AT&T repair dude was supposed to come sometime between noon and 4 p.m. yesterday. When I got home at 5 p.m. he hadn’t arrived yet, and no call to say when, either. I spent the usual 15 minutes trying to get through to tech support and was assured he would be there by 6 p.m. Which he was. Unfortunately, he didn’t leave until after 8:30, which really put a crimp in the evening. Turns out our phone number hadn’t been correctly ported to the new service so it expired. It was a wonder it worked at all, I guess. Repair dude finally got us set up with a temporary number so we could make and receive calls on that line. Apparently porting numbers is such an arduous task that it takes 5 business days, which means our regular number won’t be back in service until next Thursday. Poor service tech—I don’t think I’ve ever heard any one sigh as much as he did. Even he was on hold for long periods waiting for backup.
Today is Canada day. Time to drink beer, cook bacon, dig out the flannel shirts and watch Red Green. Perhaps read some Margaret Atwood and listen to the Arrogant Worms. Put maple syrup on everything. Challenge a moose to a game of chicken. Just an ordinary day, in other words.
Free Fiction Sampler has an excerpt up from Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead, coming out this August. The table of contents is there too. If you want a sneak-peak, go to the link and click on Evolve 2.
Made it halfway through the new short story with pen and paper. Made a ton of changes. Lots of deletions but some significant additions, too. Satisfying work.
