What's everyone up to right now?

[Gwaithmir]

Dealing with arthritis pain. It's raining today and my hands are killing me. I may have to take Tylenol in addition to Aleve.

[Angrboda]

Damnit.  I am donating plasma.  I tried listening to my audio book on the bus, but the headphones that I've got with me aren't loud enough to be heard over the sound of the bus.  So I put them away, figuring I'd listen while I donate, but I got stuck on a noisy machine, and couldn't hear here either.  But then the machine quieted down, so I put on my audiobook.  I don't get 30 seconds before the machine starts making a racket again.  It just now has quieted down again.  Fool me once.....

[arewethereyet]

Got Karm's ashes today. Just finished adhering the plaque on the little wooden box and put it on the shelf with a photo I had printed yesterday. It's starting to look like a crypt with Chopper's ashes on the bottom shelf, then Lady, now Karm.

sigh

[Rev. Rye]

Found out that the Barnes and Noble at the Old Orchard mall (the one that closed on Christmas last year) has finally been reopened, and after a long trek to the other side of the shopping center (I was way off when guessing where I needed to park), I went there to check it out on its opening day.

It's a very open-concept store now, with the shelves arranged more in the middle of the store than around the walls. No separate sections for youth or music/movies. It's all rather elegant once you actually figure out where the damn store is. I got a copy of Sapiens by Harari for Dad, and a copy of Inside Llewyn Davis for me. Also, a free bookbag because they're doing that for the first day of business.



Also, I found out that someone turned Ferris Bueller’s Day Off into a kid’s storybook. It’s basically just a basic rundown of the plot with a just a few of the funny things from the original and somehow manages to make ZERO references to Chicago.



Naturally, a lot is taken out (that Ferrari is literally just a vehicle for them to go across Chicago the city, and that scene where Cameron trashes the car is omitted entirely), and you can probably imagine that this character doesn't make an appearance at all:




I didn't even look into what they did to Die Hard.

[Angrboda]

Having a beer or two. Starting with a Bud Light chelada. I had a bottle of Shiraz chilled, but maybe some other night.

[Angrboda]

My new Micro Center store credit card arrived. Yay me. I'd forgotten all about it.

[HankMoody316]

Downloading, saving, and sending screenshots to a couple of people on Discord while trying to figure out the right keywords for google to find the explanation for what causes "projections" to attack people in the Inception movie while in other people's dreams.

[Angrboda]

Woke up at 4 am and was having trouble getting back to sleep and so I got up. Had some mild cold symptoms so I took some Tylenol. Fearing the worst, I took a Covid test, but it was negative. But now I'm awake.

[Angrboda]

Cleaning the coffee maker. One more plain water pass and it will be ready for use. I picked up some new decaf yesterday, and I could use a second pot this morning.

[arewethereyet]

Finally got my two-sided scanner working again after it went to shit following a software update on my laptop. I had to make up my mind that this was the day to make it work. The workarounds were getting tedious.