Author: The Jody

Hi everyone! I’m seeing a lot of new faces today, and that might be because blogdex – the weblog diffusion index thinks I’m thumbody thpecial. I don’t exactly know how this worked out, but I’m on the second page there, apparently tied for 62nd place. 62nd place for people who link to me? I don’t know, I’m thinking something happened to their spider bot because really, am I in the top 100 of anything on the web?

I’m still waiting for the spiders on Blogshares to get me straightened out so you can buy [fake] shares in the Big DumpTruck. I was de-listed when they merged my URLs and I haven’t been relisted yet. Worst case, on May 1st when they go live it will happen. I’ll link to the page for you when it happens.

Lessee, what else? Oh, we postponed the Boston trip and yes, it’s bright and sunny. Not only is it not raining, there isn’t a cloud in the sky. It’s bitter cold out there, but sunny, and if the wind stops, it feels pretty nice.

The initial NTSB report on “our” plane crash came out today, and Philip Greenspun does an excellent job translating it into English. So it looks less like icing (which the plane was made to handle) and more like pilot error – the plane was going too slow and he was turning too hard. Sad sad sad.

(Can I just interject and say that I’ve owned a copy of Philip’s book Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing since it came out? I can? Thanks.)

Okay, this morning they said 40 and partly cloudy. Let’s look at this exact moment. Yup, still says 42. Oh, and Leominster’s high for today was supposed to be almost 90. Talk about going from winter to summer with no spring in between! I guess tomorrow will slap us back into reality, though.

And this was on Boston.com:

“Weather: Boston basked in record warmth today, with a new high of 84 degrees set at 2 p.m. at Logan Airport. The previous record high for this date was 82, set in 1976. Things are about to change dramatically, however. Temperatures will plummet into the 30s tonight with clouds and showers moving in. ”

Ya baby! That’s a 50 degree difference in ONE DAY!!!!

Please forgive me if I don’t have a lot to say this week…the weather has been the stuff of dreams and I’ve been trying to do work and yet not be tethered to the house. So sometimes that means I pack up the computer and take it outside. I love having a laptop. Wooooo!

I spent part of the morning trying on summer clothes from about two years ago (last year’s stuff doesn’t fit very well.) I think I’ve salvaged enough stuff to get me started, anyway.

So I’ve got sandels on, and I feel like a million bucks!

I’m having a minor health issue which is a result of a side effect of medication I’m on. (Got that? Good.) I won’t name here but I’ll hint that “Tucks” are made to deal with it. Today I called the Dr.’s office because I wanted to know if a)he has the definitive solution/medication for the problem, or b)he wants to see me. When the nurse called back with his response, it was basically, eat roughage, drink more water, don’t strain, and avoid sitting. (My emphasis)

How on earth do you avoid sitting? I mean seriously, how can that even be a suggestion? I can do all the others. Those are easy. But avoid sitting? How am I going to get my work done? How will I watch TV? How will I drive to my endocrinologist appointment this afternoon?