Oct. 20th, 2011

carbonel: (cat with mouse)
I haven't actually upgraded my iPad or iPhone to iOS 5 yet, but it seems pretty comprensively acknowledged that a) the new version of the OS breaks Stanza, and b) Amazon, which owns Stanza, has no intention of fixing it.

Stanza has been my ebook reader of choice since I discovered that I couldn't import .mobi files into the Kindle reader. Amazon fixed that with a subsequent upgrade, but I discovered that I preferred the customizability of Stanza. It's superior to both the Kindle Reader and iBooks in ability to change fonts, spacing between paragraphs, justification, and a number of other features.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a replacement ebook reader? I can cope with iBooks if I have to, but I'd really prefer something better if it's out there, even if it costs money.
carbonel: (cat with mouse)
I went downstairs to move some clothes from the washer to the drier and stepped into a puddle. And I knew what was going on, from bitter experience. I'd had the sewer line cleaned out earlier this year, I thought, but the sewer line doesn't think so.

So the sorted clothes on the floor that were waiting to get washed are soggy. And the shower in the downstairs bathroom has backed up (as it does under these circumstances), but only slightly.

And I need to henna my hair tonight because it needs to be done before I leave at oh-dark-thirty on Saturday. (Really. The plane leaves at 6:15 a.m., and I need to be there considerably earlier, with cat.) But I can't do that with a backed-up system.

And I really wanted to wash my chino pants, but now I can't.

Honestly, this wouldn't be such a deal except for the leaving-Saturday thing. I've coped with sewer backups before, and this one is minor, as such things go. But the timing sucks.

(I splashed through the shallow puddles to get the clothing from the washer, and it's now strewn around the dining room, because running the drier while it's standing in water just didn't seem like a smart idea.)

I've called Ron the Sewer Rat, and maybe one of his minions will be able to come out tonight. I can hope.

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