6383 - Last night overview

Had Thai dinner with Danny last night, and got Dan his DVD player... he's officially caught up with the 90s. I'm going to give him a copy of Young Frankenstein on Friday, as his first movie.

After a *very* satisfying supper of red curry tofu and a dessert of coconut ice cream, There was a brief constitutional walk to the nearby theatre to see what's playing, and I was surprised to see only a couple of indy/art flicks. I do want to see Cold Mountain, though... if only for the imagery and to see if they changed the ending from the book. Then we picked up the DVD player (and I got some blank DVDs), and browsed the computer / console games section. If Danny ever gets an X-box, I'll get him that Extreme Beach Volleyball (Or, CGI boobie-girl bounce, as I like to call it.) I prefer Warcraft III. Lastly, we headed over to the near uber-Barnes and Noble. He picked up a copy of The Color of Magic, because I've been talking about the Discworld series too much lately.

New Year's Eve... Hopefully I'll get to see my beloved tonight, and we can spend some quality time together.

[ACIM update]We had our 52^nd success, an Alzheimer's Elderly in Port Orange. Also, SD gave notice yesterday, MM will start work as a Tech sometime next week. It looks like CS will be here for a while yet, but I suspect it'll only be a matter of time before the Kahuna and he run afoul of one another, and the axe will have to drop. New person to take up some of RI's duties, and RI will be back on Monday, after tending to her mom's funeral arrangements. [end of update]

6384 NYE... Where did this year toddle off to? Actually, 'twas more like trundled.

Ah, only a few more hours left to 2003.

Let's see... Some Blessings I can count. Just off the top of my head.

• My Beloved


• Newt


• My brother is on his way to good health.


• I'm getting in better and better shape.


• Old friends coming out of the woodwork.


• At a gig that makes a positive difference in the world.


• Made a number of kindly friends.


• The vast majority of this year's stresses have been alleviates or are in the works for correction / removal.


• Improved Computer system

Not too shabby.

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Some New Years Resolutions (I have about the same ones every year.)

128x48, the graphic resolution of the original TRS-80
160x160, PalmOS devices in their original PDA form factor
640x480, sometimes colloquially called VGA, since it was the big advance brought by IBM's introduction of VGA
800x600, casually referred to as SVGA, the comfort zone on a 15-inch CRT
1024x768, generally said to be XGA. Much liked on a 17-inch CRT
1152x864, which is about as much as most people can stand on a 17-inch CRT
1280x1024, generally considered optimal on a 19-inch CRT
1600x1200, graphic design sweet spot, at least until something better than a 21-inch, 72 dpi CRT goes mainstream

My current desktop: 2048x768 (2*1024x768)

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Since it's Pretty much the New Year, I've taken down the Christmas Decor on my site... I'm thinknig about a nice birthday / candlemas / Imbolc / Groundhog's one for February. Here's one of my fave online cards for the holidays... arrow keys move.

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I hope that 2004 is superior in every way to 2003 by means of love, happiness and health to any and all. Though, if it comes down to it, I'm putting my loved ones first, then myself, and then everyone else gets what's left. :)