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I really appreciate all the bicycle-related advice!

It did occur to me, eventually, that doing 17 miles on a bike with the saddle tilted down so that all my upper body weight was sliding forward and being supported by my wrists was... unwise, and likely to lead to a lot of pain.

(Emily! The mini tool is SO MINI. Just CARRY IT WITH YOU.)

A new bicycle is still likely in the medium-distant future for Reasons, and I've certainly learned my lesson re: buying bicycles that I haven't been well fitted to, but... having adjusted that, I'm likely to be able to work with what I've got for a while longer.

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"My son installed Linux on my computer and now I can't connect to the wireless network."

I thought, this is how Aquaman feels when they finally have an adventure that relies on being able to talk to fish. This is my Obscure Super Power, finally coming into play.

(It was Mint anyway, so it was easy, but I don't know if any of my coworkers have even seen Linux before. And lest you be annoyed with this guy's son for installing a weird OS on his dad's computer, it was a really ancient laptop, so I'm betting it runs a lot better with Mint than with Windows.)

(I am continuously threatening to install Linux on my mom's laptop. But I think the fact that I keep threatening it reduces the total number of tech questions I get!)

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It has become almost a consistent pattern that Rosh Hashanah gives me a couple of low-stress days just when I am starting to feel burned out, which makes it my favorite holiday that I don't celebrate!

L'shanah Tovah to those who are celebrating!

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Emily vs. USPS, round 1:

"Hey, so, you tried to deliver on Sunday to a closed business, didn't make another delivery attempt, didn't make a delivery attempt after I'd requested redelivery, and it's been incredibly difficult to try to talk to a human being and get this sorted out."

"Have you tried upgrading your web browser?"

Emily vs. USPS, round 2:

"Hey, so, what's going on with this package that got sent out from a NYC address almost a week ago?"

"It was in Long Island City! It was in Jersey City! It was in Brooklyn! It was out for delivery in the COMPLETELY WRONG ZIP CODE WHICH YOU HAVE NOT LIVED IN SINCE 2008."

"And now it is..."

"NOBODY KNOWS."

And round 2 a DAY after round 1.

(The ONLY address ChinaSprout has on file for me is the right address so... I'm going to be curious to see what happened, if I ever do get this package.)

I don't think anybody is ever going to displace FedEx in the deep dark grudgy parts of my heart, but USPS is sure trying.