Today, I:
Showered while listening to Spotify.
Ate beignets, bacon, and eggs for breakfast.
Calculated the cheapest width/length combinations of lumber to finish out our bedroom.
Talked to my parents who called to wish me a happy new year.
Ordered tile for the bathroom.
Gave a panhandler a banana, a granola bar, and a Coke. He had two full forty-ounce malt liquors in his bike basket that I only noticed as I handed him the banana.
Ate tomato soup and a grilled cheese for lunch.
Went to Lowe’s.
Worked on bedroom and cut trim from lumber on hand.
Repaired James’s malm (ikea bed) with two lengths of 3/8 threaded rod, four washers, two lock nuts, and two wing nuts.
Cleaned up the den by removing construction materials.
Listened to a podcast interview with the president of AEI.
Realized I’d turned the cuckoo feature off on the cuckoo clock. Eli turned it back on. It is keeping good time.
Completed a transaction with a guy on Craigslist named “Jonas” and earned a sawbuck for it. He said that he did indeed like the Weezer song, “My name is Jonas.”
Ate pork ribs, cabbage slaw, black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, and oranges for supper.
Advised someone on gift-giving.
Looked longingly at Epiphone hollow-bodied guitars online.
Sorted through all the recent newspapers and threw out most of them.
Had a brownie with whipped cream for dessert with Ann while we watched the movie Kate and Leopold.
Wore old shoes all day to allow my feet to spread out; they are sore from wearing D-width shoes for a few days in a row.
Read about deaths of Natalie Cole and the Ian guy who created Debian Lunux.
Drinks today: Negra Modelo, water, Unsweetened iced tea, coffee.
Yes, Ian Murdock. He’s the “ian” in Debian. Deb is his wife.