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Change
It's too late now for me to benefit from this, but something else just changed: the heath care reform bill that President Obama just signed included federal student loan reform too ( Read more... ) -
Dealing with global climate change deniers
We have had an eerily warm March here in Minnesota, the first one without snow since records were kept in the late 19th century, so this sort of argument may be less necessary.
I am going to turn over one of the beds in the vegetable garden on my "weekend", and plant some early kale and fava. I still have to get the tomato seeds started. -
This year's vegetable garden
I moved the compost bin, which was nearly half full of wonderful compost, and raked up last year's leaves and stems to get another batch started. And I bought some more seeds ( Read more... ) -
Life is good
Mmm, ema datshi and a bottle of Summit IPA for dinner. I have got to shop more at the Midtown Global Market: they have good fresh produce, and Holy Land Deli has sweet creamy Egyptian feta, which is not as salty as Greek feta and works strangely well in this Bhutanese dish. What a beautiful day off it has been ( Read more... ) -
The health care bill
They say if you respect the law and like to eat sausage, then you shouldn't watch either one being made. Certainly many things happened that were less than appetizing ( Read more... ) -
Good bird!
Garuda went to the vet today for his annual exam and got a clean bill of health. He rode with me on my bike for part of the trip, strapped into the basket in his birdie carrier, and didn't seem too freaked out by it.
And with perfect timing, we arrived home to a big box of Birdy Booty!
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Out of my Census
Abolish the "white race"! Which "other race" should I be, Brythonic or Teutonic ( Read more... )
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