Thursday, June 16, 2005
Breakfast: a banana. Doctor appointment. Swapped out the CD-ROM drive and cable in Ena's computer because its connector had repeatedly come loose over the years. I would fix it and a few months later it would come loose again. The service from Dell was exceptional. They were understanding about the intermittency of the problem, and parts arrived overnight. This mirrors the previous parts replacement experience I last had with Dell; I'm very pleased. When I stepped outside for lunch, I was surprised to find a light rain falling. It seems the rain surprised most everyone. I sat on Parnassus and ate a Subway sandwich. (I know, it sounds weird, but it wasn't that cold and the trees protected me from the light rain and drizzle.) While I ate, I sort of witnessed an accident—a contractor's pickup truck passed a city bus which was stopped in the road to let off and pick up passengers, and while the truck passed somehow metal doors in the back of the pickup must have hit the bus. One had fallen off and the other was swinging on its hinges. No one was hurt, but the bus driver had to stop and file a report or something. CD-ROM DemoShield building. Showed Charles how to build a distribution list in Outlook 2003. Home. Lodestar work: small edits after reviews came back. Dinner at home with Patrick: pan-fried chicken boobs, mashed potatoes, cauliflower with grated cheddar. Watched Doctor Who which Chris sent us on DVD. Thanks, Chris! Watched The Simpsons: Goo Goo Gai Pan—excellent! (Patrick thinks it was a little biased against China.)