The Great Plotnik

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Belly Ball



Could The Great Plotnik love a photo any more than this?

This latest Stiletto Trip was full of emotional tugs, some great meals, hanging around in auto repair shops and a few fun family outings. Right now, Plottie has to go up and hang insulation on the attic ceiling. See you in a few hours.

OK, it's a few hours later, but the first part of the attic job is done. When the Plotniks got home yesterday, there was a message from Mr. Chun, the roofer, saying that he was going to start the job several days earlier than expected. This means half the attic has had to be emptied today so the ceiling can be insulated and tarped, in advance of an entire universe of mung and soot and yucch falling onto the decades of garbage being garaged in the attic, stuff the Plotniks haven't even opened from their last move (in 1993), plus acquired useless junk that no one will ever want. Plotnik's original Kaypro 4? Want it? It's here.

The idea is that the insulation will stop most of the filth from getting into the attic and the tarps some of the rest. Of course, all that dirt will also render the insulation less effective, but that's for another worry later on.

Meanwhile: Down in Stiletto where the Cold Noodles Simmer, Belly and BZ bonded like crazy.





A trip to Manhattan Beach was more than fun (Cousins Two and Seattle, one of you lives in Redondo and the other in Westwood, right? Manhattan is really a great beach.). Being at the beach reminded Plotnik about the healing nature of sun and salt water. After half an hour body surfing small waves, going under and coming up and going back under and coming back up, his body felt lifted, his spirit salved. Since earliest childhood, Plotnik has felt this salving nature of the ocean, and yet in Saint Plotniko, where he lives, there are no decent beaches. For all of Stiletto's City's faults, it does have one of nature's most wonderful cures.



5 Comments:

At 7:25 PM, Blogger mary ann said...

oooooh, and all those blue skies! Good luck on your roof. I asked Bill when he thought our house would be finished and he said seriously, "Halloween". 'Fraid so...

 
At 8:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Geek alert! Geek alert! A Kaypro 4! That's a collector's item! I checked on E-Bay they're asking up to $299, depending upon the bells and whistles...

 
At 7:33 AM, Blogger notthatlucas said...

The Kaypro - does that have the 32K expansion port?

Nice beaches would be wasted in SF since the water temp turns you to ice within seconds. I'll take our coastline any day over that massive expanse of dull old sand.

Nice family pictures though.

mary ann - halloween of which year?

 
At 10:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

He's right:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-VINTAGE-KAYPRO-4-PORTABLE-PC-TWO-DISK-DRIVE_W0QQitemZ140182792123QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

 
At 12:19 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey! I claimed the Kaypro years ago. The little ASCII version of Pacman is a special kind of geekish joy! -bzwz

 

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