Screwy, disordered day. I’ll be brief. Didn’t sleep well; listened to Yasha Mounk’s podcast, w/ Wesley Yang on “the successor ideology” (i.e. wokeness); I guess both are seen as reactionaries (i.e. liberals). I think some issues raised aren’t easily put aside, so maybe I am too. We got up before 7 to do our laundry, as we do every third Sunday (early, to avoid contact w/ neighbors in laundry room). I’ve probably described that routine before. On the last trip, to collect clothes from dryer, I took a few minutes to look for CDs in our storage space - found the Wyatt CD, and a few other things I might use for my KSPC shows in Dec./Jan.

By mid-morning, my cursor and trackpad began to freak out intermittently, a problem I’ve had before. It seems to have calmed down, but it made setting up the new computer more urgent. So I went through those steps, had a bit of trouble w/ wi-fi, and started a data migration that took over both machines for several hours. Started David Edmonds, The Murder of Professor Schlick, a kind of popular group-biography of the Vienna Circle. Nothing that new to me intellectually - so far, the philosophy is much simplified - but the historical background and anecdotes are good to have in one place. Had not known Carnap was a womanizer. Made it to p. 50 by end of day.

Talked to my dad about 1-2 pm. Skipped dedicated piano practice, but messed around with “Giant Steps,” which I should try to play at tempo, and a few Rodgers & Hart songs. Did crosswords. Napped, made kale for dinner, w/ squash and the last of the Thanksgiving duck. Helped Bree clean up. More computer set-up tasks - got a new license for Word, briefly opened Logic (recording is a 2021 project), downloaded a to-do list manager. 1 Ashbery poem. Lights out 11:30.