I like listening to NPR, I especially appreciate the news-content on holidays. I try to read/listen to the news, but usually I just can't stomach hearing about how many people were killed in a random act of violence. It makes me very sad, and has nothing to do with my life. I also don't really enjoy hearing about the latest indiscretion by some ( Read more... )

Yea! Shooting stars. The Leonids should peak tomorrow morning around 1 am.
www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/69850097.html

she said that you have been carrying on cranky. I looked up the word ‘cranky’. It said ‘grouchy’. I looked up ‘grouchy’, it said ‘crotchety’. No wonder you have such an eccentric culture, none of your words have their own meaning. You have to look up one word to understand another. It never ends. -- Delenn And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place

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And Mrs. Child is right. But it isn't just about cooking, it is about...oh...anything. Lately, I've had the good fortune to be invited to take part in a grand experiment. A friend is taking classes at Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena. Every Wednesday and Thursday she practices by whipping up a lovely dinner for whomever can make it that evening. The ( Read more... )

How cool! I can transfer whining! Neat. But at least my grocery bike might be ready for use...maybe.

REI


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Why am I not surprised that the Texas state fair has grease-fried grease.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090901_wz_statefairfoods.13a95680b.html

It wasn't bad. I don't regret reading it. Just not what I had hoped it would be. I had more fun writing the review than I did reading the novel (it wouldn't have taken much, this book is not a joy-ride).


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These are neat! I wish I could spend that much time and effort on a sidewalk drawing.

http://www.etntalk.com/sidewalk/

Wow! L.A. is burning. I can see flames on the crests directly north of my house, a good fifteen to twenty miles away.

Just one of the many items I really had not intended to juggle this weekend.

I've been so very good about keeping my agenda tidy. There are the two or three objects in rotation that I have to focus on, and then adding the equivalent of a torch or chainsaw  (or air compressor)-- no problem! I don't have the option of focusing on only one task ( Read more... )