Last week, it was the middle of the week when I missed a day. Nearly did so this week, but woke up early this morning and found a few things before I head off for what looks like it’ll be a long day. Got a meeting scheduled to begin after I’m usually home from work, plus there’s the prep-cook for tomorrow’s pot-luck to be done this evening.
Last night, when I got home, besides the shovelling to be done, I discovered that the fargin’ squirrels had chewed the top completely off one of the bird-feeders. I refilled the other feeder, but the one the tree-rats destroyed will sit empty for another day or two. I’ll try to remember to grab a picture of it before I throw it away. It’s not that I mind the squirrels eating the food I’m putting out for the birds, but I think I might pop for the expensive squirrel-proof feeder when I buy a replacement just to be spiteful.
But a quiet evening, coupled with a friend stopping by and hanging out for about an hour improved my mood last night, so I think I’m ready to face today. And if I get to work a bit later than usual this morning because I was up late (though not much later than usual, I just cut short the before-sleep reading), that’s a pretty easy price to pay.
- Stephen Green has A Short Rant on the war on meth. He’s pissed because they’ve ruined Nyquil, too. And while Minnesota’s law may have shut down meth manufacturing here, that just means more is coming in from Mexico. Another example of government intervention costing Americans good-paying jobs and moving those jobs to a country where labor is cheaper and the laws laxer. Or am I confusing the point? [vodkapundit]
- Is it paranoid to ask Is the Pentagon spying on Americans? Apparently not so much if you’re a Quaker. You know they’re such threats to society that they simply must be watched. What’s next? Blackmailing the Amish? Oh wait. That’s happened, too. [boing boing and flutterby]
- Because the Susan B. and Sacajawea dollars were so popular, the US Mint has decided New dollar coins to feature dead presidents might spur people into using dollar coins. [fark!]
- Here’s a story saying Females have advanced sexual software superior to males basic version. No idea of the source of that one, but maybe it explains why women are arounsed by animal sex, but men only by human-on-human action. [fark! and kottke]
- Looking for some campus humor? Or just a very cool web-design? The Minnesota Daily Finals Edition is out. And the presentation is something special this year. Very disturbing, but cool web design. Check it out before they get the take-down order. [daily]