Computer trouble

My computer's been on the blink since the weekend. (It's some sort of kernel panic trouble so it won't start up.) I got an appointment with a specialist at Yorkdale Mall on Saturday afternoon.  I've had to use the downstairs computer which Father and Moira normally use.

Saturday I finished Dicken's Hard Times.  Since then I've started reading the foreigners issue of Lapham's Quarterly.  It looks like a good one! Now it's time to start Our Mutual Friend.

Saturday I saw a documentary at the Bloor about the last days of South Vietnam in 1975 and the last-minute operation to evacuate refugees. (A few nights later I was dreaming about President Ford.) The American ambassador was in denial until very late in the day.

Sunday afternoon was the first event of John Snow's book club.  We talked about Dickens' Hard Times.  There were a lot of no-shows, but he still got six people.  The next event is Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton, but I'll have to miss it because it's on the same day as the March ROLT Meetup.  John's also started a second book club that's going to read Dombey and Son, but I can only read one long Dickens book at a time and Our Mutual Friend has priority. (Too bad:  I do want to read Dombey and Son someday!)

Monday night at choir practice we started Giulio Caccini's "Ave Maria." (The only lines are "Ave Maria" and "Amen"!) Last night I had to leave opera rehearsal early because I wasn't feeling well.  But I'm feeling well enough to attend tonight.