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Fri Jul 9 06:00:01 EDT 2021 ======================================== Slept from ten-thirty to six-thirty. Woke briefly a couple times in the night. Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 10 mph becoming 5 to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Work ---------------------------------------- - fob for Heidi's daughter, Arielle (who is using Mr. Hartman's office because she doesn't have Internet at home) Done. - Apache updates on Firefly and Friede Done. Forty-minute walk at lunch. Sunny, and not excessively hot. Saw several little white butterflies. Heard cicadas. My home connection went down in the afternoon, so I knocked off somewhat early. Comcast estimates repair for around 1:30 AM tonight. Home ---------------------------------------- - pack lots of books Done. My connection came back up around five or six. Even packed only two-thirds full of books, these boxes weight about twenty-five pounds. Packed eight new boxes — +180 pounds of books. https://www.metafilter.com/192005/Bring-back-the-orange-pussycat-we-all-miss Bloom County! Finished reading Alan Moore's Neonomicon. Didn't love it, but Moore engaged with some interesting things. Also, funny song lyrics: > …your eldritch bitch, I wanna be your white ape, want you to fuh-fuh-fuck me 'til I change my shape… > You're like a drug I can't resist, a string high, dancing to the house in the mist… > I want my thing on your doorstep, my haunter in your dark, I'm getting squamous just thinking how you walk… And it's pretty meta: > I want to talk to that girl who jumped me, Randolph Carter. Gordon, there's something weird about this. It's…. see, it's almost like some bit literary in-joke… Uh-huh. Oh, and yesterday I mentioned a touch of William S. Burroughs with the Aklo language drug thing? Well, the second part features an orgone accumulator. Servings: grains 5/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 3/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5 Brunch: banana, ramen with vegetables and sausage Lunch: coffee Afternoon snack: nectarine Dinner: macaroni and cheese with potato, tomato, and egg -31

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