Tractors and Tint
I've been checking out tractors for the new farm I MEAN HOUSE. Sure would be nice to get a Ford blue New Holland MY17. Because buying one garden tractor would for sure help support Huna.dad's job. But the New Hollands are a bit too much tractor, methinks. It depends on 1) will I ever take a job mowing the entire city park behind the new farm I MEAN HOUSE, and 2) will I ever take a job snowblowing the entire neighborhood. At this point, the chances are less than 50-50.
Plan B is to get a Red Sears model and have brother.Matt put some Case-IH decals on it. That would be cool, too. In some informal product testing at Sears, William prefers the big red 25hp model. Sorry, Charlie. No PTO for you until you're 14.
Got the tint done on the RX-8. Looks sweet, especially with the strakes I put on last weekend. Good thing the Internet is around, because the Japanese installation manual for the strakes was kind of hard to read. All I could make out was "Mazda zoom zoom" and "climb Mount Niitaka."
04.28.04 @ 09:43 AM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}
Head and shoulders, ribs, and nose... ribs and nose...
We are looking at aluminum fence for the new house. Gap between "poles" of 3 13/16". We needed to know if Oscar can get out of the yard. So I took some scraps of 2x4 and made a little prototype (fixed bid, not outsourced). Then I grabbed Oscar and tried to push him through, nose first. He was NOT happy about it. He got caught on his shoulders but I thought he was tensing up. When I let go of him, he ran and hid.
So next Kathi got some treats and held them behind the opening and got him all worked up. Then he got his shoulders through but got caught on his ribs. Just 1/4" too wide. So he better not lose any weight! Good thing he's skinny right now. For Oscar's replacement, we better make sure to find some parents who are a bit bigger, just in case.
A re-enactment picture can be posted if there is high demand.
Attention Social Services web crawler -- Oscar is a dachshund.
04.23.04 @ 02:09 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}
10-to-life with no parole
Yesterday was officially the ten-year anniversary of our move to Minnesota. Meaning we closed on the house and Kathi moved up, even though I had been working here for a few weeks already. And by "working" I mean sitting in cubicle in the Cargill basement and day-dreaming about how this Kenny dude had such beautiful hair.
04.19.04 @ 08:28 AM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}
If only Walt wasn't already cryogenically frozen
The state of childrens' entertainment is so pathetic that the latest traveling ice show is "Monsters, Inc." Next we'll see Monsters, Inc. on Broadway, and a special Monsters, Inc. variety show, Sunday nights on ABC. Ooooo, how magical.
I think we can all pull a Nancy Kerrigan on this one and say, "HOW CORNY." Or to be more accurate, "HOW LAME." If Disney needed Pixar's creative concepts this badly even for an ice show, boy are they sunk.
04.15.04 @ 04:13 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}
The Law Firm of McFerrin and Glover
Saw Bobby McFerrin (com.voice.unreal.PersonImpl) and Savion Glover (com.dance.tap.machine.PersonImpl) a couple weeks ago. Good stuff, but not enough Bobby, and no chit-chat with the audience at all. Read in the Strib a couple days later that Savion had gone to Marshall Field's earlier in the day to buy a shirt for the show. Bought a casual-style yellow and dark plaid long-sleeved shirt, and forgot to take out all the pins. So for the first number, he was getting poked. Oops. Don't worry, be poked.
04.15.04 @ 03:37 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}
Deep, deep, Deepak!
Some bits from today's Strib article on Deepak's visit:
"He's right up there with the Dalai Lama, Buddha and Jesus -- the people on Earth who spread love, compassion and good health among other souls on Earth," Rackner said.
Oooookay... now on to somebody else:
"On the positive side I think the messages that Chopra conveys of wholeness, leading a balanced life and health and well-being are excellent -- who can argue with that?" she said.
But Kreitzer added that medical researchers and academics are more skeptical, faulting the lack of rigorous research on the safety and effectiveness of herbal remedies sold on Chopra's Web site. "He's seen as being so commercialized. I don't know if you've been on his Web site but you can even get spiritual messages on your wireless phone," she said.
This is just wrong, because the Old Testament says wireless spiritual messages are only allowed with 128-bit encryption. To wrap it up:
In his 2003 book, "The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence" (Harmony Books, $25), Chopra writes about the power of coincidence -- what he calls SynchroDestiny. There are no coincidences, Chopra says. There is an order to everything. You just need to tap into it and it will change your life.
I think Audi calls its new CVT "SynchroDestiny." Might have a trademark issue there -- not sure. Anyway, this coincidence stuff is awesome. We might as well have a Matrix religion, too. They explained deja vu pretty well if you ask me. But maybe Deepak isn't a religion -- maybe he's just about lifestyle. Hard to say. It seems so synthetic.
P.S. Don't even mention midichlorians. Because we all know THEY control coincidences.
04.06.04 @ 05:09 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}
Why can't the poundcake be the best of both worlds, right now?
I scored a special "all access" ticket for Van Halen. Sammy with the best teeth in rock. Eddie who might be a jerk but is a historical guitar icon. Van Hagar and Rush. What a great summer for hard rock.
04.02.04 @ 09:13 PM CDT [link]{{STOPcommentslink}}