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Yesterday was a downer of a day. I felt very unmotivated for anything throughout the day, and I feel like I wasted a perfectly beautiful day.
After my morning routine of combing the news, blogs, and coffee, DW and I set out for the pharmacy to get our fall shots. We both got flu and Covid shots. I was informed I was eligible to get a Hepatitis B shot, but I decided against it, since I wasn't sure if I needed it. I took one shot in each arm, which may have been a mistake. If you take both shots in one arm, then only one arm becomes sore and swelled up. That is something to remember for next time.
I sort of dawled about the house when we got back. I bought on impulse a heated blanket, thinking I might use it for sitting on the porch in the evenings or early mornings (like this morning). I seem a bit less tolerant of early morning chill, as if my brain is telling me "no more." My body seems to agree. More signs of aging I don't like.
I finally decided to try and install a Linux operating system I had discovers called Q4OS onto the Asus 200S Notebook computer with 2GB RAM and a 32GB drive. The OS is supposed to be incredibly lightweight, using only 500MB of RAM at rest. It turned out to be more of a project that I had anticipated.
The first hurdle was discovering that the screen on the laptop was deemed "too small" by the installer, which is to say that the bottom rows of pixels couldn't be read. There were action buttons down there, but I could only see and access the tops of them. Because of my familiarity with the layout, I was able to guess what the buttons did, and managed to get the OS installed.
When it appeared on the screen, I started tinkering with a few things. One thing I like is when task bars hide themselves intelligently. I chose to do that, but in the process came to discover that, once the task bar disappeared, the selected "hot corner" to restore it disappeared as well. So I had to re-boot the computer and quickly change the setting before the task bar disappeared again, choosing to leave it in place. At that point I felt it was clear that this was not an OS that would be friendly for anyone to use on this particular machine, so I decided to re-install Lubuntu using the latest version.
That turned out to be harder than expected. The machine initially would not boot from the install stick until I chose the safe graphics method. From there it installed OK, but I began to have trouble installing apps (I had chosen a desltop only install to save space). The internet seemed slow. I began to install some apps with the terminal - Abiword, GNUmeric, VLC, codecs and fonts, Brave Browser - and from the terminal that did not seem to be a problem. I didn't install much more than that (word processing, spreadsheet, media player), since I felt no one would be using this machine for serious work. All this took up pretty much the rest of the afternoon. Usually I enjoy tinkering like this, but in this case, since I basically ended up back where I started, it seemed like a chore I should have better left alone.
Back at the ranch, I got a response from my primary doctor on my colonoscopy, and he says I won't need one for another 7 years, as opposed to the 5 years recommended by the surgeon. We will see about that. I think I am getting to the age where checking for colon cancer may be either unnecessary or moot. It's another instance where reaching a certain age means screening for things that will kill you is a waste of time.
I also watched the censored Jimmy Kimmel interview with James Talerico, the senate candidate from Texas challenging Ken Paxton. He's a breath of fresh air, to be sure, and I hope the manner in which he talks about his Christianity gets through to Christians.
Dinner was a doctored version of the Tuscany soup we had earlier in the week. DW added more sausage and toned down the kale presence, and it was much better. I had a piece of sourdough bread with it as well as a side salad.
I was loathe to watch all the 9/11 ceremonies I was sure would take place at the ball game, so I did not tune in until 7:30. I also listened to the radio broadcast rather than the TV one. We came away with a win, which we needed to keep pace in the standings.
With the hour left I watched two episodes of Peter Gunn. What a good show! By this time my right arm was a little sore and painful to move, although the left one seems OK, only mildly sore. I worked through the soreness, cleaned the kitchen, and went to be by 11:11 PM.
That's all for now. 'Til We Meet Again!