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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 12:57 pm
Well. The furnace was clean, after 12 years. It turns out that the reason we never had it cleaned before is that it's a self-contained, high-tech, new modern kind that we had installed for that very purpose . . . I just forgot. Anyway, it was due for an inspection. Furnace man says it's in the middle of its life but I do not see myself replacing it in ten years unless there's something wrong with it. Got a new washable filter and a new thermostat. And the filter for the cold air return is the only filter, so by washing that every month (theoretically: in practice, more like four times a year), I'm already doing the regular maintenance that the thing needs.

I have set the thermostat rather cool: I will keep checking in to see that it's not still too cold for the young man.

Of course the dog loved the furnace man to bits and kept racing around and barking.

on another front: tags. Am I the only one who uses them as a vey detailed index? I see other people hardly tagging their posts at all, and when they do tag them it's kind of general every time.
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 08:17 am
The last couple of days I got caught up with taxes. By this I mean I did the 2003 taxes, just in time -- I had lost the papers for it and it turned out this is the last year I could get a refund for that year -- found and filled out the last form for 2005, and did the 2006 taxes.

This will mean the equivalent of two months' of our earnings.

On another front, I am trying to rationalize my tags. I have too many. So, right now, I'm turning all references to songs and music into generic "music:" Thus, if I want to go back and see what I said about that Hungarian band, I don't go looking for "teka," I just look for "music." Likewise, if I want to see what I wrote about Angela Carter, I look for "writers." There are disadvantages to this, but I think on the whole I prefer it this way. And all my friends and family posts will eventually be grouped under "family," though I may keep "luis" separate.

On still another front, it's raining and my young friend MC is about to ditch the trailer he's been living in because the rent's going up and he's not getting along as well with the landlord (I suspect that the rent is going up as encouragement to get a job already). I'm not taking him back on my couch -- never mind my couch already has a guy on it -- except to save his life. He has a tent, so I said if he needs tarps, I'm good for that.

On still another front, yes, I'm writing, but not focused.