I went to Seattle over the weekend, and it didn't rain. I hadn't realized how beautiful the city is in the sun. It reminded me of Italy with lush green hills laced with clusters of white two-story apartments. I also didn't realize that there are mountains on every side, even to the west, across Puget Sound. And Mt. Rainier is always impressive.
I met with a friend and we ate lunch, discussed business, went to a gathering of friends in the Chinese congregation, and watched a movie. His schedule had changed and it turned out he was going to the SAD on Sunday, so it gave me some free time to enjoy the weather and tool around for a bit. After lunch as I was returning to my car to head home, a couple ragged looking street people asked if I could give them a ride to a place about 10 blocks away, since one of them had hurt her leg. I did, and as the smell of weed filled my car the conversation got interesting. I witnessed a little and left them a tract, but afterwards I kept thinking of much better things I could have said. I guess that's not a situation I'm accustomed to handling.
Still a bit to change on these, but the look will pretty much stay the same, so I figured I'd toss em out there to look at. A graphic designer in my hall did these:
Letterhead (shortened to reduce size)
Not too shabby, eh?
Today didn't go exactly as planned. I've been slowed down a bit by computer issues. My primary hard drive had a minor heart attack. I defibrillated and now it's struggling to stay alive long enough to carry out its mission. To my surprise, it still has a month left on its warranty through Western Digital. They're cross-shipping a replacement. Whew!
In the meantime, I engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Office XP. In an effort to clean up, I deleted some stuff I thought I didn't need, which prompted all the Office products to run the installer program when starting, accessing help, sending email, or simply sitting idle for a few minutes. I can only conclude that Microsoft hates me. Unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced my Office CD's, and M$ won't ship a replacement without physical evidence of the purchase. I did some surgery in the registry and now they start up OK, although the installer program still flashes its ugly mug for moment at startup.
Tomorrow will be better.
In other news, Weird Al's parents died of carbon monoxide poisoning. They may have been elderly, but that's gotta hurt. Coping with the deaths of loved ones is one thing for which money and fame are worthless.