In a few minutes, I’ll go jump on the Max which will take me to the Gateway Transit Center where I’m meeting Tina and the boys. From there, we’ll drive to SeaTac where we’ll hop a plane for Minneapolis. The plane gets to Mineapolis around 2 am. After we gather our bags, we’ll take a cab to a nearby hotel where we’ll sack out until about 10. My sister and her family will meet us at hour hotel at 11 and then we’ll continue our journey to my hometown, Riceville, IA.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 1544
Weight lost: 50 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 6
Hours billed last week: 45.5
Aches & pains: sciatic, ankle (slightly yesterday)
Current reading:: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Recent listening: Playlists for Iowa
Recent viewing: Countdown, Gilmore Girls, The Newshour, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show
Recent playing: Pangea Arcade
Recently accomplished: Fixed boomtube, new litter for cat boxes, trimmed and mowed front lawn, cleared Tivo schedule for vacation, pulled blackberries, packing, confirmed and finalized travel plans, tried to fix Thomas’ computer, burned numerous gift CDs, paid bills, recorded movie for Mindy
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, call Colleen/Kurt, bank deposit, fix Thomas’ computer, drop bike off at Bike Gallery
Last chance for book selection
Hardly anybody has voted. As I mentioned earlier, I need a new book to take on vacation. Here are the choices:
- The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin
- The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
- Worse Than Watergate by John Dean
- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Hunter S. Thompson
- Metal Cowboy by Joe Kurmaskie
- Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
- Timeline by Michael Crichton
Whether you have read any of these books or not, I want your opinion on which I should or should not take. Leave your vote in the comments.
Orson Scott Card on Climate Change
The author of Ender’s Game and the subsequent sequels wrote an interesting piece on problems with the global warming theory that you won’t see in the mainstream media. If Card wants any credibility with those he should be trying to convince, he should leave out statements in support of Bush.
As seen on Rob Kremer’s blog.
Can’t Tell Me Nothin’
Zack Galifianaki stars in this hilarious video for a song by Kanye West.
Dog Problems
Song by The Format. As seen on Rob’s blog.
You’re doing it wrong
I’ve seen many of these pictures over the years, but somebody was smart enough to gather them together on one website. Good for a few minutes of enjoyment.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 1496
Weight lost: 50 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 7
Hours billed last week: 45.5
Aches & pains: sciatic
Current reading:: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Recent listening: Handsome Boy Modeling School, The Zombies, Sun Ra, NPR Story of the Day
Recent viewing: The Simpsons, Mindfreak, Man vs. Wild, Biography: Johnny Depp, Biography: Howie Mandel, Gilmore Girls
Recent playing: Pangea Arcade
Recently accomplished: fixed temporary mailbox so it would open, uploaded photographs, cleaned inside of tent, installed memory and DVD drive for Thomas, sent off Lala envelopes, packed up tent, backed up Tina, Graham & me, bike maintenance, cat box, installed desk lamp for Graham, groceries, CD for Ziad, sifted through inbox items
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, renew van registration, pack for Iowa, finalize Iowa travel plans, clear Tivo schedule for vacation, new litter for cat box, fix boomtube, call Kent, call Colleen/Kurt, record movie for Mindy
Help Pick The Next Book
I expect to finish reading Dandelion Wine this week. After that I’ll be starting one of these books:
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Have you read any of these books? Heard anything great about one? Please leave a comment with a recommendation for the next book for me to read. I’ll be taking this book with me on vacation to Iowa next week.
No pictures, no cry
As I mentioned earlier this month, our first zoo concert this year was the Wailers. Tina blogged about it back then and I finally got around to posting the pictures in the Rynosoft Gallery. I also posted some crowd pictures to Flickr.