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1. I am getting back into the swing of work. It's always a jolt to come back after a week away (actually, nine days away this time!), because firstly, I am out of the habit of being at the smoke shop, and secondly, there are a number of things that get done wrong, get done half-assedly, or don't get done at all when I'm not around to do them myself. So I spent a fair portion of Saturday and Sunday putting paperwork in order and putting some things into more rational places.
I also spent quite a lot of time hunting down errors in our cigarette inventory records, but that's something that can happen any old time. *sigh*
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2. Ages and ages ago, when I was... I dunno, somewhere between ten and twelve, I think, I bought a necklace which was a bit of some black stone -- onyx or jet, probably -- that had an Anglo-Saxon rune carved into it: eolh. The little blurb accompanying the necklace claimed the rune was for protection and friendship, but mostly I just liked the way it looked visually, kind of like an upside-down peace sign. (Here is a page with a tiny image.) It was, for many years, the only necklace I wore regularly. I went so far as to refresh the rune with glittery white nailpolish when its raw edges started fading into the same black as the surrounding stone.
The problem is that the chain was not a chain. It was an 18" leather cord that was fastened by means of a metal clip that linked two loops bound onto the cord ends by wire coils. Eventually the leather frayed and snapped at the edge of one of those coils. That was two years ago.
Last week I finally found a replacement cord. It's not actually leather -- it's a very tight and complicated braid of fine black twine or something, made to carry ticky-tacky souvenier charms -- and it's 20" instead of 18", but it hangs correctly around my neck and looks right with the stone in a way silver chains never did.
I have my necklace back. :-D
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3. Tomorrow is the primary election for the Ithaca mayoral race. There are three candidates running for the Democratic party nomination. (There are also several independents and probably a Republican or two, but I am a registered Democrat so that is the only primary I can vote in.) I have not yet decided who to vote for. I know which one of the candidates I definitely don't want to win, but the remaining two both seemed reasonable in their interviews with the Ithaca Times, despite disagreeing on several substantive local government issues. I need to go hunt down more information tomorrow afternoon before I vote in the evening, so I can exercise my civic right (and carry out my civic responsibility) in an informed and rational fashion.
I also spent quite a lot of time hunting down errors in our cigarette inventory records, but that's something that can happen any old time. *sigh*
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2. Ages and ages ago, when I was... I dunno, somewhere between ten and twelve, I think, I bought a necklace which was a bit of some black stone -- onyx or jet, probably -- that had an Anglo-Saxon rune carved into it: eolh. The little blurb accompanying the necklace claimed the rune was for protection and friendship, but mostly I just liked the way it looked visually, kind of like an upside-down peace sign. (Here is a page with a tiny image.) It was, for many years, the only necklace I wore regularly. I went so far as to refresh the rune with glittery white nailpolish when its raw edges started fading into the same black as the surrounding stone.
The problem is that the chain was not a chain. It was an 18" leather cord that was fastened by means of a metal clip that linked two loops bound onto the cord ends by wire coils. Eventually the leather frayed and snapped at the edge of one of those coils. That was two years ago.
Last week I finally found a replacement cord. It's not actually leather -- it's a very tight and complicated braid of fine black twine or something, made to carry ticky-tacky souvenier charms -- and it's 20" instead of 18", but it hangs correctly around my neck and looks right with the stone in a way silver chains never did.
I have my necklace back. :-D
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3. Tomorrow is the primary election for the Ithaca mayoral race. There are three candidates running for the Democratic party nomination. (There are also several independents and probably a Republican or two, but I am a registered Democrat so that is the only primary I can vote in.) I have not yet decided who to vote for. I know which one of the candidates I definitely don't want to win, but the remaining two both seemed reasonable in their interviews with the Ithaca Times, despite disagreeing on several substantive local government issues. I need to go hunt down more information tomorrow afternoon before I vote in the evening, so I can exercise my civic right (and carry out my civic responsibility) in an informed and rational fashion.
