ksmith | Thursday this 'n' that

I'll be using up a week's worth of vacation at the end of the month to work on the book. In the meantime, I have two and a half weeks to get as much done as possible.

Taking tomorrow off as well because of a visit from the cable guy. Possible issue with the box--picture pixilated off and on for a few hours last night, and since there was no problem reported in my area and my phone and internet were not affected, the customer service guy scheduled a service call. Even when I said that the pixilating had stopped--it always stops when you call someone--the csg still felt someone should come out, since the box could be starting to go bad. But, the call is scheduled for smack in the middle of the day, when means going to work in the morning or afternoon is out.

The battery back-up sump pump has started beeping--the battery needs to have water added. It couldn't wait until, say, 8am tomorrow. It had to start cruxing at 1015pm.

I hit the alarm silencer button. I'll work on it tomorrow.

I am now the owner of a 1.5 qt crockpot, which seems very small compared to the 4.5 qt. I've heard that food cooks faster in smaller pots--is that true? And do recipes simply scale down?

Hawks are beating Calgary 4-2 with 6 and half minutes to go in the 3rd. Fingers crossed.