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wooisme has this really terrible persistant cough that I've been worrying about for a few weeks. It seemed like it was getting rather better, but I think all the dirt and dust in the air, not to mention the escaped gas from the airbags, that she had to breath in while cleaning her car out made it worse again. tincrash and I, while chatting amongst ourselves earlier to day, got her to make an appointment to see her doctor. It's not 'till Wednesday and that worries me too, but I'm glad she's going to see somebody. At least she's not going to do anything terribly strenuous tomorrow since I told her she should stay home and sleep in the morning and let me drive myself to work. She's going to get taken care of whether she likes it or not.
As I mentioned before, I left work early today. I spent the extra time at home packing stuff for the move while Andrea took care of Ebay shipping and other needs. I cleaned off two of our larger bookcases (about a third to a half of our books) and filled ten or so medium-sized cardboard boxes. We have a lot of books. We're going to be renting a trailer this weekend so I'm trying to clean off various pieces of furniture to prep for the move. On the agenda for this trip beside the bookcases; the dining room table and the futon, largely because those will free up so much floor room to work with.
While cleaning up, I found a book I'd been expecting to turn up somewhere in the stacks, but was hoping would do so sooner rather than later.. The Tao Is Silent, by Raymond M. Smullyan is certainly the closest thing I have yet found to a book that exresses my beliefs and philosophy. (The second review on that page is probably the most accurate. The third one is missing the point entirely. As do parts of the first one. Smullyan does no such thing as 'proving that the Tao exists', but that's another subject...) This was the book that, rather than changing me when I read it, simply made me say 'Oh, so that's what I am. I'm a Taoist.' If you ever want to understand the way I think, or at least, try to think, The Tao Is Silent is a good start.
I've had my instant messenger program up lately, or tried to, but I'm not going out of away mode tonight. I'm really tired too and will probably join Andrea in bed before too long. Maybe after I get a little more writing that I want to do off of my mind.
wooisme has this really terrible persistant cough that I've been worrying about for a few weeks. It seemed like it was getting rather better, but I think all the dirt and dust in the air, not to mention the escaped gas from the airbags, that she had to breath in while cleaning her car out made it worse again. tincrash and I, while chatting amongst ourselves earlier to day, got her to make an appointment to see her doctor. It's not 'till Wednesday and that worries me too, but I'm glad she's going to see somebody. At least she's not going to do anything terribly strenuous tomorrow since I told her she should stay home and sleep in the morning and let me drive myself to work. She's going to get taken care of whether she likes it or not. As I mentioned before, I left work early today. I spent the extra time at home packing stuff for the move while Andrea took care of Ebay shipping and other needs. I cleaned off two of our larger bookcases (about a third to a half of our books) and filled ten or so medium-sized cardboard boxes. We have a lot of books. We're going to be renting a trailer this weekend so I'm trying to clean off various pieces of furniture to prep for the move. On the agenda for this trip beside the bookcases; the dining room table and the futon, largely because those will free up so much floor room to work with.
While cleaning up, I found a book I'd been expecting to turn up somewhere in the stacks, but was hoping would do so sooner rather than later.. The Tao Is Silent, by Raymond M. Smullyan is certainly the closest thing I have yet found to a book that exresses my beliefs and philosophy. (The second review on that page is probably the most accurate. The third one is missing the point entirely. As do parts of the first one. Smullyan does no such thing as 'proving that the Tao exists', but that's another subject...) This was the book that, rather than changing me when I read it, simply made me say 'Oh, so that's what I am. I'm a Taoist.' If you ever want to understand the way I think, or at least, try to think, The Tao Is Silent is a good start.
I've had my instant messenger program up lately, or tried to, but I'm not going out of away mode tonight. I'm really tired too and will probably join Andrea in bed before too long. Maybe after I get a little more writing that I want to do off of my mind.
