damn it, Peter!

Google Earth is unhealthily addictive.

So far I've located my house, my old house, the house I grew up, the lake Chris and I went on our vacation in Colorado, RAND, CBO, the Game Parlor (Chantilly location)... I wanted to do the Governonr's Palace in Williamsburg, but the resolution there sucks.

Oh, and I traced the route of the boat ride I too across the Sound of Sleat, the walk I took from Elgol toward Glamaig, and the paddle I had off Raasay. If you want a good demo of the 3-d virtues of the tool, the Cuillins (or "Coolins" as they are labelled for some reason) are a good one.

Wow. Just ....wow.

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Plus I finally got GMF's second memoir (The Light's on at Signpost) in the mail today. I have far too many distractions, even if I did finish "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" today.

Games, maps, books, cats... plus chores (though I did wash some dishes--and can someone explain to me why no one makes dish towels that actually absorb water???!!!). I made a list the other day and there are 29 things I need to do (not counting two I already crossed off). And that list doesn't count the ongoing things I need to build into my schedule, like more exercise and time practicing the guitar. I need more weekends. Two per week, preferably.

And, oh, somewhere there's a fairly cold cup of tea that's really, really steeped... *sigh* Just about time for bed, I think. :-)