When I woke up this morning, the temperature was below freezing again. Brr. But there’s hope. According to the weather-girl last night, it’s supposed to warm up from here on out, with decent temperatures for this weekend’s Saints games. Might be raining, but I guess we’ll see about that as we get closer to the weekend.
Yesterday, as expected, I was tired from not getting enough sleep. It was a real battle to get all the administrative work done in the morning before running out for lunch and stamps, but I made it. A quick post-lunch nap, and I did pretty well through the rest of the afternoon. I even headed out to the garage after supper to flatten the stack of cardboard boxes that has been building up as I slowly unpack things.
Today? Work, then it’s time to finish clearing the workbench in the basement so I can actually use it. Alternately, I could wrap up the spring tune-up on the trike. I want to complete both of those tasks this week, and at this point, I don’t really care which gets done first, as long as something gets done. Yes, it would be nice to have the trike ready for more rides, but it would also be nice to get the workbench, umm, working, and if I start riding around on my trike, I suspect the basement will still be a mess this fall.
Of course, there's always the chance I'll swing over to St. Paul. The Saints are having their annual tryout camp today, and I've had fun watching that in the past. I suspect I'm not going to make it to that, but there's still a slim chance I'll find (or make) the time.
- The Hennepin County Board to get an earful on stadium plan today at 1:30 pm. Turnout at the meeting is expected to be high. But the Stadium pitch adopts perverse sales ploy stressing the only
pennies per day
cost of the new tax. I don’t especially care if it is only pennies. Carl Pohlad was willing to contract the Twins a couple years ago. And now we should give him millions of dollars for a new stadium? Screw him. [press-patch] - Joel Rosenberg has More good news on the long and winding trip of the Minnesota Conceal and Carry repassage bill through the legislature. It sounds like it might actually get to a vote this year. He also has a list of who to email or call. [mitch]
- I like this one. Since nearly everyone I know is convinced that universal health insurance would be a good thing, why don’t we have Hunger Insurance, too? Oh yeah. It wouldn’t work. [claire]
- Heh. A funny local site: MyPyramid.org is run by the USA Dept of Agribusiness, and claims to offer a
Food Pyramid you can trust. Finally!
Useful tips, too! [strib]