Friday: MB headed off to work, and I got a little more sleep. Brief web, shower, cats, basement for morning practices. Cleaned the caked on crud off my laptop. In doing so, I accidentally vacuumed off the 'J' key. So, down basement to open up the central vac canister and retrieve it. A dusty business. It's too bad there's not a market for cat fur, because, we would be able to retire, immediately. Cleaned out the vac in the process. Headed off.
Another clear and cool day. Coffee and muffin. Figured out the strange 'dual singleton construction' issue I'd had yesterday: Function statics are not a good idea on inline methods (I informed the author of this point). Some consulting with B and E about a couple of minor issues in the add-on API. Helped A work through a little bug, and then his new feature had lift-off. Some pizza for lunch, watching people try to avoid drowning on 'fear factor.' Another participant for the NST weekend withdrew. Ran into a funny problem with the way that debug versions of our libraries are handled. Only fully understood the issue near the end of the day. We will need to shift things around a little. Left work at 7:20.
Over to the "Bombay Club" for Indian food with Wnd (MB was off dancing at the Kasbah tonight). Wnd arrived a bit late. While I was waiting, I watched the "Scooter Indictment Saga" on CNN. We had a nice dinner, talking about family history, and how our days had been. Afterwards I suggested we take a walk in order to better process the food we had just taken in. Before that we needed to drop her leftovers in her car. On our way to do that, she got a call on her cell phone from a friend who was also in Harvard Square. So, after dropping the food, we headed to Finale (an upscale dessert bar). But, we didn't really feel like eating or drinking anything more, and Finale understandably has a minimum order rule, so we said hello to Wnd's friend, but then made a quick exit. I gave Wnd a tour or my workplace. She was interested in our hardware products, since she works in a similar field. I walked her back to her car, then she gave me a drive back to my car, then she followed me a sneaky way to JFK street so she could head home. Driving home on Storrow, I got stuck in construction related traffic.
Back home around midnight. MB was still out at her dance gig. I decided the best thing to do was to get ready for bed, so we could get to sleep as soon as she got in. So, that's what I did. Now its around 1:30, and the cats and I sit quietly in bed.
Last night, I was listening to a loop creation I'd made. Just as it ended, the house lost electrical power. I found a candle using the light of the laptop screen, and brushed my teeth by its light. The house was extremely quiet, and I could see looking out the windows that the whole block was without power. For some reason, cars were not moving around either. It was as if the city were suddenly in suspended animation. I realized that the furnace wouldn't work without electricity. This thought made the idea of a wood burning stove take on a new practical quality. I did a 'before bed' sitting, and just as I was ending, the power came back on. I found the sudden bright light, and various mechanical noises (the loudest of which, being the nose clearing the ink-jet printer goes through when booting up) to be far more shocking and disturbing than when it went black and was silenced.
MB just called from the road, and will be home soon.
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