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Another day of construction. Serious wrapping the room in plastic and yanking the window time. Freaking the cats again. But the new window seems better. A last bit of ranting about the iMac. And going out for Korean food with friends. Korean feast really. The amount of food blew me away. Quite tasty.
The iMac trauma continues. It spontaneously shut down overnight again. I spent a big chunk of the morning trying to troubleshoot. Started with RAM because the initial Genius Bar diagnosis pointed that way. After hours wasted moving DIMMs around and inconsistent, unrepeatable behavior, I threw in the towel. Went back to Apple, resigned that I’d have to leave it for a power supply swap. I was stunned and delighted when the manager simply exchanged my bum CPU for a new one. Let’s hope that one iMac really was just a lemon.
The iMac spontaneously shut down overnight and would not start up this morning. Dragged it down to the Apple Store only to find out that the troubleshooting instructions at support.apple.com are wrong. Thanks. If that’s not enough fun, construction began on our window replacement. It sent the cats into full panic mode. Stay tuned for more fun tomorrow.
Lazy day for me. Didn’t get out of pajamas until afternoon. Worked out a bit then rambled about Memorial Day and its meaning. If you think America is great and never question what our elected officials do, stop right now. You’ll hate what I say and me.
A better day. The washer remains non-functional but I have a pretty good idea of how to fix it. Found info and a video at a UK site that describes the problem we’re having and shows how to do the repair using our exact machine model. Parts are ordered and should be delivered on Wednesday. That said, we did go spend the afternoon with Matt, Miguel and Aaron so Rich could do this week’s laundry. Managed to avoid the crowds and madness around the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary. And Rich explored his holiday-character fetishes on the Grindrs.
Yes, a quick installment. Day began badly because we ran out of milk so I was forced to resort to Starbucks across the street for the morning cappuccinos. Then I show you how the pre-cancerous skin is looking. And two gratuitous shots of the cats. After that I didn’t shoot much because the washer stopped working on Rich again. He was stressed so I didn’t want to add to it by having a video camera in his face. Without being too much of a spoiler, I can say that the situation improves on Sunday. Stay tuned.
Odd Friday because I have to go in for the annual Commencement ceremony. Didn’t record much during it. Do have a behind the still from onstage and a bit from the post-event lunch. Tiring few days though so we had a quiet night at home. Cold one, too. I can tell our usual foggy, windy, chilly summer will be here soon.
You’re wrong. Take your mind out of the gutter. It’s just time for my annual head-to-toe skin check. The fun aftereffect of having skin cancer. Yes, I had a small basel cell on the back of my neck when I was 30. Every year since, I’ve taken my clothes off to allow a medical professional to eye me up and down. If that doesn’t wear down the inhibitions, I’m not sure anything can. A few squirts of liquid nitrogen and I’m certified for another year. Err, four months since I opted out of a couple of places on the face this time. Also got to buy two new tires for the BMW. Surprise. And the cats were freaked out by construction. Not necessarily in that order.
It was Bay to Breakers so we stayed in the apartment most of the day. But I made an exception and went moron hunting just for you, loyal viewers. Never fear, no public urination or defecation was found this year. Probably went out too early. I also rant about a horrendous Kraft salad dressing commercial that’s been playing incessantly on the ABC iPad app. It worked. I’m never going to buy Kraft products again. Ever. Join me. It will be fun.
Day of errands and other tasks so that we can just hunker down at home Sunday. The goal is to avoid the insanity on the streets when Bay to Breakers invades our neighborhood. I had to get out while Rich cleaned the apartment then spent some quality time with Alice. In the evening, we went to a healthy dinner with Aaron, Matt and Miguel. Counterbalanced with cupcakes and our favorite guest star Puck.