Zeppelins, mayo, Culture Shock!
Arthur and I have been trading Zeppelin links.
I'm realizing that I'm gonna have to go read some Doc Savage before I can write a Zeppelin story. (I'm pleased to see that as far back as 1933, the Doc Savage Club was willing to admit members of the fairer sex, as long as they believed in ideals of self-development and (as one presumed club member put it) "the power of stimulation"; see "Are Only Men Men?" for details.)
I'm also being tempted once again into that enormous time sink known as roleplaying. So far, am resisting the temptation.
In real-world news, my refrigerator came today, about 45 minutes after the end of the four-hour delivery window. By which point it didn't really seem worth going in to work. Especially since I'm still sick. Cough cough. It seems to be a little better, though.
After not really eating for most of the day, I picked up a pizza for dinner. I can keep the leftovers in my fridge!
(I can't decide whether to keep and re-refrigerate the mayo that's been sitting unrefrigerated for most of a week. On the one hand, it smells fine, and most web sources say that modern commercial mayonnaise is so acidic that bacteria don't tend to grow in it and it's fine to leave it unrefrigerated. On the other hand, at least one source says not to alternate refrigerating and not-refrigerating, though it doesn't explain why. Also, the expiration date on the jar is Nov. 15, but I've eaten mayonnaise that was long past its expiration date with no ill effects.)
I stopped briefly in a bookstore while waiting for my pizza to be ready; there I encountered the Culture Shock! series of guidebooks from the Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company. The idea appears to be to prepare travelers for the cultures and customs of places they're intending to visit. An interesting approach; anyone familiar with these? Have you found them useful?
That is all.
