• Phone tech support for Hunter's grandma.


• Replaced CPU fan on Wren's desktop, thereby allowing it to boot.


• Updated video driver on Nikki's laptop, which while improving the overall graphics, did not solve the flickering problem.


• Keeping today's food log updated.


• Got writing done on my lunch break.

• EVE Online


• Logitech ClearChat Premium PC headset


• 3-pack of compressed air cans


• USB Jump Drive wallet

Horoscope for 23 Dec 2009:
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to astronomer Mark Whittle, the Big Bang began in silence. Soon it crescendoed into a majestic major third chord 50 octaves below middle A. Then it transformed, over the course of a million years, into a wistful minor third chord. In my vision of the first two-thirds of 2010, the music of your life will have a similar pattern: It begins with silence. Next, it progresses into a lush major feel, with spirited and complex contrapuntal themes. Then in June, it evolves into a dreamy, contemplative phase. By late September, however -- unlike the Big Bang -- you will move into a third act, in which the music of your life returns to the lively mood it had at the start, only now with the gravitas that the reflective phase has instilled.

Horoscope for 30 Dec 2009:
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): My Taurus friend Jill had a dream in which she stopped by a blackberry bush on a summer afternoon. All the ripe blackberries were too high on the bush, just out of reach. She stood there gazing longingly up at them for a long time. Finally three people in medieval garb came by, as if having stepped out of a deck of Tarot cards -- a warrior, magician, and priestess. "I really want those blackberries," she said to them. "Could you give me a boost?" They stooped down to make their backs available. She climbed up, but still couldn't reach the berries. "Oh well, we tried," she said. "Follow us," said the priestess, and she did. After a while they came to another bush whose blackberries were lower and easy to pluck. Then the four shared the feast. After analyzing the omens for 2010, Taurus, I've come to the conclusion that Jill's dream is an apt metaphor for your best possible destiny in 2010.

You might already know this ... but I adopted a kitten from a shelter a little while back, and named it Calpurnia after my favorite character from my favorite novel. It was my birthday present to myself, this little Cal, and here is a picture of us.

This year, I gave wonderful Christmas presents. I got in return a couple of HK items (and now have an absolutely spectacular collection) and a stick vac! I've been cleaning my place since the 25th, and me + new vac = love. Well. Me + kitten = love, really.