July 2009
30 posts
So much for a weekend getaway - we’ll be happy to get home after noisy lodgings and flat tire in a little town on Saturday.
Looking at what could be a Merganzer, but sure looks like a Loon.
Zingerman’s Bakehouse- Wow!!
Just got this visceral feeling of being on the Bruce Peninsula at the hippie bakery eating pasties… oh, my!
This is about right: RT @ezraklein A chart about a chart. http://bit.ly/112RXX
RT @jcohntnr Senate HELP passes bill: Not bipartisan, and that’s ok. http://tinyurl.com/mguz7c
Strangest Art Fair experience ever: had to leave after talking to an artist so I could think. I don’t think I can think at the Y. Can I?
But first, seeing how Mighty Good compares to Comet.
Going to Art Fair tonight, then escaping for the weekend.
Finally, sitting down at Comet.
RT @ezraklein First look at key parts of the House health-care bill. http://bit.ly/V6oaY
Get free clean energy sticker (http://tinyurl.com/lo3gan) from MoveOn.org, or more stickers for a donation: http://tinyurl.com/mfjp7p
Lesson from canvassing: little old ladies (oops! excuse the cliche) rock! They know that everyone should have health care.
The apes have been to the lower Slauson berry bushes. Goin’ across the street to Upper Slauson berry bushes.
I support a certain cause with money, but I returned a 4 page request for more money with “Too long, didn’t read” written across the top.
RT @jcohntnr Wright: A Moneyball approach to health reform. http://tinyurl.com/llkz98
RT @jcohntnr Legos, Red Sox, and those famously long waits for doc appointments in Massachusetts. http://tinyurl.com/lmmt9q
RT @ezraklein How important are administrative costs in health care: A primer. http://bit.ly/Qlk4l
Honda’s brakes work? Check! No dead baby skunk? Check!
Found (not so) secret pond by accident. Just follewed mysterious channel. Someone else had just discovered it too.
http://bit.ly/IW8Vr
I never saw a snake in a tree before today: http://yfrog.com/5e1g7j
Tonight’s entertainment: http://yfrog.com/0xk56yj
Breakfast at Northside Grill; Worked on summer-long project; wrote; accepted hand delivery from @roosroast. Time for hike, then Yamato.
After doing no weights for a month, I must have overdone it Tuesday. Tonight was not pleasant, despite 15 minutes of stretching!
Soon to be devoured (it’s hard not to be greedy!). http://yfrog.com/09ojzj
Project Grow at the Leslie Science Center: http://yfrog.com/11p39rj
Be sure to check for bees before burying nose in flowers!
Wrote to MI Senator Liz Brater urging her to support 2 bills amending insurance code to mandate coverage of autism spectrum disorders.
Café Friday is on Thursday this week - no work tomorrow!
Replacement iPhone in hand, wallet $200 lighter. Now, protective monkey-emblazoned case.
Going toApple store - dropped iPhone, shattered it’s glass.
Franken at last!
June 2009
64 posts
Picking trash out of water; wasbasin probably too big for kayak. http://yfrog.com/5jlvgzj
A flower on the Huron: http://yfrog.com/5i7xyj
Done canvassing Haisley area; lots of folks not home. Time to kayak.
Can you spot the face? http://yfrog.com/10asspfvj
Pair programming.. two heads are better than one!
Yesterday, what took decades to grow shaded our neighbors’ home and yard. Today, it will be a giant pile of woodchips in minutes.
Golf balls, mushrooms, or some weird alien lifeform? http://yfrog.com/5srx1j
Talking software development best practices with @ianmclaury
Another successful health care reform canvass. Go, Eberwhite neighborhood!
At the DIA
At Slow’s. Ribs, brisket, mac n cheese, cornbread, and beer comin right up!
Enough leftovers for two days’ lunch.
A day full of “finallys” (finally DIA &Slows), now finally got around to Comet Coffee.
Enough time for a quick trip to Dog Hills Park before cooking dinner.
My Pop talked to each of his two kids twice today. I just loved having an excuse to call him!
Lotsa mud: http://yfrog.com/0z6fgj
Done with Obama healthcare meeting- time to hike!
Reflection on Black Pond: http://yfrog.com/10racj