You know, it’s a little bit funny, as the family joke has it. David and Ginny should never attempt an “easy home installation” without having a backup plan that doesn’t include having to find obsure little details on home-repair troubleshooting websites. Or needing a time out.
Still, we eventually succeeded - at least, David figured [...]
Entries from June 2006
Up A Blind Alley
June 26th, 2006 · No Comments · Home Truths
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21st Century Soda Fountain
June 24th, 2006 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read
Here is a nice, but boring, image of a pretty fountain. It’s not as elaborate as the one at the Bellagio Las Vegas, but it’s in a nice setting.
See? Nice, but static.
Now, try this on for size: 101 two-liter bottles of Diet Coke. 523 Mentos. It’s a little bit art, it’s a little bit [...]
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Murph Burphday Memories
June 24th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness
I may have to crop this photo down a little. The light that day was good for photographing people outdoors - Mom’s hair looked nice in it.
She was always particular about her hair - it was a luxuriant auburn halo when she was young. I haven’t seen any photos of her with long hair [...]
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Tubatron: Oops, I Did It Again
June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read
Boing Boing: Flaming Tuba guy David Silverman on NBC Tonight Show 6/23
If you saw something truly bizarre on The Tonight Show the other night, namely a flaming tuba being played by a genial man in a Utilikilt, here’s somethig REALLY good to watch.
via BoingBoing
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Keep The Story Alive: RFK JR and the Stolen Election of 2004
June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments · Politics, Schmolitics
This story came out while I was off in Utah, dealing with the family crisis (or not dealing, depending on whichever day it was). Since then, I’ve seen a few “mainline” news citations in Bloglines. The Seattle P-I wonders if this will be this year’s version of the infamous Downing Street Memo; a story that [...]
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