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I’d hoped to have some pictures from last night’s “Meet the Saints” picnic for you today, rather than more from the May Day Parade, but a quick peek at the weather radar before I left work yesterday convinced me to head home instead of to the ballpark. The actual thunderstorms didn’t hit until the picnic probably would have been over, but I was glad to spend the evening at home anyhow. The Saints are just starting too early for me this year (because high schools in Texas start earlier in the fall, which means the Texas teams pushed for an earlier season), so missing some pre-season events is in the cards for me.
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Instead, I’ve got doggie pictures from the parade. Yes, the humans were generally more interesting to watch, but I like taking pictures of dogs, too. And they generally don’t get weird or camera-shy when you point a big lens at ’em. About the only worry is having a dog get too close and then you need to clean the slobber off the lens, but there was none of that on Sunday. Instead, most of the dogs were well-behaved, and kept on a pretty short leash by their humans.
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Tonight, the Saints are playing another pre-season game over in St. Paul, and there’s also a forecast of evening thunderstorms again. I don’t know whether I’ll make it to the game or not, but I remember getting rained on in May from previous years, and it’s pretty easy to get chilly, even if the weather isn’t that cold. Plus I’ve got a couple loads of laundry here at home that should be run through the washer and dryer. On the third hand, the rest of the week actually looks clear of obligations other than work, so I’m going to have a few evenings to be around home. Maybe I can actually get started on my garden this week, rather than trying to do that during an already busy weekend? So what’s the plan for tonight? I guess I’ll figure that out about quitting time.
- The PiPress wonders What happened to the inside pitch? It’s a darned good article explaining why pitchers need to pitch inside to be effective. [press-patch]
- St. Paul bar and restaurant Servers prep to fight city smoking ban. They’re going to circulate a petition to get the smoking ban on this November’s ballot. [press-patch]
- The leader of the Senate DFL ready to deal on stadiums legislation. DFL gubernatorial candidate Steve Kelley says he’s ready to
compromise
in figuring out how to spend our money. The Twins, meanwhile,have problems with the Senate bill, too. It calls for a referendum on the tax, which the team calls a deal killer.
Yeah. If people actually get to vote on an added tax to finance a stadium, the team won’t take the money. Of course given their record so far this year (13-19, ahead of only the Royals), I guess putting anything in front of the fans is out of the question for the team. [press-patch] - The US Patent Office is going to hold Open Source 2006 on May 12, 2006. It’s an
Online Peer Review Initiative Meeting
that will kick off the project of letting people peer-review patents, rather than having overworked patent examiners rubber-stamp them and let the courts sort it out later. [boing boing] - Finally, something I should have linked to before the parade: this Very Brief Model Release Primer looks useful, as does this other, longer tutorial. I’m in the clear for pictures here, since this is non-commercial use, but if someone were to want to buy the pictures I’ve taken, I might have some headaches. One of these days I’ll get some printed releases in the camera-bag, I expect. Just not today. [holy schmoly]