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Tesla
08 July 2009 @ 03:20 pm

Due to a Ticketmaster screwup, my party has ended up with a Quiet camping pass in place of one of the Festival camping passes we need.

Does anyone know of someone who has a Festival camping pass they could sell me? Please put the word out, and give me a call if you hear anything promising.

Many thanks!

 
 
 
 
Tesla
21 March 2009 @ 05:23 pm

I live in a very odd place: people put on shorts and t-shirts to walk, run, or bike around lakes that are still frozen, commenting all the while on what a beautiful day it is.

It *is* a beautiful day, you know.

 
 
 
 
Tesla
19 March 2009 @ 08:35 pm
It must be spring; I had time to walk home from work, eat something, watch a podcast, get my bike fixed, and ride around the lake before the sun set.

Yay!
 
 
Tesla
07 December 2008 @ 05:27 pm
Calling all [info]lakeboy_55s!  
[info]lakeboy_55, I don't seem to have your e-mail address after all. If you'll send me a note at myfirst.mylast@gmail.com, I'll send the flyer your way.

Thanks!

 
 
Current Location: Under the SunRay
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: The Commitments - In the Midnight Hour
 
 
Tesla
05 December 2008 @ 10:18 am
xckd tells the truth again

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Current Location: Yeah, still here.
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Jonathon Coulton - Still Alive
 
 
 
Tesla
07 November 2008 @ 09:59 am
This has been the most incredible week. I don't know if it would be possible for me to be happier.

And regardless of what happens next, I'll have the memory of the happiness that I'm experiencing right now.

 
 
Current Mood: exultant
 
 
Tesla
30 October 2008 @ 07:07 pm
And while you're at it, check out the fascinating global electoral college map created by the Economist.



 
 
 
Tesla
19 October 2008 @ 09:29 am
Colin Powell was just on "Meet the Press" - to endorse Obama.

Rationality reigns supreme.

 
 
Current Mood: hopeful
 
 
Tesla
19 September 2008 @ 02:42 pm
More stuff about sewing, with photos this time )

Also, I have finally added photos to my last entry on sewing

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Current Mood: accomplished
 
 
Tesla
17 September 2008 @ 09:59 am
I just received this e-mail from one of my co-workers - a good fellow who has recently welcomed his first child into his home:

"This is my attempt to interest you in taking our cat. I know you have two of your own. So if you know of someone who would take a fluffy cat you could pass this along too.

We have discovered that we are now in need of placing our cat. Our cat, Mocha, is lacking the attention she is used to and my wife and I need to find her a good spot to go. She is extremely well behaved. She is extremely interactive – she talks – not hyper. She is a really loud purr-er. She spent 3 years in a shelter and we definitely wouldn’t send her to one – just background info. She is really shy – and would be pretty skittish around anyone new for a while. Eventually though, she will wrap up on your lap or in your arm… All that being said – she would be no good for a family of little ones, but for pretty much anyone else – she’d be great!"



So if you can help, or know of anyone who can, please let me know.


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Tesla
Apparently the McCain campaign owns lipstick, and they're not sharing.

("This election is not about issues" quote and story here)

(I wonder how their supporters feel about the implications continually made by the campaign that they're stupid?)

 
 
Current Mood: angry
 
 
Tesla
10 September 2008 @ 11:54 am
WTF?  
Oddly enough, this story did *NOT* come from the Onion:

99¢ Only Stores®, in Response to Dramatically Rising Costs and Inflation, is Forced to Announce Its First Ever Price Increase, Raising Its Top Price from 99¢ to 99.99¢, Which is an Increase of Almost a Whole Penny

The New Maximum Retail Price will Still Be Just under a Dollar

(Full story here)

I realize that this isn't intended to be met with rational thought, but the first thing that occurs to me is "so the first 50 things you buy will be rounded up to $1.00, then the next one will cost $0.99, and so on, right?  I wonder whether they're testing their registers to ensure that happens."  This is going on in California, where they're really strict about advertised-price laws.

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Current Mood: weirded-out
 
 
Tesla
10 September 2008 @ 09:43 am
School Board:
Lydia Lee (Incumbent)
Jill Davis
Carla Bates

Associate Justice 3, MN Supreme Court:
Paul H. Anderson

Associate Justice 4, MN Supreme Court:
Lorie S. Gildea

Judge, Fourth District Court 53:
David L. Piper



This is very good - almost everyone I supported and no "activist" judges to blur the lines between church and state.

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Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: John von Ormond - Western Borders
 
 
 
Tesla
29 July 2008 @ 08:50 pm
Cut for photos, personal rambling, and a little TMI )

Finally, a request: recommendations for English (the country, not just the language) books written between 1820 and 1890. Sometime in there the word "nice" went from meaning "excessively particular" to meaning roughly what it does today, and I'm interested in reading the nuances of the change, if such a thing can be done.

Thank you, and good night!

 
 
Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: Boy that A/C is loud.
 
 
Tesla
28 July 2008 @ 03:17 pm
Went to replace sash cords yesterday only to discover that the piece of the window frame that ought to hold the pulley for the lower sash is rotted out. C'est la vie. I think I saw the pulley lying in the back of a cabinet; at the time I didn't register what it was. I'll have to try to dig it up again.

Also, at some point in the semi-distant past, someone took a reciprocating saw or a pruning saw or something of the sort and hacked roughly away at the windowsill. I suppose that was when the bathroom was tiny; they must've been trying to cram a shelf or something in next to the commode. Even so, what could possibly possess a person to take a saw to his home's decorative woodwork?

Anyway, I'm not up to experimenting with this kind of carpentry, not just yet.

Fortunately, Ed has graciously consented to come by and take a look.

 
 
Current Location: In A/C, dangit.
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Dave Mallett - Parallel Lives
 
 
Tesla
26 July 2008 @ 05:47 pm
Today I puttered around the house. )

Lesson learned: Blacksmithing sure is easy when the material you're working is thin aluminum.

I was sorry to have missed the Saracura open house, but really need to spend some time by myself right now.

 
 
Current Location: No longer on the roof
Current Mood: productive
Current Music: Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life
 
 
Tesla
I'm looking to scavenge pieces from a wide variety of largish appliances: washing machines and dryers, refrigerators, treadmills, dishwashers, and many others.

If you have any dead or retired appliances that you would be willing to contribute, would you be so kind as to drop me a note so that I can come strip them? If you need them to go away completely I may be able to arrange that as well.

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Current Mood: creative
Current Music: Neko Case - Wayfaring Stranger