This week in review

One thing I learned:
I did learn things this week, of varying interest to an outside audience, but many of those things are restricted information, so I can't tell you what they are. Sorry. It's an archival thing. It happens.

One thing I read:
"Adjustment Team" by Philip K. Dick.

One thing that made me laugh:
The conversation at work about some very scandalous letters. Yes, folks, raunchy language did exist in the 1930s. (The conversation was not raunchy, but the letters were apparently quite salacious).

One thing that was very frustrating:
Resolving computer issues. I finally decided I'd made enough of an effort and bought a new laptop.

Cool thing I saw:
well, a friend posted some really awesome pictures on his blog, but I also really enjoyed this one.

Something new that I watched:
I finally got around to seeing Lincoln. It was very good. I watched Somewhere in Time, which is not really Oscar material, but we were introduced to the world in the same year, Jane Seymour's character shares my first name, and we both have connections to Mackinac Island. So, how could I not watch it?

One thing that made me happy:
Skyping with my nieces and nephews. I was brought up to date on my 4-almost-5 year old niece's love interests, and got the low down on angry birds from my 4-almost-5 year old nephew. Saw my new baby niece, number 19, and the other adorable nephews. I think I will give them all numbers from now on.

One new thing that I did/tried this week:
I tried a new pumpkin bread recipe and I used my food processor to shred cheese for the first time.

One unexpected surprise of the week:
I really kind of enjoyed not being so connected. Not that I liked not having internet access, but I did like being offline more than I usually am. I'm going to experiment this coming week by trying to cut back on how much online time I am.

One thing I hope to do differently in the coming week:
More sleep, more reading.