No call from the contractors last Friday. That’s not a huge problem, but a little disconcerting, especially when I keep reading about all the problems Lileks is having with his water feature. But I remain confident I’ll hear back from them soon. Also no return-call from the appointment I’ve been trying to schedule. Sigh. I’d be tempted to just drop that one, except that I’ve paid for the work already, and just need to stop in to finish things up. Apparently pre-paying wasn’t the best plan.
Friday and Saturday were fairly sedentary. To bed early on Friday, and out of bed late on Saturday. Over ten hours of sleep. Out to the range on Saturday, where a friend and I put a couple hundred holes in various pieces of paper. We both, apparently, need more practice. Once that was done, I napped a bit, and then did some work in the basement. One of these years I’d like to make my basement habitable, but the fact that I can’t walk around upright down there is a powerful disincentive. I imagine that will eventually push me to replace the furnace, but not this year. Saturday night was spent staying up far too late reading a book. It’s been too long since I’ve done that.
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Yesterday was yard work. I cleared out the last of the pile of blocks and bricks from beside the garage. Moved the smaller pieces to the trash, and the larger pieces near the trash. I hope I haven’t misjudged how much I can dispose of in a single week, since too much means no trash pickup at all. Plus I filled in the resulting bare spot with grass seed. I also went out in the yard with the metal-detector, attempting to find the posts that mark the edge of my lot. Unfortunately, they’re either buried more than a foot deep, or I have no freakin’ idea where my property lines are. I guess that’s not a huge deal until the contractors get here, but now I need to decide whether we’re just going to wing it, or I call in professional help. Wish me luck!
Thinking ahead to next weekend, there’s the Flickr Twin Cities April Photowalk on Sunday, and Saints Training Camp opens on Saturday. Looks like a busy weekend coming, so I guess I’d better get started on the work-week.
- Another photography weblog has started up: Still Life With… covers food (and other still-life) photography ideas.
- Remember, Photographing Architecture is Not a Crime. Good anecdote. [boing boing]
- Interesting. In Swanni’s 2008 HDTV Presidential Forecast, John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani are the big winners for how they look on HDTV. Will this affect the 2008 presidential election? Almost as much at the first televised Nixon/Kennedy debate in 1960, says Swanni. [colby cosh]
- The Geek With A .45 has some musings On Really, Really Basic Business Etiquette. Good story. Might even call it a parable. I’m tempted to send it to the folks who haven’t called back when they said they would. [endwar]
- Bayer, the maker of Alka-Seltzer severs ties with International Federation of Competitive Eating, and will no longer sponsor speed-eating contests. [colby cosh]
- Why are Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago? Because farmers have selected for varieties that grow faster and bigger, but not for more nutritious varieties. Unintended consequences of selling food by weight? [jwz]