The Mandelbear's Musings

So... I guess the main thing that happened yesterday was the idiocy with my pension, which you can read about in the previous post or in the notes, so I don't have to repeat it here. Which is just as well for my blood pressure; it's already too high. That started around 2pm; I spent the rest of the afternoon pretty much a basket case.

Maybe I'm a little bit fragile right now? Oh, right.

After having tried my monster 1600x1200 monitor on the desk, I decided to take home the 17" Samsung, which is now sitting comfortably atop the mac mini and its backup drive. Its first task will be running the application formerly known as TaxCut. Since I have no intention of running it on the Windows partition of my netbook, thank you very much. Not going there.

As for links, how about Out of Reach 2012: National Low Income Housing Coalition, wherein it is shown that there is *no place in the country* where one can afford rent on a minimum-wage job. Just what I needed to know right now.

OK, go look at S. J. Tucker's music videos. Much better.

0316 Fr
  * up 6:30; W=195; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, exercise
  : crash on Algol; chrome spinning at 100% CPU.  Had to power cycle.
  @ Out of Reach 2012: National Low Income Housing Coalition
    minimum-wage hours needed to afford rent +Kee Hinkley
  * 15min:  cleanup in mail.misc.  1856 to go
  @ TouringMusicVideos's Channel - YouTube (S. J.Tucker)
  * tried putting the 1600x1200 monitor on desk.  Might not keep it -- it's
    huge, heavy, and as wide as my 1920x1080 Samsungs.  Will definitely keep
    the 1920x1200 monitor, though.  -May- take the Samsung 740B, too.
  * walk:  ~1.8mi - McClellan and DeAnza
    I felt a couple of raindrops, but not enough to get wet.
  : pension.hewitt.com apparently *has my social security number wrong*
    ! FURIOUS.  The more so because it's right on their _benefits_ website,
      but they won't fix it.  They want me to _mail_ them a copy of my SS card.
  : 2:31 and hewitt's benefits website apparently no longer has a way of finding
    out what documentation I need to submit.  Or at least, it isn't on the
    summary page where it used to be, or on any of the obvious tabs.  And they
    go home at 4pm central time.  Which was half an hour ago.
    ! FURIOUS DOESN'T BEGIN TO COVER IT
  * change .signature (home and work)
  ! 4:45 relatively calm, but still feeling effects from 2-2:30 
  ! 4:57 more like depression than calm?  Lethargic, unmotivated.  Brain-fried.
  * ~/src from Congo now in /users/steve/src-from-congo.tar
  @ ysabetwordsmith | The Business Rusch: Scarcity and Abundance
  @ Most definitions of middle age give it as between 40 and 60.  So now I'm Officially Old.
  @ Dream Studio 11.10: Upgrade or Hands Off? | Linux.com (LWN)
  * PAY BILLS - I think just the phone and insurance this time; luck out
    Of course, it would be nice if the bank's web site was up (21:42)
    (was only down for a few minutes, fortunately.)
  * install Whitewood for taxes.  Sits to the right of the keyboard, with the
    Samsung 740 (17") on top of the stack. 
  * wishful/thankful/furious/forgetful Friday