We have central air, but it doesn't work so well to cool the upstairs. We finally got our window a/c unit in the bedroom window last night. On the hottest day of the year so far. I haven't slept so well in weeks! Aaaahhhhh!

License plate sighting yesterday: NTRL 20. Think they were heading to the Origins gaming convention, perhaps?

A week ago, as rfunk and I were heading out for the week's grocery shopping, a Rottweiler bounded across the road in front of my car, near the Interstate entrance ramp. Rounding the corner onto the ramp we saw a hatchback stopped at the edge of the asphalt, passenger door ajar. A woman sat in the driver's seat, making an exasperated gesture with her ( Read more... )

I drove for a bit this morning behind a car with a sticker in the corner of its rear window that read, simply, "28:06:42:12". This is the number that Frank the rabbit gives to Donnie Darko in the movie of the same name, telling him that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds.

I keep forgetting to post these. Recently seen license plates include:

FE MAN
(I read it correctly the first time), and

DRYAD
(I wanted to wave to her and say, "Hey, me too!")

Last weekend we were passed by a trailer containing a dromedary (one-hump) camel. Poor thing looked stressed; it paced back and forth in the trailer.

1. A vacation trip to Myrtle Beach may be in the works for late August or early September. Man, do I need a vacation ( Read more... )

The electricity was out at my house when I got home last night after meditation class. There was just enough daylight left for me to do the few outside chores I needed to do, and then light candles inside. I ate a snack and read by candlelight before bed. The lights came on just before I went to sleep ( Read more... )

GOT BOXI, seen on a Scion.

Hee!

And this morning on my commute to work I saw a Viking longship headed east on I-70 (strapped to a flatbed). Complete with a dragon head on the prow. Too cool!

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Yesterday I saw a truck with a license plate that read: NCC 1701. It made my day.

I'm alive and doing fine. I feel the need to write and update, but I'm pretty busy at work and home. I'll probably end up writing half a dozen entries all in one day.