Absent minded day

[andyhat]

Mostly I had a very pleasant day, having taken it off so I'd have a chance to be home for a day after attending cosinejeremiah's wedding in Spring Grove, IL. And I did remember to buy a new comb to replace the one I lost somewhere this weekend, which I had been fairly sure was the one thing I would forget to do.

But, boy, was I forgetful otherwise. First off, buying stuff at Harris-Teeter, I discovered I've forgotten the PIN for my newish ATM card, so I had to stop at a credit union branch to get cash from a human teller. As I was driving to the airport, I remembered I forgot to set the thermostat down before leaving the house, so I'll waste propane keeping it 10 degrees warmer than necessary (thankfully it's supposed to be fairly warm this week in NC, so that won't be too much gas). Then, the two-week-ago issue of The Economist had a bunch of articles I thought my mother would be interested in, so I was going to keep it for her, but as I was getting my books out after boarding the IAD-ROC flight, I discovered I'd left it on the table at the Dulles Terminal D TGI Friday's. And lastly, when I arrived at the hotel tonight, I discovered the power supply for my laptop wasn't in my backpack; I must have left it sitting on the bed when I packed. Argh!

I want my neural interface to an AI system that keeps track of these things for me, and I want it now.

Comments

no laptop power!

[cspowers.livejournal.com]

the horror of it all!

But seriously, I have similar problems when traveling.

For a period of a couple of years, the modem connection on my laptop was busted. This was back inthe days before high speed access in rooms and the only way onto the net was dial up. Well I had this PC Card for my laptop that had a modema and ehtenrnet interface built into it which I used to dial out to the internet when traveling.

Well, there was several times I'd get to a hotel late at night only to discover I'd left that card at home. Believe me, there's nothing like venturing out in a strange town after dark in search of a store that would carry a PC modem card!! At one point owned three cards due to having to buy emergency modem cards on the road.

Now, I have a fairly detailed travel packing list which I try to go through whenever I pack. Mostly it works. :-)

[lunablack.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd get one of those and it'd be Microsoft. That's Microsoft: *the* last word in early dementia.

Comb

[cosinejeremiah.livejournal.com]

So that's why the green comb was on the counter! I had blamed the cat.

Don't worry about it, though. The punishment I inflicted on the cat was probably deserved for something else she did. :)

Re: Comb

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

You see, that's the confusing part. I had a black comb. Which I thought I had left on the counter, but then there was just a green one there when I went to pack.

Re: Comb

[cosinejeremiah.livejournal.com]

Someone else may have snatched the black comb. We have not found any such black comb, but I didn't look inside the cabinet where the green comb is supposed to live, either.

Hmmm....

Re: Comb

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it too much. A new comb cost me something less than a dollar.

[popjunky.livejournal.com]

Ho. I was doing a search on the Perpetual Motion Roadshow, and your journal came up. As a bonus, you're an Alastair Reynolds fan. How cool is that?

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