The Plus Side of Writing Science Fiction

It forces me to learn about heat shields and how they work and the differing forms of chorophyll and spectrographic measurement.

Fast

Video editing on this quad-core ThinkPad is fast!

One of the Best Purchases I Have Made

Agricover SnowSport 180 plow:
Here's mt wife backing it out with the blade in the up position.

And here she is putting it in down position:

And backing up and plowing.  Note how the blade backs up in reverse.

And from inside the vehicle:

F1 is the Magic Key

I don't know why it didn't work the first time, but F1 takes you into the BIOS on the ThinkPad where I told it not to boot from USB devices.  Now the external hard drives can share the USB hub with my mouse and keyboard.  For some reason, the mouse only appears if plugged directly into the PC.

Beginning to mistrust the 10-port USB hub.  Some of the product reviews on Amazon report similar problems..

Things That Happen While In The Hospital

I got a nasty note from the Idaho State Tax Commission today demanding $500 IN  SALES TAX AND $25 in penalties.  ScopeRoller is supposed to make quarterly filings of sales tax and I was in the hospital.  Now I have only paid very minimal sales tax because nearly all my customers are outside Idaho, so they just guessed $500.  I will call Monday and explain that IO have now file for Q3 and Q4, and turn off the collection agency threats!

Learning to be Patient

I have been trying find scholarly articles about bipolars recovering from stroke, but most articles are about bipolar disorder as a symptom of stroke, or depression.  I want my bipolar back, so that I can be  productive again.  The good news is that the depression is likely to fade:

Little is known about the course of major depression after stroke.  Prevalence varies over time with an apparent peak at 3-6 months after stroke and a subsequent decline to about 50% of initial rates at 1 year.  Spontaneous remission can occur 1-2 year post-stroke.

The Days I Miss Green Fascist California

It was . 9 degrees this morning.  It isn't like there is anywhere to go when I still feel so weak and depressed.  I miss the bipolar hypomania.