really regret having had to put it down and go to work).

Gee, do you think...?

Cheers...