Another weekend come and gone. Friday at work went pretty well, but wasn’t especially productive in terms of things finished. I got to juggle my priorities a bit, and have started implementing a new plan to keep me focused on one thing at a time, since I’ve felt like I’m thrashing around lately. I also had my new employee orientation, which was a couple hours of my life spent listening to a woman read a powerpoint presentation over the phone to me (and others). It took me ten minutes to read it to myself. Sigh.
Saturday was the single-game ticket sales over at Midway, with the PeTA gang out in the parking lot tuning up our tailgating. And because we had a big bonfire going, everyone ended up smelling a lot like smoke when we were done. My coat still smells like wood-smoke, but it’s the time of year when I’ll soon be taking it to the cleaners before putting it away for the winter. Or this year, because my winter coat is pretty darned beat up, probably just tossing it and keeping an eye out for a new one for next winter.
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Sunday was a lazy day. I’d woken up on Saturday with the sniffles, and again on Sunday. I decided it was best just to spend Sunday at home and not go visit mom like I’d planned, since if this is a cold, I didn’t want to spread it to her. I would probably stay home from work today, except I still need to fill out my benefits forms for work, and the deadline is tomorrow. Got to be done. Then again, I’m not sure I’m actually sick. I might just be having allergy symptoms from the dust that’s gathered in the house lately. Spring Cleaning needs to happen soon.
In the pictures category, I’m back to the photowalk on the 25th of February for source material. While I find the night photography interesting, it doesn’t yield as much material due to longer setup times, so I’ve run that well dry. Today’s picture is actually handheld in low light, and came out better than I expected, but expect mostly outdoorsy stuff for this week. This Saturday will be a walk around Como Park, so hopefully there will be pictures of plants from the Conservatory, pictures of wooden horses from the Carousel, and some more lively critters from the zoo.
- The Energy Drink Review might be helpful if you’re having a slow Monday like I am. A hundred and some different drinks that this guy has tried. All in the name of science. [fark!]
- Is Mexican Coke the ‘Real Thing?’ Or perhaps Passover Coke? No matter, since they switched to corn syrup, I don’t much drink Coke. Mountain Dew made a better transition to corn syrup than coke did, and so Pepsico gets my money nowadays. But I still try to get some real-sugar-Coke this time of year. [metafilter]
- In some relatively big local news, Democrat Sabo is likely to step down after 28 years in the House. The article talks about what an influential man he’s been in politics, and how much pork he’s brought to Minnesota. His entire resume is “politician,” and this seat has had only three people in it since WWII: Walter H. Judd, (Mayor) Don Fraser, and Martin Olav Sabo. It’ll be interesting to see who’ll try to fill his shoes. [press-patch]
- The House Appropriations Cardinals set limit of 10 requests for earmarks per representative. And apparently this is an improvement and will mean less pork. [instapundit]
- A monopoly clone, Patriot Act Game Pokes Fun at Government. Sounds interesting, but nobody wins. Which is kinda the whole point. [tcf]
- A Minnesota man Man defies [North Dakota] with private refuges. See he wanted his foundation to own them, since he wants to ensure that the privately-held waterfowl refuges remain such forever, but North Dakota has a one-of-a-kind law banning sales of land to corporations unless the governor approves, which he didn’t in this case. [press-patch]