You know, it's really hard to plan out when to do things outdoors when your forecast looks like this:

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Poll "Human" vs. "Hominid"

( if you're curious what wikipedia has to say about this )

So I use google for units conversion a lot. I just searched for "1/2 mile in yards." As expected, the unit converter came up telling me that 1/2 mile is 880 yards. The weird part is the actual web search results -- they're mostly ads for beachfront vacation rentals! Plus a few workout plans ( Read more... )

This weekend, I . . .

• learned that Carter loves to swim, but hates baths
  
• had my car get sideswiped by a deer
  
• ate nearly half a dozen muffins in one sitting, proving to myself yet again that I have no restraint and need to get things in smaller quantities
  
• had a tick try to attach itself to me for the first time (it failed, I found it before it got ( Read more... )

My OT says that the perfect keyboard would be one that drastically changed configurations every hour, so you wouldn't get stuck in a repetitive pattern too long. I have been saying for a long time that keyboards need to come in different sizes depending on the size of your hand ( Read more... )

Okay, so I was going to give more detail on my last post, but I think I already hit the important points, so unless someone asks about anything specific I'll just leave it at that ( Read more... )

At some point (hopefully today) I will post about the past couple weeks. For now, the quick run-down of what I've been up to (other than work):

• Got a dog. Signed up for private training sessions. Had one session, another scheduled for tomorrow.
  
• Rachel came to visit the weekend before last, yay! We discovered several war museums that Ben and I ( Read more... )

foodscapes with miniature people

I think my favorite is the guy mowing the "lawn" on a kiwi. That and the excavation of seeds from the watermelon!