(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: April 2, 2023 - First quarter is done [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-01 My big excitement this coming week will probably be getting the rent turned in. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care! IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a PM to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news! ************************* Consciousness began when the gods stopped speaking. An article about The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, by Julian Jaynes. I read this book many years ago. A study of Beethoven’s DNA. The mystery of the healthy coral reef. Honduras has a bay with very healthy coral, and nobody studying it has any real idea why. Grafitti? Religious illustrations? Ancient pictures carved in a cave in Catalonia. 3000-5000 years ago. Two children buried around 40,000 years ago. The dig when they were unearthed was in the 1930s, and the bones and teeth are lost; but somebody photographed the teeth, and the pictures have been found and are being studied. ************************* It appears that the quilt my sister has most recently finished was for me. I wasn’t sure, since she said blue wouldn’t go with the other colors I wanted, and I said it was definitely one of the flame colors, but she was the expert. There’s a fair amount of blue, along with the reds and yellows and oranges in the quilt. ************************* I was under the impression I had made an appointment for the 27th to get the upgraded internet. Nobody showed. On the 28th, as I was preparing to leave for some errands, I got a text saying did I want to change my appointment, which was for that day. Yes, I did — I chose the 30th. At a little before 6:00 PM on the 30th, I got an email saying the order was complete. I had kept my cellphone with me all day, since that was what CenturyLink was using to contact me and hadn’t even left the living room from 2:00 to 5:00. The order wasn’t complete — how could it be? Nobody showed up. To say I was unhappy about this was something of an understatement. I ended up on the CenturyLink chat line with an actual person, and another one called me Friday morning. We eventually got things sorted out. Whoever entered the order into the system that notifies the techs screwed up. I have an appointment on April 29th to get the fiber internet installed and the new modem; they are waiving those charges because the mistake was theirs. I hadn’t known they do Saturday appointments, and told the woman that if they couldn’t do it on Friday, the 31st, it would have to wait till the second half of June when school would be out. When we made the final arrangements, she said she would keep an eye on my order herself. ************************* Love you guys! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/1/2156428/-IAN-April-2-2023-First-quarter-is-done Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/