Somber

Well, I'm in a somber mood.

Part of it is seeing the news and feeling as if the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Middle East, Far East -- the inmates are in charge. Here, too, of course.

Part is the prospect of the next year and my arm. Driving in snow with an arm strapped up sounds unpleasant.

Part is work -- I lost six hours today to a problem that should have taken half as long, but that our much-vaunted process doc neglected a key point., and could have been handled by the on-call but that the customer wants only one person to have that authority.

And part is that I slept very badly last night.

I told my wife I need something really nice to happen to me.