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Post by t-bob on May 2, 2012 2:50:32 GMT -5
brought to you on the early side by one of the insomaniacs of the forum.
I may have found a very cool place to live. It's a nature preserve "commune" in West Marin, where they need someone with cooking skills AND a handyman. And the rent is reasonable to begin with. I'll be checking the place out - and vice versa - this weekend. It's also a dog rescue, which is something I can relate to. It's definitely time to get out of this house. It's insane here. If it works out, I'll have plenty of storage space for all my tools, and a chance to use them again.
In the meantime, let's enjoy "humpday".
Good night, I hope.
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Post by Tamarack on May 2, 2012 3:01:21 GMT -5
Good Morning Good People
4:00 AM on the Third Coast and Mizz Lola has finally decided to sleep.
See y'all after sunrise.
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Post by mnhermit on May 2, 2012 4:14:56 GMT -5
G'mornin' - yup, mr. full moon woke me up and I can't get back to sleep, guess I'll sleep in this morning.
Today in History:
1497 - John Cabot departs to North-America
1536 - King Henry VIII accused Anne Boleyn of adultery & incest
1670 - King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
1876 - Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1885 - "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published
1902 - "A Trip To The Moon," the 1st science fiction film released
1938 - Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1968 - Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
1975 - Apple records closes down
born today:
1729 - Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1779 - John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
1837 - Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1890 - E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary)
1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
1933 - Bunk Gardner, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1935 - Link Wray, rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men)
1945 - Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
1945 - Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 - Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
1946 - Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party)
1948 - Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1950 - Lou Gramm, Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is)
1955 - chicagobob, tonsorial expert, singer/guitar player raconteur
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Post by brucemacneill on May 2, 2012 5:29:36 GMT -5
Good morning. Already warm here. Started filling the pool yesterday and reinstalled the pump so I'm ready when it get really warm. Open mic tonight so I'll try to get through the day without hurting these 2 fake fingernails.
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Post by Kramster on May 2, 2012 6:16:43 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on May 2, 2012 6:37:08 GMT -5
. . . , 1955 - chicagobob, tonsorial expert, singer/guitar player raconteur I didn't know Bob hunted racoons ? ? ? And don't forget; professional men's hair stylist. Had a nice evening at Bruce Roper's doing recording yesterday. Laid down a nice bass track on the newest song on my up-and-coming disc project. Really almost 99.9% done. Bringing in a friend to sing a harmony part on one last tune next week. Then maybe a little bit more percussion on another tune and it's ready for final mixing and mastering. |
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Post by sekhmet on May 2, 2012 7:14:29 GMT -5
Good morning. Looks like a great day out there.
Best wishes to Chili.
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Post by billhammond on May 2, 2012 7:24:50 GMT -5
Isn't it Wednesday, even in Marin County?  |
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Post by drlj on May 2, 2012 7:27:36 GMT -5
Wednesday is just a state of mind.
Enjoy it everyone.
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Post by Doug on May 2, 2012 7:52:32 GMT -5
I'Z here
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Post by Cornflake on May 2, 2012 8:09:08 GMT -5
Good morning. It's in the high 60s and should reach around 90. Pretty normal.
At work I'm immersed in copyright law. A client wants me to address some college professors and explain to them what they need to know about the subject. That means I have to learn more myself. I've done a fair amount of copyright work but it's interesting to learn aspects of it I'd never encountered. We never get too old to learn. It's fun.
Have a good day.
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Post by Lonnie on May 2, 2012 8:09:27 GMT -5
I think it's Wednesday here. Good morning.
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Post by Tamarack on May 2, 2012 8:10:03 GMT -5
Hey - awake again and back at my desk with my office assistant, Mizz Lola, in a bouncy seat beside me. Minor culinary success to report. I hadn't baked bread from scratch in a couple of decades.  Turned out pretty good. Off to a brief meeting with an environmental database sales rep, thence desk work. The governor signed amendments to Michigan environmental law yesterday so I will spend the afternoon reading the revised Part 213 and Part 215 statutes. Have a peaceful midweek one and all. |
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Post by millring on May 2, 2012 8:17:59 GMT -5
On the morning run I watched a blue heron grab a frog out of a pond as I passed by. Actually, as I approached the pond, I saw the heron fly overhead and I knew he was headed for the pond. The surprise was that when I caught up to where he landed, he was beside, rather than in the pond. And he wasn't standing tall -- he was stooped way over on the banks of the pond. He reached into the water from that perch on the bank, plucked the frog from beneath the water, brought it to the bank, dropped it then devoured it. All very quickly.
Then, as I passed under a tall tree, I heard an interesting bird call. I stopped and looked up to see two orioles.
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Post by Cornflake on May 2, 2012 8:37:40 GMT -5
Just because it's May, here's a somewhat impressionistic take on the nasturtiums in our garden.  |
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Post by secondroy on May 2, 2012 8:40:35 GMT -5
Back to that Black Widow, did someone step on it for the second picture?
Morning all.
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Post by epaul on May 2, 2012 9:17:14 GMT -5
Nice flowers, Don.
Were you able to save the frog, John?
Nice bread, Don.
Cool spider, Kram!
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Post by Hobson on May 2, 2012 9:25:13 GMT -5
Intended to sleep in yesterday and then play some music. After a week and a half of getting up early followed by general disruption, we were supposed to have a day off from our home repairs. But at 7:00 AM, they called and wanted to send the foreman at 7:30 to correct the problems we had found. So he did that, Mr. H missed his weekly Old Farts Coffee and I didn't get my weekly alone time. The owner of the company was scheduled to come by this afternoon to check everything. Instead he dropped by unannounced yesterday afternoon (on his way to another job) just as Mr. H was on the roof checking things. The good news is that after he had the foreman come back to do one more correction, it's all done. We will run by their office today to make the second half of the payment. Naturally, while we're in town we'll do some other errands.
After all of the time and money that has been spent, the house looks like it should. No improvements, just expected value.
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Post by Marshall on May 2, 2012 10:00:17 GMT -5
Just because it's May, here's a somewhat impressionistic take on the nasturtiums in our garden. They don't look nasty to me. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 10:09:30 GMT -5
It better be Wednesday, I don't want to have to do Tuesday twice in a week.
Big storms rolled through here last night, lots of lightning, thunder, wind and rain but no problems that I know of.
Put some chili in the slow cooker this morning, no ground beef, big chunks of stew meat.
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