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Dec. 6th, 2003 02:33 pmAh, weekends, how I love you. I footled away the entire morning wandering around on-line, seeking diversion, and idly searching for a good cheap-or-freeware word processor for the iBook. Because, see, I keep fantasizing that someday I will get Mac WP software I really like, and then, instead of sitting around the house all day frivolling on LJ and eating chips, I'll take the iBook somewhere and actually get some focused purposeful *writing* done. Except that I find I'm really finicky about WP programs; I don't need lots of bells and whistles, but I do need something that allows for text resizing (which leaves out TextEdit); and I can't deal with programs that present one's work in the format that you get with Word if you go for Print View (e.g., a display that emulates pieces of paper on the screen, with a big honkin' gap at every page break), which rules out AppleWorks (as I discovered only *after* I ponied up to buy the package, grr). Nisus and Mariner are both on the pricey side; Mellel *might* be feasible but they don't provide a free trial download (which is something I require after the AppleWorks fiasco).
But in any event, today I'm just as happy slobbing around the house. The grocery store had a special on sirloin tip, so now I've got a big pot of beef bourguignon simmering away on the stove and smelling heavenly, and the bonus with beef bourguignon is that it leaves one with a half-bottle or so of red wine to slowly work through while the stew cooks. Every so often I click on the Weather Channel and stare, appalled, at the storms pummelling the Eastern seaboard--good god, those of you living out there, if you must leave the house, be careful. (As I posted in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cesperanza's LJ yesterday, I feel a bit guilty about the fact that the east coast has been getting all of *our* winter weather the past couple of years; it's just mild and chilly and foggy here, with almost no snow on the ground.)
My only big challenge for the weekend, apart from trying to get some writing done, is to try to resolve my winter-coat dilemma, the incredibly boring details of which I'll stash on cutaway.( Read more... )
But in any event, today I'm just as happy slobbing around the house. The grocery store had a special on sirloin tip, so now I've got a big pot of beef bourguignon simmering away on the stove and smelling heavenly, and the bonus with beef bourguignon is that it leaves one with a half-bottle or so of red wine to slowly work through while the stew cooks. Every so often I click on the Weather Channel and stare, appalled, at the storms pummelling the Eastern seaboard--good god, those of you living out there, if you must leave the house, be careful. (As I posted in
cesperanza's LJ yesterday, I feel a bit guilty about the fact that the east coast has been getting all of *our* winter weather the past couple of years; it's just mild and chilly and foggy here, with almost no snow on the ground.)My only big challenge for the weekend, apart from trying to get some writing done, is to try to resolve my winter-coat dilemma, the incredibly boring details of which I'll stash on cutaway.( Read more... )