More berry picking => more blackberry cobbler

Bought food at the little island store run by nuns. The nun at the register was old... Maybe in her 80s? Made me think about how young people retire.... I guess I could find a million things to fill my time with, but in some ways they seem less fufilling than being a part of something, even as a corporate whore :-) I guess I'm a pack animal at heart.

Speaking of pack animals... The dog howled today when left alone in the cabin. She also moves her legs when dreaming as if running, snores, and rolls in dirt after getting wet. Mad beast.

I've been wondering if the most effective way to be involved w/ gnome is to code or list jockey. I thought, about 8 mo ago, I didn't do enough "real work" and swore off lists. Well.... W/o the social glue I don't feel motivated to work on gnome and just watch tivo (infernal device). I need other people working on projects w/ me.... Excited people. Otherwise I'm not anchored and switch projects every 2 days when another idea comes along.

Anywho, back to mailing lists... I feel like the cost of communication in projects like gnome is terribly high. Ultra-formalization sucks, mailing lists get dragged into argumentative minutia.... There's just little room for brainstorming, watercoolering, togetherness stuff.