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I am a lifelong procrastinator.

Pinewood Derby is tomorrow and once again we’re down to the wire in finishing the cars. This year I had three months to get the job done, but that still was not enough. I am a lifelong procrastinator. Fortunately, we have Tina to help us with the finish, so the cars look really cool again this year. We’ll have to see how we do tomorrow.

Current reading: Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, 9-11 by Noam Chomsky
Recent listening: De-Loused in the Comatorium, 12 Songs, Dark Side of the Moon, The Beatles
Recent viewing: Sportscenter, Attack of the Show, My Name Is Earl
Imperative To Do: Rebates
Cool link: State of Oregon Surplus

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Current reading: Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, 9-11 by Noam Chomsky
Recent listening: Avalon/Roxy Music, De-Loused in the Comatorium/The Mars Volta, Frances the Mute/The Mars Volta, 12 Songs/Neil Diamond, DrugMusic
Recent viewing: Sportscenter, Distraction, CSI: Miami, Olympics: men’s curling (medal round), closing ceremony
Imperative To Do: Pinewood Derby: Finish and assemble, rebates
Cool link: German Hissy Fit

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…I finally have my Tivo back…

As the week ends, I will note that I am done with the testing project that brought me to San Francisco last week and that I finally have my Tivo back after one of the hard drives crashed a couple of weeks ago. Not only does it have more space for saving shows, but a co-worker “hacked” it for me to enable network access, a web interface and the ability to pull content from it for burning to DVD.

Current reading: Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, 9-11 by Noam Chomsky
Recent listening: KBOO Bike Show, 12 Songs/Neil Diamond, Somewhere Far Beyond/Blind Guardian, Rid of Me/PJ Harvey, DrugMusic
Recent viewing: Six Feet Under: Season Three, Olympics: women’s curling, men’s hockey
Imperative To Do: Pinewood Derby: Sand and repaint, rebates, expense report
Cool link: Top Ten Most Welcome Movie Deaths

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She was pissed!

Did anybody else see the ice dancing fallathon the other night. I totally dug it when the Italians faced off at center ice and just stared each other down for 20 seconds. She was pissed! Unfortunately, the Canadian couple had to withdraw because her injury was too severe. You can read all about it in this search of Google News for “ice dancing”.

Bike odometer: 5772 miles
Current reading: Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles
Recent listening: New Roman Times/Camper Van Beethoven, Still Feel Gone/Uncle Tupelo, Coverville, Ebert & Roeper, DrugMusic
Recent viewing: Olympics: men’s speed skating, ice dancing
Imperative To Do: Pinewood Derby: Sand and repaint, rebates
Cool link: Explanation of the Mac OS X “virus” reported in the news recently

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Thomas got his hand slammed in a neighbor’s car door on Friday and had to go to the doctor.

Thomas got his hand slammed in a neighbor’s car door on Friday and had to go to the doctor. All is well but dealing with the neighbors has been difficult. Tina talks about it here.

Current reading: Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles
Recent listening: Zoe’s Radio Show, DrugMusic, Blast Tyrant/Clutch
Recent viewing: Olympics: curling, ice dancing, men’s hockey
Recent playing: Halo (finished)
Imperative To Do: Pinewood Derby: Sand and repaint, rebates