Here and there...

[alexpgp]

It turns out that two of the invoices I sent to one of my Texas clients never got to where they were supposed to go, so I had to refax them. It'll be interesting to see if payment follows the date of the invoice (i.e., the day they were first sent) or the date they were received.

* * *In a fit of materialism, I finally got around to asking where Feht's birthday present to me had been stashed in the store. The location was revealed to me and the present turns out to be a copy of Coup de Grace and Other Stories by Jack Vance.

The tome is one of the "reader's edition" copies published earlier this year, and is a preview of the 44-volume Vance Integral Edition which will begin publication next year, the fruit of several years of labor by Vance fans (much of which was done over the Internet). The book has a nice heft to it, and is well constructed. I shall enjoy reading it.

Talking about materialism, I sent off my payment for a DVD of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, which was the template from which The Magnificent Seven was made. It'll probably take a while for the disk to get here, seeing as how the seller is located in Hong Kong, but my previous purchase (Kurosawa's High and Low) got to me without problem, so I don't expect any problems this time, either.

* * *The phone company called to say that DSL would be activated in the store on January 7, and that they'd be sending me my static IP address soon. I suppose I ought to also expect a DSL modem to arrive via UPS (which means I probably ought to order a DSL router for the store, too).

Add a to-do: figure out a way to advertise high-speed Internet access via store-based machines.

* * *Every once in a while, I will go upstairs and sit down by one of the couches in the living room. Both Sasha and Ming will come running eagerly, looking for affection. After a few moments, Ming typically ends up in the crook of one arm, eyes closed and snorting gently as I scratch his back, while Sasha ends up rubbing herself against me while lying on her back and enjoying a belly rub.

Today, I noticed Baby, our cat, catch sight of this spectacle with what appeared to be a disapproving eye. Be that as it may or not, she soundlessly got up and left the vicinity.

It's already after 5 pm and my brain feels like mush. I've not made much progress in the translation end of the world... I'm finding it hard to concentrate.

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Public high-speed internet access at the store. Fancy coffee sales, with pastries on the side. Internet Mail Cafe of the Damned ;)

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

I wish.

Unfortunately, the coffee-book-pastry franchise in the center belongs to a place called Wolf Tracks.

Which brings up an interesting point of discussion... but not for now. (Thanks for bringing it to my attention.)

Cheers...