random short takes

[cellio]

A few nights ago, at something like 3am, we got a phone call from someone who blathered at our answering machine -- in some language we couldn't quite identify. (It had phonemes that sounded vaguely like Japanese, but I don't think it actually was Japanese.) Then the next day, sometime while we were at work, he called again, same deal. You'd think that the English message on the machine would provide a hint about languages comprehended here, but I guess not. I wonder who he was and what he wanted -- and whether he had any idea what time it was when he called the first time.

What was the deal with Enterprise this week? The two crew members off in a shuttle see wreckage from a ship that's not theirs and they think it's the Enterprise? Aren't there some distinctive markings involved? And weren't they motivated to investigate? I just plain did not get the initial premise of this episode... (I still don't know if this show is actually worth watching; it's had a few very good shows and many that didn't speak to me but weren't actively bad. This was possibly the most disappointing to date, though the stupid alien-pregnancy thing a while back is also a contender.)

As part of the grand shuffling of stuff in our house, we're investigating central A/C for the second floor. We figure enough will drift down to the first floor on its own, and a window unit in the living room can supplement when needed, and running ducts is invasive. (We have radiators.) If we just do the second floor, they can put the hardware in the attic and run only short bursts of ducts. It sounds like a cunning plan; I wonder if it will turn out to be a cunning operation when it's done.

You know, one of the errors in our property assessment this year is that they think we have central air, but that's not why we're doing this. :-)

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[cellio]

If you're really curious, you could get one of your more Japanese-comprehending friends to listen to it. :)

I thought it that, but didn't wnat to have these messages tying up space on my machine while I waited to get you or Deanna to listen to them. (One of these days I'll get a machine with a "skip" button and this will be less important.) It didn't occur to me until after I'd erased them that I could have just called one of you and played these messages onto your machine along with a request for identification. :-)