- Early this morning was the Winter Solstice (or very late last night if you live west of the Rockies). So it’s officially winter now, in spite of the unseasonably warm weather yesterday. I’m hoping for more warmth to clear all the ice out of the way of the movers tomorrow.
- So to those who still doubt the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda, here’s The Clinton View of Iraq-al Qaeda Ties. If Bush did lie, so did Clinton (though the latter surprises me not at all). [instapundit]
U.S. government raised terrorism threat level to orange yesterday. I can never remember whether that means I’m supposed to panic or not. I think probably not.- Forbes asks Which CEO did the most damage to Apple? Go vote, early and often. [turly]
- Regulators Issue First Citation for Violation of No-Call Law. Hopefully this will start to put a dent in the number of calls.
Farther behind
Well, it’s gotten to the point that my to-do list is bigger than it should be. I don’t think there’s any way I’m going to get everything done that I’d wanted to before the movers show up, but I’ve figured out how to deal with most of that. Here’s what remains:
- Pay the bills and pack the rest of the important papers from the kitchen table. They’ve built up something fierce in the past few weeks. Luckily, it’s nearly the end of the year, so I can just jam most of the stuff into the “2003” box (whoops! I’ve already moved that), and not think too hard about it as long as I pay all the bills that need paying.
- Clean up the last three piles of crap. It’s mostly stuff I want to keep, but if I don’t get them sorted out now, I’m never going to be able to find things once I’ve moved. This has been one of the most difficult tasks. I tend to pile things up, and since I’ve got a reasonably good memory, even though there are disorganized piles of stuff, I can usually find what I need. But if someone rearranges them (and having people move you is nothing but a big rearrangement) I won’t be able to find anything.
- Sort out the old computers, and make a pile of stuff that’s not to be moved (but where will that be? I don’t have a lot of free space here at the moment). I can’t haul them to the curb here until a week from today. Or maybe I’ll let the movers move them and I’ll take them to the garbage at the house.
- Disconnect the dishwasher at the house, so the movers can haul it out to the garage. I don’t want it, and I need it out of the way tomorrow. There won’t be time to disconnect it tomorrow, even though it should just be a matter of making sure the water is shut off and then slicing through the two (out of code) hoses to it with my pocket knife. I’d really hate to miss that “shut off the water first” step.
- File change of address form at the post office. If it doesn’t take effect immediately, that’s okay, since I’ll be stopping by here (there’s plenty of cleaning to be done) until the first of the year.
- Deliver the last of the Christmas presents. If I move them rather than delivering them today, they won’t get delivered until sometime next year.
- Set up call-forwarding on the home phone. The DirecTV installer is showing up tomorrow (I ordered service yesterday), and will probably try to call first. Other folks may decide they need to contact me, too. The phone company will only say that the service will be shut off here sometime after 8am, and should be on at the house sometime before 5pm.
- Pack the computers. Probably the last thing I’ll do this evening, and tomorrow’s version of Dave’s Picks might be posted tonight. Or tomorrow morning on the laptop. Or I might miss tomorrow entirely. But it’s not just computers – there are all the pieces that make the network work that I need to pack such that I can easily find them all again to get everything hooked up. I have to remember I’m moving a business, too.
- Take the area rugs to the cleaners. More likely move them dirty and take them in next week sometime.
It looks like a pretty full day, and I’m sure something will be undone when I trundle off to bed so I can be ready for the movers at 8am tomorrow, but I’ll just deal with that when it happens.