bonny, I will totally buy two copies of your e-book, one for me and one for parents.

The echidna debates made me snort out loud.

sarameg, I live in the hope of a transformation like yours. So beautiful to read about.

I'll definitely sign on for a copy.

Am out on the lake in my dad's tiny little fishing boat. Awesome.

Timelies all!

Happy birthday, meara!

I'm full of gronk today because I couldn't get to sleep until 3ish but had to get up early today for an appt. I'm cycling uptown to look at a proposed site for a community garden. I feel like it's an exercise in futility at this point given that the new city code on community gardens forces several thousand dollars of environmental site assessments and site improvement on gardeners regardless if it's public or private land. Really depressed about it.

Oh well, time to put my shoes on, grab some quick b'fast and cycle up there.

I just have to say this in thread, Java did an amazing and lightening speed upgrade on my doggy lama handbook. I am in awe and greatly appreciative.

Oh it was fun to spruce it up a bit.

Uhg, so Mister Kitty had what I'm pretty sure was a low blood sugar episode. He was pacing crazily, with weak legs. Poured some Karo and got a can of food into him, and an hour later, he seems much more normal. He's done this a couple times before, with no clear indication of what caused it.

Cleaned the downstairs, will go to the pool shortly. I should note, I slept in and did basically NOTHING until around 1. Wasn't the plan, but doesn't really hurt anything.

OK, gotta get a move on.

If anyone would like to see some pictures of old planes, I have photos from my aviation museum trip up here: [link]

I've managed to have a Sarameg kind of a morning, productivity wise. I've done 8 loads of laundry, and put away about 2 of them, done some cleaning, gone to the mall to use my Gap Groupon, bought crap I didn't need at Cost Plus, including my new favorite mug (picture of Einstein with an "I love coffee" mug with "Coffee makes me smart" printed on the handle), reminded myself I didn't need to go to Old Navy too, and gone to TJs.

Now I am going to rest a bit and eat lunch, then clean some more before JZ gets here at 3:30 to look at the box of nail polish.

If anyone would like to see some pictures of old planes, I have photos from my aviation museum trip up here: [link]

Those are cool!

Aww.

A long tailed macaque monkey adopts a kitten in the forests of Bali, Indonesia.

No article, just the photo. [link]

I was making an unhappy face as I was slicing up some fennel because the licorice smell was quite pungent, and I don't like me some licorice. Mixed with the rest of the salad, however, the licorice taste is much more muted, so go team trying new things.