Things fall apart
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 05:58 pmMe, mostly.
Item: I have an entry on my phone. Dec 22, 2:15. No idea what or who is happening Monday at 2:15. Presumably I knew perfectly well when I wrote that and didn't think I needed to add a name. My doctor, my dentist, and my investment woman all email me reminders when I have an appointment, and no one has. I hope I don't actually have to *be* somewhere at that time.
Item: a new bottle of ibuprofen with the usual 'press down and turn' opening mechanism. Could not press down hard enough to get the whatevers lined up enough to open. Elbows screamed at the very attempt. Did without ibuprofen until today up at Loblaws when I collared a clerk and got him to open it for me.
Item: my razor needed a new blade today so I opened up the cardboard package and then tried to figure out how to open the hard plastic case with the blades in it. There seemed to be a hinge at the bottom so I should be able to open the top. But I couldn't do it-- fingers and fingernails both too weak. Clearly it's time to move into assisted living. Eventually I broke off a piece of plastic and got a single blade out, resigned to going after the rest with a flathead screwdriver. Post-shower I looked at the case again and this time turned it over. The back is already open: you just insert the body of the razor into the slot of the blade and pull it out of the case. I knew this but of course had forgotten.
Otherwise: finished Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum. Currently on Maskerade. Object being to discover how many times Greebo uhh humanizes. I thought it was in three books, but maybe it's three times in two books.
Couple of Dr Priestleys, still not to the level of Desmond Merrions. One I figured out the murderer just because he was so obliging, though the actual murder method was John Dickson Carr levels of mechanical. The other was almost a reverse mystery, where you know who did it and then watch the detective figure it out. Ah well. Passes the time, at any rate.
Next up is Petty Treason, a Sarah Tolerance mystery. Regency A/U, I think. Second in the series, the first not being borrowable in the library system. If good, might be worth buying in ebook.
Item: I have an entry on my phone. Dec 22, 2:15. No idea what or who is happening Monday at 2:15. Presumably I knew perfectly well when I wrote that and didn't think I needed to add a name. My doctor, my dentist, and my investment woman all email me reminders when I have an appointment, and no one has. I hope I don't actually have to *be* somewhere at that time.
Item: a new bottle of ibuprofen with the usual 'press down and turn' opening mechanism. Could not press down hard enough to get the whatevers lined up enough to open. Elbows screamed at the very attempt. Did without ibuprofen until today up at Loblaws when I collared a clerk and got him to open it for me.
Item: my razor needed a new blade today so I opened up the cardboard package and then tried to figure out how to open the hard plastic case with the blades in it. There seemed to be a hinge at the bottom so I should be able to open the top. But I couldn't do it-- fingers and fingernails both too weak. Clearly it's time to move into assisted living. Eventually I broke off a piece of plastic and got a single blade out, resigned to going after the rest with a flathead screwdriver. Post-shower I looked at the case again and this time turned it over. The back is already open: you just insert the body of the razor into the slot of the blade and pull it out of the case. I knew this but of course had forgotten.
Otherwise: finished Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum. Currently on Maskerade. Object being to discover how many times Greebo uhh humanizes. I thought it was in three books, but maybe it's three times in two books.
Couple of Dr Priestleys, still not to the level of Desmond Merrions. One I figured out the murderer just because he was so obliging, though the actual murder method was John Dickson Carr levels of mechanical. The other was almost a reverse mystery, where you know who did it and then watch the detective figure it out. Ah well. Passes the time, at any rate.
Next up is Petty Treason, a Sarah Tolerance mystery. Regency A/U, I think. Second in the series, the first not being borrowable in the library system. If good, might be worth buying in ebook.
