Back in spring, a pipe in our front yard’s sprinkler system burst. We tried to water the lawn by hand all summer, but we failed miserably and it died. Long story short, we decided to put in new sprinklers and grass, and the whole process took the rest of summer, and all of autumn. Yesterday,…
Just read this at boingboing: “Spam-king drowning in snailmail spam A spammer whose gleeful interview — where he revelled in the money pouring in from spamming — was Slashdotted is now drowning in catalogs and other junkmail. Slashdotters have submitted his name to every direct marketer on earch. “They’ve signed me up for every advertising…
We are in Santa Barbara. It is November, and Anne and I are here for our anniversary, walking back to our hotel after the first romantic dinner we’ve enjoyed in months. Though it is Saturday night, this normally crowded street is nearly deserted, because it is pouring rain. A cold, relentless rain that soaks into…
So the poison oak I got while geocaching two weeks ago is finally on the way out, leaving behind some spectacular scarring on my arm. The best thing? I was using this Caladryl lotion the last few days to really dry it up and stop the itching, which it did…unfortunately irritating the hell out of…
