Emotion and Information and Ideas

I spent a good portion of the day coping with a computer corpse, ultimately deciding to have the old notebook repaired (and hoping the hard drive can be recovered), but also deciding to buy a new notebook. So, I bought a Sony Vaio...god knows what submodel (subversion?)...that's considerably lighter than the Dell it's replacing. And, glory of glories, it has a video camera so that I can, if others on Skype are similarly equipped, see the people I speak to via Skype. We'll see.

I really did spent the vast majority of the day on getting the new computer set up. I learned, of course, again, that I should have backed up the old notebook. I am an idiot. I deserve the crap I'm dealing with.

Late today, my wife and I went to visit my staffer who just had brain surgery. It was surprising to me that the "old person" was there again. We've never been close, but I could tolerate her and vice versa...tonight, that same mutual tolerance was there again. I don't know the prognosis...probably won't for a time...but I hope she recovers completely and has a long and productive life ahead.

Tonight, after visiting the hospital and a nearby liquor store, we went to dinner...my wife suggested either Indian or Ethiopian, so we visited Laliberta, one of our favorite Ethiopian spots. As usual, we were the only Whites in the place. I wonder why...the food is fabulous, so you'd think other White people would visit, too. I learned that k'rt is another dish I want to try; it's raw beef, served as a steak, that the diner trims and then dips into sauce. We did not have it, but others in the place did...they trimmed the raw beef, cut off chunks, then dipped it into aswaze sauce and ate it. Looked yummy!

Only three more work days until Thanksgiving. That's good, but I am horribly behind. I have to develop a budget for Tuesday (and finish minutes from a recent Board meeting), get blood testing on Wednesday, meet a glass & mirror guy at the house on Tuesday mid-day, and get untold other things done. I should have spent today on many of those things, but bought a new computer instead. Idiot!

I'm getting concerned that no one from Farmers Branch has responded to my message about their idiotic ordinance making English the official language of the city and requiring landlords to confirm legal residency to rent...scary they haven't acknowledged me.

My read of Democrats of late is that they are doing their best to fuck up what we have given them. If they do, I'm taking the highway to the next new political landscape. Goddamn it, why can't they be BETTER than the Republicans? Independent is, I decided long ago, the way to go...but now, the Dems are really forcing it. Republicans have their share of good ideas, but I cannot imagine me ever adopting their social stances...nor most of their economic positions. Democrats just seem to have a nice focus on the right issues...but it's coupled with unscrupulous and unsavory interactions.

Enough for now. Who thinks what about any of this crap?