01/20/05 THU:
---Here today from PS Publishing:

McKenna, Juliet E. TURNS & CHANCES, PS, 8/04, one of 800 total SIGNED copies, (fantasy short novel; Chaz Brenchley intro; 118 pages), new 16.00

Gentle, Mary UNDER THE PENITENCE, PS, 12/04, one of 800 total SIGNED copies, (A Story of the First History; S.M. Stirling intro; 76 pages), new 16.00

---I hope I get used to my new computer set-up (iBook with wireless keyboard and mouse). Utilizing the monitor I already had in the basement, the separate keyboard and mouse allow me to continue work much as before, except the transfer of my data and installation of updated software have slowed me down from performing routine tasks as I was accustomed to doing them. Enhanced capabilities require me to ramp up my learning curve a bit, throwing me off track as well. Plus figuring out various ergonomic and cybernetic considerations, cabling schemes, workstation configurations, etc. adds to the generalized daze of distractedness. The underlying dread that something will go totally wrong and everything will have gone for naught manifests itself when broaching upon new territory, especially things I probably have no business fooling around with (like GarageBand). But it seems like I am having fun, because so far the felicities have outweighed the infelicities.