I'm in Tokyo for the next couple of weeks to attend meetings, answer questions, and otherwise be the in-county face.
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Work has been fairly intense, so I was looking for a chance to escape to the Keweenaw - ooh this weekend looks good. Good weather up north, Copper Dog, etc ( Read more... )

Well, I'm calling it. Our lake is frozen over as of Jan 3rd. I won't call it safe to walk on, as I can still see small areas of open water, but frozen more or less. This is so late as to be unheard of. All previous winters, that lake has been frozen before Dec 10th. Usually by Dec 5th, and sometime as early as Nov 23rd ( Read more... )

Fortunately, not me.

Hey kids, let's be careful with those 12" chop saws. The "chop" part is a hint.
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So I got a call a couple of minutes ago. Can I help hook up a stove? You see, it was supposed to be done last night (as well as the electrical), but the electricians didn't come, etc, etc ( Read more... )

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The weather has gone from cool/soggy to hot/dry in three weeks ( Read more... )

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I finally moved my fancy Axis netcam to its place of honor - on the very top of the roof. I can now survey my domain in all its 360 degrees of glory.

Perhaps I got a bit carried away. I painted the pole a nice hunter green, with a graceful loop from which the protected enclosure hangs.

My 2002 Prius is now a Light-Second Prius. Yep, now at a shade over 186300 miles ( Read more... )

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