2004-05-27-2104Z


FUBAR is only relative. With enough persistence, just about anything can be repaired. My battery pack is now working again, and may actually be trickle-chargeable by the solar panel; not sure yet because after an hour and a half it showed no sign of improvement in charge level. I did that in McDonald's after eating a 2-burger brunch, hauling out my high-tech assortment of tools and soldering away with abandon.

Sitting there drinking coffee, and then the muzak switches to Jimmy Buffet's Come Monday. That song always makes me cry. Yes, she is that much a part of me now. When is my Monday going to come? I indulged in the sentiment and tears for a while, and then the kid in the next booth comes over and hands me some folded-up bills. Guess he and his Mom thought I needed food. I thanked him and bought another burger just to get my mind on something else. Blame the carbs for this outburst of loneliness. What the hell, it got me $3. Now, next time I'm low on money, will I sit on a street corner somewhere and cry? Hope not.

Got to get back to some programming. Maybe finish that storefront/IPN software I started a few weeks (months?) back. Or maybe when I check my email I'll find out I won a bid on RAC. We shall see.

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