Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head...
Well, not quite...[shorter hair these days].

I wake up about 6.30am....my wife Terry gets up for work then, public transport means an early rise.  She's off by 7 or so.
I get up...trundle into the office and give the computer a nudge to wake it up....checking for the latest 'dramas' and hissy-fits, etc on the forums.
Frogboy indicates there's no dramas with the idiots posting to the 9/11 remembrance thread, so that's kewl.
A quick look at the Mailwasher intray....dumping the Ruskie spam and copious winnings in Nigerian Lotteries... Kenwas has a wall that just won't go up right...[must know I'm an architect]... An IP that was 5k instead of 10meg....[must have gone to the pub instead of the upload gallery]... a note of thanks for fixing an earlier thingie...[sometimes I manage to fix things].
Another check on who is saying what on #stardock [IRC]
...and back to bed for a few hours. [will be understandable anon].

Something always manages to wake me up again about 10am ....probably the cat...[note to self...have it stuffed] ...so I get up [proper].

...and back to the machine to see what's drama-of-the-moment.  [more of the same].

Computer needs a reboot.... emails don't want to dl from mailwasher.
5 minutes later system has rebooted...[note to self...all those stupid screensaver tests can't help...do some deleting....NOW].

OK....seriously Coffee time....do the dishes too...keep the boss onside....

Time to deal with emails....no-one loves me...[ignoring dead Nigerian Presidents and their surplus money]...unless it's to fix something somewhere...or check Bastards Inc have not singled them out for personal treatment, ratings-wise.
Check the Admin forums....any directives and/or queries... nope.

Hmm....where'd the morning go?

Coffee time again....[note to self....install long straw from kitchen to office...saves walking]

Looks at work on drawing board..... still doesn't like it...needs time to rethink.  [note to self...gotta pack for MotoGP....leaving tomorrow].

Heads out down the road - walking - nice day  [about a quarter mile] to check on one of my designs...under construction.  Oh, good...undermining excavation has not collapsed the existing house.....yet.  Chats to 'the guys'...."when ya gonna start on mine?"

Non-committal response.

Back to the office again....more coffee...[where's that straw?].

Drawing board looks less daunting...should be able to whip up a design solution...bin there dun that - before....

Checks time in Michigan...just to synchronize where I'm at with where they're at....it's pushing midnight Tuesday....[in Mi]

Refreshes forum page for the dozenth time to see what's 'moving'.
Check the Admin forums....any directives and/or queries... nope....post a comment about tinfoil hat wearers and proverbial cat-kicking.

Moderation queue has 11 screensavers....there goes my day.
No...10 are the 'same'.....there goes my half hour [why do they insist on being slow downloads?]

Digg.com thread about Gui Champs....'ooh, SD is evil' - yet another reason to just......SIGH.  [No, you effwits...you just didn't win and you are bitter and twisted, bruised ego and all].  [Note to self - unfairly categorize all digg.com patronage as 'challenged'].

Refresh forums....ah...getting to the quieter time...most of the US is snoring.  [time for the more exotic wackos to find a burning urge to grumble about - something....usually 'my crack of WB doesn't work any more, you bastards']

Even IRC is getting quiet...been 20 minutes since the last entry.....[maybe I can get some 'real work' [tm] done now].

Drive 'M' is 2% into a defrag ....am still sure the drive is on its last legs....

Time for a music change...Massive Attack is all very well...but been recycling for hours now.... puts on Nightwish instead.
Back to the queue....[third time today] ...at least I got the boots down to 5 ...from 20.
Walls....7 ...eek ....I think 2 or 3 are half reasonable ... but 'fractals' always now remind me of Battlestar Galactica 'frack this and frack that'.. [fracking fractals]  Thumbs down on two....
I leave the Stardock crew to determine their fate.

"23 guests, 11 members"....yep 'tis quiet.

Kryo leaves #stardock...costing me another 64 bytes of mem with his quit message...when he gets to a gig he can buy me a stick...that'll teach 'im.

Still no reply to a PM answer on IRC - least person could do is acknowledge assistance.... oh, well.

Litestep tray is flickering...that means there's a MS update wanting to happen  [it doesn't show the icon itself...ya just gotta get to know the quirks] ... better keep them 'happy'.

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Real Life [tm] gets in the way....have to organise myself and pack my gear for Phillip Island .... MotoGP beckons...

Mid afternoon, now.....posts this bit....and will leave the remainder of the day to the next entry....after the Moto.... [still 11 hours of this 'day' to go].

9/11 thread still drawing out the nutters...[note to self...tinfoil hat franchise would make a killing...]

To be continued......