This morning I spent two hours in the courtyard while Jack put down more pavers. In addition to helping him, I pulled weeds and fantasized about one of “these weed burners.”:http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=41603 Although the rocks and barrier cloth probably kept some weeds from growing, it wasn’t the sort of hundred per cent solution for which I was hoping. I am not sure I would have the nerve to use the weed burner myself, though I could probably carry around the tank while Jack used it. I rather got behind on the pulling up weeds during the hot spell, but I think the situation is under control again.
Blackout
In World New York, Grant Barrett writes:
This is what I encountered during my walk from 35th Street and Madison in Manhattan to Eckford and Nassau Streets in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Mandalas
Kristi has earth mandalas made from photographs using a similar process to some I made a few months ago. Kristi, a Colorado artist, also has information about carving, altered books, and art journals.
Indy
We call Indy the miracle horse of the barn. In horses, Indy’s color is called grulla, a form of the dun color. He has the dorsal stripe, and you can occasionally see faint stripes that run at right angles to the dorsal stripe.
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You can find anything …
You can find almost anything on the WWW. Yesterday, I was reading someone’s weblog and they mentioned the Commodore 64. This was not our first computer, but our second, after a VIC-20. We used it several years, before getting an XT, and passing the C-64, along with its software, to Jack’s youngest brother.
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Broken
The past few times I have cleaned house, or attempted to, I have wondered whether I am getting too fussy. The vacuum cleaner just didn’t seem to be picking stuff up like it should. Surely it had worked better in the past. I changed the bag, and the suction from the hose (which can be removed and used independently) seemed to be working just fine. I turned it over and attempted to clean out the intake, which did not seem to be fouled. I noticed a lock, and removed the bottom plate. A belt fell out. The rubber band that makes the beater turn had broken. Today’s quest will be to find the belt. Jack says that he had run into the problem once before.
It is impossible to get up hair when the beater doesn’t work. And the two dogs shed a lot of hair.
Quick Color
QuickColor is a Flash utility for finding complementary color schemes. (via J-Walk).
The relationship between dogs and people
A Boston Globe discusses current literatures about our relationship with dogs. Are human beings the ecological niche that dogs have evolved to exploit?
Seabiscuit
I saw Seabiscuit with friends yesterday, and loved it. “Equidaily Racing Journal”:http://www.equidaily.com/sbiscuit.html has pointers to articles all over the web. A “Washington Post article”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A54773-2003Jul28¬Found=true talks about Laura Hillenbrand, the author of the book. An “SFGate article”:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/26/SP253593.DTL discusses how Seabiscuit ranks among racing greats such as Man of War and Secretariat. The New York Times has an “archive”:http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/25SEABISCUIT-REF.html of Seabiscuit stories, including the article proclaiming his victory over War Admiral.
Cracker Jack
CJ, a small gray Arab, approaches a cross rail.