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World Cup Storytime
Possibly True Story (But not exactly)
This one comes from Len. I suspect the reporter bit is bullshit, but it was fun to listen to.
Sometime in the late 60's, early 70's,* West Germany and the UK were facing off at the World Cup final. The game teams were well matched, and the game was tied (2-2) and not going anywhere fast as they headed into extra ( Read more... ) -
New Bike
I got a shiny new (to me) bicycle recently, and tonight I took it for it's first real ride, in between thunder storms. I made it from my house up the greenway to Elizabeth st, about a mile and a half each way. All in all, it's a great ride--reasonably scenic, off-road, not too hilly, etc. I suspect the last half mile from Elizabeth St to Caleb/KC/ ( Read more... ) -
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Teaching myself banjo again. It's going better than before, but I'm having trouble finding things I want to learn, since I'm not a big bluegrass person. I am considering writing to whoever made the indie rock banjo tab site I found and then abandoned it, and beg for help. Somehow, I can't seem to do much with chords, even after working out that ( Read more... ) -
Jerusalem Artichokes: Planted
Yesterday, I planted 10 Jerusalem Artichoke/Sunchoke tubers in a trench along the fence in the back yard. They each had about 1/2"-1" sprouts, and I put them ~4" down. Everything I've read about growing them consists of dire warnings not to plant them anywhere you might ever want back, because they are functionally unkillable once established--one ( Read more... ) -
Garden Plotting
This will be of limited interest to other people (I mean, probably more than usual) but so what. It's my blog; I'll use it in lieu of a day planner if I want to ( Read more... ) -
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I skipped work yesterday to go walk in the woods. I don't know if that means I'm doing especially well or kind of not-well mental health wise, but it felt good at the time, and I don't seem to be in any trouble with the lab. I'd be surprised, actually, if anyone noticed. I went to the state botanical gardens, which has a few miles of trails through ( Read more... ) -
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Gah, I just found out I'm only 3 classes short of getting an extra AB in political science. (I thought I dumped it with farther to go) I'm temped to go ahead and graduate, but try to take the classes over the next year or so, depending on what they actually are and when they're offered and such (I haven't checked yet). Thing is, is there anything I ( Read more... ) -
I should go back to cramming...
I have a lab practical in an hour on protists, the bulk of which will involve identifying the little buggers under a Very Nice Microscope. Problem is, there aren't enough Very Nice Microscopes to set up one for each species and have us rotate. The solution? Put a spoonfull of each culture into a beaker, give it a good shake, and let us each make a ( Read more... ) -
Well, that was unexpected
I just had to call the IRS for some info from last year so I could file online. Long story short, when Detour went under, rather than sending us our W-2's, John just skipped town & stopped answering our calls. So I never filed a return, couldn't do FAFSA, didn't get my $300 in Bush payoffs, and didn't have last years income to e-sign this years ( Read more... ) -
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