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I’m watching a nature show in my hotel room right now (it’s 50% “I survived being eaten by a hippo!” and 50% about how hippos are closely related to whales, even down to the singing).  A few minutes ago the … Continue reading →

I just ran through the online Ikea mattress recommender.  It offered many helpful suggestions but did not recommend that I purchase the item that I’ve been sleeping on for the last month, the Solsta sofa bed. That’s probably because the … Continue reading →

Never before have I seen architecture that was so obviously designed by a 4-year-old.

Today has been a bit annoying. My modest goal for the day was to get my clothes washed.  This is always a challenge — usually I haul a giant laundry bag on the metro (attracting the ever watchful eye of … Continue reading →

My niece Mila and I totally caught this clam using a triple-hook spoon lure.  It bit down on the hook and everything. Freshwater mussels are generally endangered and bad-tasting, so we practiced catch-and-release.

Jessica generously helped me load all the wheels and paint cans into an hourcar and I paid the dump $30 or so to have the wheels properly disposed of.  I am finally free of the magical junk hidden behind my … Continue reading →

There are billboards all over town advertising “Left 4 Dead II” which is the latest first-person zombie-killing game.  Several people at work having been working with a demo version of the game trying to get it to work with CrossOver … Continue reading →

I went to Bauer Brothers to buy a door and instead managed to dart into a horizontal beam.  This produced a tremendous bong and a fair amount of blood.   The upside to this story is that I have now … Continue reading →