Better Day
Sep. 19th, 2012 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowThis is shaping up to be a pretty good day.
Item: My cold is definitely receding. I'm not well yet - my voice is still raspy, and I have a persistent low-grade headache which aspirin doesn't seem to abate much - but I recognize this stage, and expect to be able to return to work tomorrow.
Item: Pursuant to the last, I finally felt well enough to go out and replenish the larder, which had become seriously depleted. (I had no milk left this morning, so cereal was out of the question, and when I began preparing to make toast I discovered that I had no butter left either. Toast and jam was the only remaining possibility - not a bad one, but the lack of options was annoying.)
Item: I just heard from the Moscow Mathematical Journal that my revisions have been approved and the paper given final acceptance. I need to send them .tex and .pdf copies of the final draft, and the actual publication process will begin.
Item: Despite their loss last night, the Padres are still one of the hottest teams around, and well-positioned for next year. Headley's name is beginning to be mooted as an MVP candidate in the press. I'm pretty optimistic about 2013.
Item: Nate Silver estimates that President Obama has about a 70% chance of being re-elected, and the Democrats have a similar chance of holding the Senate. Sam Wang is even more certain about Obama's re-election chances; I'm waiting for him to update his Senate prognosis. ETA: Wang is likewise bullish on Senate Dems.
It's a good day, so far.
Item: My cold is definitely receding. I'm not well yet - my voice is still raspy, and I have a persistent low-grade headache which aspirin doesn't seem to abate much - but I recognize this stage, and expect to be able to return to work tomorrow.
Item: Pursuant to the last, I finally felt well enough to go out and replenish the larder, which had become seriously depleted. (I had no milk left this morning, so cereal was out of the question, and when I began preparing to make toast I discovered that I had no butter left either. Toast and jam was the only remaining possibility - not a bad one, but the lack of options was annoying.)
Item: I just heard from the Moscow Mathematical Journal that my revisions have been approved and the paper given final acceptance. I need to send them .tex and .pdf copies of the final draft, and the actual publication process will begin.
Item: Despite their loss last night, the Padres are still one of the hottest teams around, and well-positioned for next year. Headley's name is beginning to be mooted as an MVP candidate in the press. I'm pretty optimistic about 2013.
Item: Nate Silver estimates that President Obama has about a 70% chance of being re-elected, and the Democrats have a similar chance of holding the Senate. Sam Wang is even more certain about Obama's re-election chances; I'm waiting for him to update his Senate prognosis. ETA: Wang is likewise bullish on Senate Dems.
It's a good day, so far.
