September 15th, 2017:

	I took this week off from work, and had all sorts of grandiose 
plans for sorting out our rec room and lab... so go figure both my wife 
and I get sick.  Her kidney issues flared up, as did my respiratory issue 
(thanks to smoke from the forest fires in Northern Manitoba), so only the 
lightest jobs got done.

*Sigh*

Back to work Monday...

As I was mostly couch-ridden this week, I spent a lot of time on the 
Usenet and BBSes, even participating in discussions again, rather than 
simply lurk.  I am honestly surprised at how much time I've been spending 
on the Usenet.  I've been averaging an hour a day, but have topped four 
hours in a single session a couple of times this week.  Granted, most of 
that was thanks to RSS feeds through GWENE, but Hell, a news feed is a 
news feed.

I haven't spend any time on Gopher, mostly because I haven't felt like 
writing, but also because there's still not a Hell of a lot to read in 
Gopherland that truly grabs my attention.  One can only read the same old 
*nix and *BSD stuff so many times...

Outside of the computer world, I might have a winter project lined up!  I 
saw an ad on Kijiji for a $20 Auto-Mini folding bicycle that was missing 
the rear wheel and looked like it had been ridden to Hell and back.  I've 
wanted a folding bike for a couple of years, and thought this would be a 
great opportunity to learn about internally-geared hubs, wheel building, 
and folding bikes in general.  The seller answered me saying it was still 
available, so now I wait until he tells me if/when I can come get it.

Pins and needles time...