{"id":1728,"date":"2002-05-11T09:26:55","date_gmt":"2002-05-11T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2014-11-06T09:44:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T16:44:20","slug":"random_occupati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/11\/random_occupati.html","title":{"rendered":"Random occupations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things going on so far this weekend:<\/p>\n

  • I provided some hours of remote tech support to my folks, both on the problem diagnosis below and on installing Norton the following afternoon. Unfortunately, it seems to have seriously frelled some of the system files on the machine, beyond my ability to remotely diagnose or resolve, so they might have to call on their local PC-savvy friend.<\/p>\n
  • Went to the Denver Botanic Garden plant sale Friday morning, resolving to pick up “just a few plants.” Heh. It’s like crack to us, folks. Next thing you know, we’ve got two flats plus of little plants. All pretty, all with homes somewhere in our yard, but, damn …<\/p>\n
  • Watched the “bonus disk” for The Phantom Menace last night with Margie. Lots of fun extra materials, even if it’s sometimes constructed as a paean to St. George. And while I am usually one for “extended versions” of movies, I have to agree that the “deleted scenes” material, while fun, was well-snippable.<\/p>\n

    Now we just have to figure what we’re doing on Opening Day next week … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Things going on so far this weekend: I provided some hours of remote tech support to my folks, both on the problem diagnosis below and on installing Norton the following…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,4,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-personal","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5640,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/03\/leaves_of_grass.html","url_meta":{"origin":1728,"position":0},"title":"Leaves of Grass","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Feb-04 10:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, I can certainly support folks being more water-wise with their gardens, particularly here in the West, and particularly with ornamental lawns. 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