Took yesterday off, was feeling like death warmed over. Well, I actually worked from home (got a bunch done too) as not to sneeze over everyone in the office. Other than work, I didn’t do a whole bunch, other than a quick shopping trip.
There is a very article (PDF) about using LISP as a competative advantage.
About a third of the way through Speaker for the Dead. Awsome book!
Had another weird dream last night. I don’t remember it all of course, but I know I was downloading books off the internet, but they were physical books, not something you download to the computer. I was also living/sleeping in my parents spare bathroom, and in the next room there was some guy who came into my “room” and just dumped a bunch of stuff. The rest of the night/dream I spent screaming at him “Why the hell did you do that!?” I think I ended up cleaning it up and throwing it all over the floor of his room, but I can’t be certain.
I finally have a line on getting my second monitor fixed. Seems that the weenie up the road (who said it’d be about $40 and real fast) who has kept it since December can’t get the part he needs. Gee, thanks for telling me this buddy, or returning my calls. Ass. Anyway, I finally called around some dealerships, and after a few calls I found a dealership in Richmond. Now all I have to do is get proof of purchase (<crossed fingers>) and get the thing down to richmond. A week later (in theory) all is well. Again, fingers crossed.
Also finally got my taxes done. Mucho thanks to our financial lady here at work who did them for me (not sure what to get her in return, she did it free, but maybe a gift cert or something?) and got me mucho $$ back. Course, that’s enough to pay back my parents for the money I borrowed from them to get the RRSPs that got me the big $$ back.
Ever think that all this planning for the future might be for naught? I mean, people spend countless hours and money investing, putting money away, and doing their best to secure their income in the future, or at least, making sure that they don’t have to work at a McDonalds when they’re 85 to be able to pay for their adult diapers. What if the stock market completely crashes? What if money becomes useless (ie: the Star Trek universe(tm) where there is no money, poverty, or want)? What if there is a Dark Angel type senario where something goes “bing” and suddenly all the electricity dissapears? Someone tried that in a movie, GoldenEye [archive.org link] IIRC, wiping out a countries economy by using an EMP to erase all their computers, stock records, etc. Suddenly what everyone worries about (or should worry about) at least once a year becomes pointless.
Makes me wonder if the people who don’t have RRSPs and so forth are the fools I thought them to be or not 🙂