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Fourth of July in California is weird.
California is weird; there are celebrations, but few of them. Towns generally avoid them because they draw crowds. None of the seaside towns do really anything at all for fear of being swamped. There is a display - apparently it was long this year - in Scotts Valley, about two hills over, so we could hear it but not see it ( Read more... ) -
Toll roads
I find something deeply unethical about the federally paved and maintained roads being operated as toll-grabbing operations by states and private companies. -
First peach of the season
I do this every year, for the next two months I'll be making pies almost weekly. I love fruit pies, and it's the season I can afford to do that. I'm pretty proud of myself, I rolled the crust for the first time in... Well, I usually have dv_girl do it for me. It's to the point that I rarely find pies better than mine elsewhere... But I think that it's ( Read more... ) -
Government spending is not out of control
In the department of the obvious, Government Spending is not out of control.
While we're still leaking funds because of the number of Americans who are under the poverty level, spending itself has been shrinking.
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I flew my father's flag today.
I don't know why. I'd been telling myself I should do something, I have perfectly serviceable flags. It's ratty and faded, but it's my father's. I barely remember him, but I do. And this is his, it saw service, it went with him, it came back. I even have the box it was bought in. So today, it's on a new pole, with a light upon it. I'll ( Read more... ) -
LOST no more...
So dv_girl had to experience this generational touchstone. And because she's manic, she had to watch it in six to ten hour blocks ( Read more... ) -
Review: Crackle.com
So I browse the ads on my PS3, as it is wont to do, and it offers me tv shows - specifically anime - on Crackle in the browser. So I fire it up, I have nothing to lose, right ( Read more... ) -
The cold and how I fixed it
When did I turn into the person who knows how to do stuff ( Read more... ) -
Holidays...
I like to celebrate the holidays. However, I'm usually late to put up lights and I rarely get to have my own tree - it's all an expense. But when I do... I do ( Read more... )
