Armored Gopher Games, my friendly local game store where I've been spending my Friday nights playing magic for the last 5 years or so, is closed. Dave the owner was burned out. Things were supposed to be arranged to sell to the original owners, but the wheels came off the deal at the last minute. Right now we don't know if it can be salvaged, ( Read more... )

Yes it's beautiful
Belongs in a picture book
Not on my damn roads

So, many months ago, one of the hinge mounts on my guitar case handle half broke. I could still carry the case, but one side of the handle was not held quite as well as it should have been, and it looked like it would probably break at some point. So, after some while, I thought to ask at Upper Bout (the new guitar store that's in the same ( Read more... )

I went to bed early last night because after my weekend I was tired. I meant to get up early, because I'm moderately eager to get stuff done today. But it's so warm and comfortable and nice to just doze in bed. It took a long time to get up.

For years, I've had this notion of how to make a bookshelf. This week, pushed by the fact that I was about to not have the car with the cargo capacity to easily carry larger stuff, I bought the lumber I needed. For the last couple of days, I've been drilling and screwing boards together. There were a couple of bumps along the road, like when I ( Read more... )

A couple months ago, I bought a Kobalt cordless electric chainsaw, because I occasionally need a chainsaw and I don't like anything about small gasoline engines. When I bought it, they handed me a rebate coupon at the register. Hey, this says they'll give me a second battery for the thing. 2 amp-hours at 80v is a non-trivial battery, so that ( Read more... )

A short walk at Kickapoo (couple of miles) today -- don't really feel up to more. But three proper signs of spring:
Spring peepers
Comma butterflies
A brown thrasher singing away

A fine little walk.

If there is a God, it is indisputable He hates us.

The next person who says anything positive about snow gets kicked in the junk ( Read more... )

I have a fridge again. It looks a lot like the old one except that the old one was quite discolored from 22 years of being in my kitchen. A slight upgrade on the interior features.