I have now seen a few minutes of South Park. In Gaelic.

This is some sort of major milestone, but I'm not sure what kind.

Spotted a few minutes ago in the Safeway parking lot: full-sized four-wheel-drive pickup truck. Fog lights, double rear wheels, flames painted on the hood. The window was rolled down, and the music from inside was booming across the parking lot.

The occupant was listening to Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time".

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Yesterday I went running for the first time in months.

I kind of felt like this guy.

If you're washing out an ice-cube tray, I really recommend against turning the tap on full-blast and then placing the tray directly into the stream. Unless you have an audience[*].

Don't ask me how I know this.

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I'm off road-tripping tomorrow, with the inimitable parergon. Time to find me some mountains. Here's to me remembering to water my plants ( Read more... )

For those of you who hadn't noticed, the prairies do thunderstorms like nobody's business.

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Octopus Wrestling is my Hobby

Are those Coles Notes in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?