Well, this never looks good

Empathy:
13.

Scoring:
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42)
53 - 63 is above average
64 - 80 is very high
80 is maximum

Autism: 38

Scoring:
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)
23 - 31 = above average
32 - 50 is very high (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 35)
50 is maximum

Well, I'm not sure what I did

I'm not sure what I did, but my machine has now been rock solid for twelve hours despite my putting a high load on it. The temperature of the CPU is reporting a steady 63C, and since the last reboot (when I reseated-- again-- the IDE extender card) not only have I not had a problem, but I burned a DVD and it went at full speed. Usually, I've achived 0.7x speeds, but this burn went at 4.1x, which makes a big difference. It still takes ten hours to master a DVD, but a fifteen minute burn is greatly prefable to an hour plus.

I took Kouryou-chan to school after a snuggly wake-up and a breakfast of cold cereal and coffee (well, coffee for me). I've already cleaned the kitchen and the dining room, put away the kids' laundry, did two batches of laundry, cleaned out the compost, took out the garbage, started another batch of laundry, and taken a shower, since I have no desire to be scruffy when I pick up Omaha this evening.

I'm going to stop by some second-hand store and pick up a full-length teaspoon. I'm tired of reaching into those 3-quart jugs of mayonnaise that come from the warehouse store when the supply is all the way down at the bottom and then pulling my hand out only to see it covered in a thin veneer of white goo picked up from the residue on the sides. It reminds me too much of some former hobby...