Mon Dec 17 14:48:02 EST 2018

Slept from one-thirty to seven, then again from nine to noon.

High of thirty-six and mostly cloudy today.

Goals:
- Fix computer
  Done.

Yesterday, my main home workstation failed to boot following a routine update.

> Initramfs unpacking failed: no cpio magic
> Failed to execute /init (error -2)
> Kernel panic — not syncing: no working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance.

Fixed by booting to alternate media, mounting my main drive chroot, and reinstalling grub.
Even after successful reboot, a bunch of stuff was messed up until I ran `dpkg-reconfigure locales`.

Still not sure what caused the breakage.
Hopefully, it was a one-off.

Watched some anime on Crunchyroll, including Laid-Back Camp.
Make me want to winter camp.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18699166
https://youtu.be/74BfHoE66rc?t=42m17s
> video of Knuth mishearing the question "What makes a good teacher?" as "What makes a good T-shirt?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=259&v=NjDclfAFRB4
- Tuileries Garden 1896 with kids sailing model ships in a huge fountain.
- Moving walkway at the Paris Exposition, 1900

Thirty-minute walk after dark.
Pleasantly cold.
The sky cleared to show a half moon and several stars.
A wood fire burned somewhere.
Mulled the idea that, more often than not, achieving something roughly in the ballpark of my ambitions contents my desires — achieving the exact grandest goal isn't necessary.
An modestly optimistic thought.

Advanced Labyrinth Lord is out.
Copies ordered.

Servings: grains 0/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 3/4, dairy 0/2, meat 1/3, nuts 0/0.5

Breakfast: unsalted sweet potato chips
Lunch: banana, carrots, spinach, apple, coffee, turkey burger patty, tomato
Dinner: pizza

143/83