The good news is that the temperature in my house is now down to 77°F (thanks, I presume, to that tropical storm somewhere south of here), which means that I can be comfortable as long as I do not move, and have a fan blowing on me.

The bad news is that the humidity is up to 70%, so the moment I ( Read more... )

Tonight's decision: watch the television program I'd planned to watch, or listen to my physicist housemate try to remember enough relativity to explain how a wormhole can be turned into a time machine and why that turns out not to be useful anyhow.

Okay, that wouldn't have been a difficult decision even if I ( Read more... )

About an hour ago I heard a loud snapBANG, rather firecracker-like, and voices. Looking out the window I saw about a half-dozen schoolkids run down the sidewalk, pausing to throw small, white rocks at windows, then disappear around the corner before I could get the camera ready.

I was about to head downstairs to check the condition of my ( Read more... )

Today's pleasant surprise: the double bass fits into a 1989 Mazda ( Read more... )

I'm going to take a break from a) the various things I ought to be doing and b) the more difficult political entry I'm in the middle of working on (which I want to phrase very carefully, and which I've started and abandoned three times in the past couple months), to toss out something easy to write: a complaint about my local Post Office.

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I need a collective noun for illegal dirt bikes.

realinterrobang suggested "a herd of iron horses", to which I commented that these are more like iron ponies than iron horses ... but at the moment I'm leaning toward a "pod" of illegal dirt bikes (though I can't put my finger on why).

(Hmm. They're loud, so maybe a "loud" word. A "crash" of illegal ( Read more... )

I kept going longer than I thought I would. I took care of some errands, got the bass back, got Secret Magical Honda-Specific Power Steering Fluid, super-glued a paper napkin to the crack in the power steering reservoir (intentionally), ate lunch ... uh, not in that order. Got to chat with muzikmaker21 over lunch, which ( Read more... )

• Got a ride to court with a neighbour.
• Gave a CD of digital photos to Assistant State's Attorney.
• Talked to other vehicle owners, made sure State's Attorney has all contact info.
• Went into the courtroom, where we all stood in a row behind the State's Attorneys when the case was called.
• Defendant asked for more time to get a lawyer; spun a story ( Read more... )

Okay, I heard the forecast -- flood warnings, winter weather ( Read more... )

I had a kinda busy/kinda productive couple of days (with help from a couple of people). But I can't shake the feeling that there was something planned for today that I forgot to write down.

I know my VCRs won't automagically switch to Daylight Spending Time[1] tonight, but I think that one of them will try to ( Read more... )