Today’s something of an anomaly in my life. I find myself with a clean plate this morning. The work I’ve been plugging away at for the past few months has let up temporarily, and it’s probably a good day to just take a day off from that. There’s plenty to do on the home-front, but I haven’t even started to put together a to-do list for the day, and I might not until tomorrow. I don’t know yet. It’s quite possible I’m just going to be a lazy bum all day. Maybe I’ll get a chance to go out for a long walk. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done that, and I miss it.
There’s some catching up to do in the writing, though. Monday’s Saints game was the bobblection. I didn’t get a bobblehead, but that’s okay. The “voting” process was complicated enough that it caused a fair number of headaches at the game, and I just concentrated on watching the Saints win. I had more fun in the parking lot pre-game as various Bush and Kerry supporters wandered the lot, asking if I wanted a sticker or a free hot-dog. I usually responded politely, but informed them that Bush was far too left-leaning for me (he signed the Medicare prescription drug plan, one of the bigger social programs ever enacted, for one) and that I probably should have a “Lunatics for Badnarik” sticker or something such. It actually made for some fun political discussion among those who actually got my meaning.
I also heard back from my blind date. She’s been busy lately, and will be for at least the rest of this week, but we might find some time next week. I’m looking forward to making some plans for socializing that don’t include a Saints game. I’m going to have to make the transition to off-season mode one of these days if I don’t want to spend all winter missing baseball.
- Hmm. Steph felt a need to start a Dave’s Picks Grumpiness Alert Scale. I’m kinda amused. I’ve been in a pretty good mood the past couple days, and at least one of the grumpy emails sent to the Saints was at the request of the person getting it. I think part of my generally good mood lately is that I’ve been happy to grump about something and then just move on after getting it out of my system.
- They say Alcohol sharpens your brain, especially for women,
although drunkenness probably negates any positive effects on the brain.
I’m a little dubious about the research, since if it’s accurate, I should be a freakin’ genius, and there’s plenty of evidence to suggest I fall a little short of that mark. [gweilodiaries] - Speaking for his group at Yahoo!, jr says We Need Your Postcards. Maybe you feel like helping him out. [jr]
- In a change from his previous positions, Governor [Pawlenty] keeps Northstar rolling, upsetting the State Legislature in the process. He’s come to believe that the line will actually help the traffic situation in the northwest metro. More importantly, the money he’s allocated to the project keeps it alive for another year. Me, I like the idea of commuter rail, especially the Northstar project (though I would be happier if it still went all the way to St. Cloud). Scott McGerik doesn’t agree that this is a good thing. I agree that folks should move closer to work, but if we’re going to have government regulating and financing transportation, I’d rather see some money spent on rails. If nothing else, it would make a killer bike-path if they ever retire that line. [press-patch]