“Here’s a Health to the Company,” The Chieftains: Celebration Well, here’s to us all. The beermaking kit finally arrived (actually, it had to be reordered, the original was lost by the Tibetan Postal Service) In looking over the instructions, they seem pretty straightforward, so we probably won’t kill anybody with our first batch. And Scott, the engineer-boot wearing bass from church, has offered his able assistance with “getting the baby’s head wet.” He brought over some of his own homebrew last summer, most of which was quite, quite tasty. Me, I’m hoping eventually for a batch of Black Raspberry Hefeweissen,…
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What’s On the AOL Tuner: Andreas Vollenweider: Cosmopoly That’s nice, hadn’t heard any of old Andreas’ music in a long time. I used to listen to one of his first albums a lot years ago in Seattle. They were talking on ::NPR this morning about it being the 40th anniversary of the Surgeon General’s report that advised us all that smoking is bad for us. I wonder if incense counts as second-hand smoke? It sure set off the sniffling and coughing, and it makes my throat tight – not a good thing if you’re trying to sing.
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I’m still in the “clueless newbie” stage of development in doing this blogging thing. I have to ask DH to fix up/install all the technical stuff, and then I tinker around with templates and things and have to yell for help if I can’t revert to something that works. I’ve been gathering links to tutorials and places where people gather to discuss blogging, the blogoverse, blogomania, sideblogs, blogrolls, and other things blog. I’m still learning definitions and trying to figure out how not to do it, in addition to how to do it. Far off in the hazy blue distance,…
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Former leak in pipe remains fixed. Skating rink fundraiser in garage cancelled. Noticed that DH mentions the incident in his blog also. The wall painting project has progressed to the “touch up places where paint bled under masking tape” stage, but it’s basically done. The ceiling touch-ups are more along the lines of “roller-size swipes of orange paint on white must be painted over with big brush” stage. Yep, next time we mask the ceiling with tape at least as wide as the paint roller. The hardwood floor project in the third bedroom, formerly known as the Tiny Room Full…
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ABCNEWS.com : Moon, Mars Proposals Stir Excitement “We had to do the moon first, but we’ve done it,” he said. “So the value of any permanent presence on the moon is not clear to me.” Well, it’s clear to me. We have to learn how to live, long-term, in a vacuum. Right now, there’s a slow leak on the International Space Station that we can’t find to fix. A permanent moon base could include underground rooms that could be pressurized easily and safely that could serve as bolt holes in case of a catastrophic decompression. On the station, or on…
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CNN.com – Woman drops lawsuit to stop lottery payout – Jan. 9, 2004 “I wanted to win. The numbers were so overwhelming,” lottery challenger Elecia Battle said. “I did buy a ticket, and I lost it. I wanted to win so bad for my kids, my family.” The 40-year-old had asked a Cuyahoga County judge in Cleveland to stop Ohio lottery officials from paying Rebecca Jemison, the declared winner of the $162 million jackpot from the December 30 Mega Millions multistate drawing. Contrite and tearful at a news briefing, Battle said she had the suit dismissed Thursday. “I do want…
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kasia in a nutshell How weird is this? I was following up links to stories about spam, checked the author bio on this blog, and DH says “Oh, that’s a friend of Steve’s. She has the same kind of digital camera.” The common link? They’re both moderators (at least, I think Steve is also a moderator) at DSLreports DH participates there a bit as well. Anyway, weird coincidence, and spam sucks. Read on…
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Frozen Pipes: How to Take the Chill Out! Oh, yeah. Frozen pipes. At least the toilet thawed out without cracking in two (and yes, there are a couple of family horror stories associated with frozen pipes).
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The Salt Lake Tribune — Refuge of a scoundrel I’ve been reading the Salt Lake Trib letters to the editor for lo these many years. It’s always been a lively forum for people who like to argue back and forth about the same old hot-button topics. Occasionally, new topics get hot, such as medical malpractice. Apparently, now to be a letters to the editor playa, a good memory and copious enemies files are no longer required… all you really need is an internet connection and a little skill with Google. Well, two can play at that game, Dr. Trease.
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So today, David and I are off to Home Despot to pick out some paint and get a few supplies for painting one wall in our house. We have one of those modern semi-open plan homes with big blank walls and rooms that flow from one to another, making it hard to figure out where to stop painting (I know, this very topic was covered on a recent “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” episode).