Things that make me happy.

[catsittingstill]

I have voted. 

I doctored my Obama/Biden t-shirt to say "I've voted.  Have you?  Early Voting Oct 15-30.  You know you want to.  Call (county election commission's phone number) for time and place."    Doing my part to promote early voting and citizen-run democracy.

Pondside's CD arrived in the mail.  I have not yet pried it out of its very secure packaging but it's here.  Chortle.

I'm still very enamored of my Kindle; carry it nearly everywhere with me.  I even took it camping a couple of weekends ago :-)  And it still had reception while I was camping.

_On the Origin of Species_ is an excellent book to read right before bedtime, and available free from Manybooks.net.

I wanted to promote the Dandridge Farmer's Market because a couple of my friends sell their produce there, so I asked a member of the League of Women Voters who happens to live a few houses from me if she'd like to go with me last Saturday.  After visiting the market, she invited me in for tea and we had a lovely talk.  I have to get together with this woman more often! :-)  I feel like I have found a new friend.

I love autumn.  I don't know if I'm going to get a chance to go canoe-camping this year, alas, but I love autumn.

I actually have a little paying science writing/editing work. 

OVFF is coming up and despite our having to replace 2 tires on Kip's car, I have enough money to go. 

Comments

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

Wow. Cat, you're so smart! Darwin before bed? I can only read light matter when I'm drowsying off, and that one required a good bit of concentration for me to understand.

Am I remembering right in that not once does Origin of Species actually claim that Man evolved from monkeys, or did I somehow miss that point even when I was looking for it?

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I'm only in the first chapter still, so I haven't seen the purported claim yet.

The thing about _Origin_ is that it's much more peaceful and soothing than reading the news; everything in it is well-understood at this point. No nail-biting suspense, no breathtaking surprises, just a kind of curiosity about how much was really well-understood at that point.

Darwin comes right out and says Alfred Wallace had come to the same major conclusion he had--it's quite obvious that evolution was an explanation whose time had come, scientifically.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Mmm...science is relaxing.

New friends are good. Yay!

I'm looking forward to seeing you at OVFF. I might even be able to play your Helium Composer tune two-handed by then.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I look forward to seeing you at OVFF too :-) And I would love to hear you play your Helium Composer tune for me if that works out.

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

I'm pschyed to see you at OVFF! And nightcaps on for you, me luv; _Origins_ would be great bedtime reading for me as well - I'd go *right* to sleep LOL!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to seeing you too!

_Origins_ is actually pretty cool, but it takes a while to get used to the writing style :-) But it's just the thing to calm me down when the political situation has gotten me all annoyed; I have a very hard time going to sleep when I'm angry, and one thing _Origins_ does *not* do is make me angry :-)