Friday morning update

On the hurricane and politics, Hyounpark and Hrafn say it better than I can, so I'll just point you there.

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I broke a rule of mine last night. Somehow FJ's photos weren't enough to remind me that not only was yesterday September 1, it was move-in day, and not just for students. (All my friends who moved this summer were excellent in not having it on the worst day of the year.) I forgot, and found myself Butcherie-bound in gobs of traffic. Many instance of stopping despite right of way, slowing for the green light, refusing to drive more than 25 mph, and other frustrations. I got to the Butcherie just before the doors were locked, though, so that was good. The bookstore again failed me, being out of both things I wanted. Next week...

And then this morning I turned on the computer to get a recipe online for banana applesauce cake, and my computer showed me a screen I've never seen before, something about American Megatrends (?) Ambios (c) 1999, version 1.30, Celeron. From there, no matter what I do, I end up being told "While initializing device VKD: Windows protection ereror. You need to restart your computer." Which doesn't help. Ack! I'm useless when it comes to figuring things like this out. The timing sucks, of course, with the long weekend coming up. Even if I have to get a new computer (what sort? I don't know. I have no clue. I'm still using a five-year-old eTower 500i; it does (well, did) all I needed, and I'm cheap), I'd really like to be able to get email and my CV off this box (yeah, I know, backups. I don't know how to back up email. The CV I can type in again, if need be; I have hard copies.). Can anyone help me, or point me in a useful direction?
(I have lots more notes about what happens written down; I can type them in if it's useful.)

I should also note that this means all email sent to my home address since last night I haven't read. If you resend it to [samename] at netzero dot net, that would be great. Though that depends on finding a connection somewhere, and the libraries are closed this weekend. So it depends on borrowing a cup of Internet from someone.

Oh, and since I couldn't get to the recipe and I spend a bunch of time trying (unsuccessfully) to get past this, I used up my morning cooking time, so nothing is started except for the bread dough. It'll happen, it always does, though I suspect I'll end up simplifying the food...

On the more positive side, yesterday morning I put up the shelves in the back hallway that I had to take down years ago to allow access to the trapdoor to the roof (so we could shovel off all the snow from that freak April 1 blizzard years ago. (Yeah, it's been that long.)). Not only that, but put things on the shelves, and cleared the area up some, too. It's much more useful, and more aesthetic, and there's less cluttering my kitchen, too.

Upcoming events

• Wednesday, September 7 is Boston's Charter Day, when the town of Trimountaine was renamed Boston and declared the capital. There are a couple of things going on that day, including a lecture about the immigrants to Boston from 1630 to 1645 (10-11 A.M. at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Nebury Street; 617 536 5740), a walking tour of Boston in 1645 (2-3 P.M. starting at the Sam Adams statue at Faneuil Hall; 617 536 5740), and a panel disuccssion of Boston from 1630 to 1710 (6-7:30 P.M. at the Boston Public Library; 617 536 5400).
  
  Thursday September 8 there's free admission to the Old State House.
  
  There are other events September 9-11 in Boston, and September 10-11 in Ipswich (some very interesting stuff I wish I could go to) listed at the link.
  
  
• Thursday, September 8 Cynthia Ozick will be at Harvard Hillel at 6:30 P.M. on her book tour.
  
  
• Thursday, September 8 at 6:30 P.M., the Boston Public Library will show some of the first films ever made of MA, silents from 1897 to 1907.
  
  
• September 9-11 is the third Annual Boston Ahts Festival, with 80 juried artists at Christopher Columbus Park in the North End. Friday 6-9 P.M., Saturday and Sunday, 11 A.M.-6 P.M.. Call 617 635 3911 for more information.
  
  
• September 24 is the fifth Beantown Jazz Festival at the Carter Playground in the South End, noon to 6.
  
  
• September 25 is the Boston 375 parade, starting down Commonwealth Ave. at 1 P.M.
  
  
• Thursday October 6 Robert Pinsky will speak at Harvard Hillel about his new prose book about King David at 6:30 P.M..
  
  
• Tuesday October 11 Sherwin Nuland will speak at Harvard Hillel about Maimonides at 6:30 P.M..
  
  
• The weekend of November 12 and 13 there's what sounds essentially like an open studios out in Colrain, MA, with fifteen studios open. Bowls, candles, knives, mohair, iron, calligraphy, and so on.

Other events already listed.