A Little Bit of Christmas

[cornerofmadness]

And more to follow. The thank yous and all that will hopefully come out tomorrow. It wasn't a bad holiday, Dad's histrionics aside. My SiL had the perfect comeback 'you'd never survive MS(which she has), I feel that nerve pain all over. (he still insists I can't possibly have the same thing since you know i'm functional and he hasn't got off the couch in weeks, except to go weep and wail)

I'll do a more extensive Christmas gift run down another day but my brother got me Android's dragon touch tablet. That was so unexpected. I thought mom might get me the kindle paperwhite. Everyone hope I can read books on this without getting migraines.

This day was busy. My cousin came up after church (we went to 'midnight' mass) and it's rather sad since her husband is so bad that he could die pretty much at any time. Honestly this summer I didn't think he'd make it to Christmas.

We went to see Grandma. I think this could be her last one. She's getting very frail but she is 98. She didn't even fight when we left. She wanted us to go and help Lucky Uncle with dinner because he's there 'sweating his balls off' (grandma thinks his wife does nothing).

Said dinner was good and he got me a case of Samuel Adams beer. It was nice to see everyone. Beat my young cousin in a couple rounds of darts. Skyped with the cousins in GA who were all kicked in the ass (it's amazing how much they drink)

Came home watched the last hour of the last Matt Smith episode (watching the beginning now). I had ambivalent feelings about it to be honest.

Comments

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

can the dragon tablet do pretty much what a laptop does?

and *clicks*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

not really, i don't think. i haven't read it. It's more for apps. you can type on it but i wouldn't want to. I know a couple profs us their ipads to run class but i'm not sure how so it can do something.

thanks

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Tablets are fun, but ironically, the simple paperwhite might be easier to read. It's more like ink on paper, and maybe wouldn't cause headaches. Unless it's either a flicker or a radiation issue, in which case you're screwed. I set my Kindle Fire on sepia background rather than white, and I find that easier on the eyes (less glare and contrast). And no, I do not see ever typing much on a tablet. Maybe it's better with one of those attachable keyboards, but I've never tried one.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

what i was thinking about was the paperwhite but we'll see how I fare.

I haven;t either. I don't know anyone who has the tablet with a keyboard

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Three people in my writers' group have tablets with keyboards, but I notice they still break out the laptops for serious writing (NaNo, natch). And the member with neurofibromatosis uses the Dragon dictation program more often than not these days, which a tablet can't handle.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

ah okay. I know very few people with a tablet actually other than L. with her ipad.

I don't blame the member withNFM

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Your dad's whining makes for sadness. I like your SiL's comeback.

Good luck with your tablet!

Your grandma not fighting you leaving sounds ominous.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I did too

thanks.

Well she always thinks we should be helping Lucky Uncle

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

More reasons he's Lucky Uncle.

...this almost sounds like a bad Asian comedy, with Lucky Uncle.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort it does

[salomesensei.livejournal.com]

Frankly, the last Matt Smith episode was quite a disappointment to me, but I enjoyed watching it with friends. Happy New Year!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. Yeah. It was a bit of a let down.

Happy new Year's to you too