{"id":209,"date":"2008-08-24T02:51:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T02:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2008-08-24T02:51:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T02:51:08","slug":"209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Snap<\/a>The last week has been a bit of a strain.\u00a0 Not that anything really awful has happened.\u00a0 There’s been the usual stress of gearing up for the publication of all the zines on September 1st.\u00a0 Just the usual stuff of pinging all the reviewers and seeing where we stand.\u00a0 Not to bad except I realized that the questions for the author interview for one of the zines never got sent — will do that tomorrow but it may be too late.<\/p>\n

Then there was\u00a0 a major code update.\u00a0 Somehow, it shouldn’t have happened, but the update lost us a chunk of data from the database. Then the host servers crashed the next morning so it took longer than usual for the restore.\u00a0 Then when the restore was in place, well all the work of at least two days was gone and had to be redone.\u00a0 I think, as of today, that most of that has been recovered and put back in place.<\/p>\n

Don’t you just love how computers make our lives so much more organized, in touch with others, and streamlined and then if there’s a glitch… Well, nothing can even come close to screwing up like a computer and its bits and bytes.\u00a0 But now that we’re back to where we were several days ago — things are looking pretty good.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, while all the computer problems and stressors were going on there was the usual household stuff to do.\u00a0 I’m trying to get things a bit more organized — boxed, labeled, gathered for tossing or giving away, or storing.\u00a0 I’ve been pulling out the books that we don’t want to keep in our personal library and making a pile to put on Amazon for sale.\u00a0 I need the bookshelf space for the book we have acquired lately and want to keep or haven’t read yet.\u00a0 You’d think with all the books I review, Hyperion reviews, and that we read (from the library), that we’d never buy books.\u00a0 You’d think that, but you’d be wrong.\u00a0 We buy lots of books — mostly for research, reference, or just because they look like fun and the library doesn’t have it.<\/p>\n

I also picked up some new yarn for socks today.\u00a0 It’s a stretchy sock yarn in a pretty variegated\u00a0 purple, yellow, pink, rosy color scheme.\u00a0 Once I finish the pair I’m making now (just got the toe to do), I’ll start a pair with this yarn and using the circular needle technique to knit two socks at once.\u00a0 Just need to figure out how I want them to look and find a pattern to use.<\/p>\n

I’ve actually managed to spin four of the last eight days.\u00a0 Not as much as I should but at least I’m keeping my hand (and feet) in.\u00a0 I’m beginning to feel more comfortable.\u00a0 I’m trying really hard to over-spin so I don’t lose so much twist when I ply.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m still working on using up the green top that I was working on for the Tour de Fleece.\u00a0 I almost have half a spool full.\u00a0 Maybe by the end of the month I’ll be plying it and setting the twist for this second skein.\u00a0 It’s still a lace\/sock weight yarn (with 3-ply Navaho plying).<\/p>\n

What I have to snap out of is the funk that I seem to be in.\u00a0 Everyday, it seems like I’m wading waist deep in water.\u00a0 Everything just seems to take more effort.\u00a0 I’m not letting it stop me.\u00a0 I even walked down to the mailbox twice in the last week — I know I should be doing it every day.\u00a0 But, I’m making a real effort to not give up and that’s got to count for something.\u00a0 I guess what it counts for is that I keep going and eventually I will find it easier and easier to just keep going.\u00a0 Maybe I should just buy more spoons, but I’m hoping to “snap out of it”.\u00a0 So, since I love her work and the puzzle is so bright and cheery — I thought I’d share.\u00a0 It is available through Amazon (isn’t everything).<\/p>\n

Still expect a post only when you see one.\u00a0 My schedule is a bit uneven just now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last week has been a bit of a strain.\u00a0 Not that anything really awful has happened.\u00a0 There’s been the usual stress of gearing up for the publication of all the zines on September 1st.\u00a0 Just the usual stuff of pinging all the reviewers and seeing where we stand.\u00a0 Not to bad except I realized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22,27,14,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csa","category-fiber","category-health-medicine","category-hearth-and-home","category-socks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n- A Curious Statistical Anomaly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"davinci\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"davinci\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e\"},\"headline\":\"No title\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-24T02:51:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":731,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ecx.images-amazon.com\\\/images\\\/I\\\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"CSA\",\"Fiber\",\"Health & Medicine\",\"Hearth and Home\",\"Socks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/\",\"name\":\"- A Curious Statistical Anomaly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ecx.images-amazon.com\\\/images\\\/I\\\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-24T02:51:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/209\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ecx.images-amazon.com\\\/images\\\/I\\\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ecx.images-amazon.com\\\/images\\\/I\\\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Curious Statistical Anomaly\",\"description\":\"Or interesting bits of fluff that caught my attention\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e\",\"name\":\"davinci\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9cc9949a335aa62aab081cd6a101495a2beec129d998c2021089b8023868faa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9cc9949a335aa62aab081cd6a101495a2beec129d998c2021089b8023868faa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9cc9949a335aa62aab081cd6a101495a2beec129d998c2021089b8023868faa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"davinci\"},\"description\":\"I'm basically a Jill-of-all-trades with an interest in whatever captures my attention. I'm currently an editor on SFRevu.com and GumshoeReview.com. I write book reviews for those to online publication and at Amazon.com. I do some freelance copy editing and proofreading, work on my own writing, collect rejection slips, design knitwear, spin my own yarn, and enjoy life.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amperzen.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/davinci\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"- A Curious Statistical Anomaly","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"davinci","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/"},"author":{"name":"davinci","@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e"},"headline":"No title","datePublished":"2008-08-24T02:51:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/"},"wordCount":731,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg","articleSection":["CSA","Fiber","Health & Medicine","Hearth and Home","Socks"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/","url":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/","name":"- A Curious Statistical Anomaly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg","datePublished":"2008-08-24T02:51:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/209\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/617XMBYZBQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/","name":"A Curious Statistical Anomaly","description":"Or interesting bits of fluff that caught my attention","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4344e39b0408fba0234cf68dcf6ea62e","name":"davinci","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9cc9949a335aa62aab081cd6a101495a2beec129d998c2021089b8023868faa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9cc9949a335aa62aab081cd6a101495a2beec129d998c2021089b8023868faa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9cc9949a335aa62aab081cd6a101495a2beec129d998c2021089b8023868faa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"davinci"},"description":"I'm basically a Jill-of-all-trades with an interest in whatever captures my attention. I'm currently an editor on SFRevu.com and GumshoeReview.com. I write book reviews for those to online publication and at Amazon.com. I do some freelance copy editing and proofreading, work on my own writing, collect rejection slips, design knitwear, spin my own yarn, and enjoy life.","url":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/author\/davinci\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}