There’s an old(ish) Dire Straits song where Mark Knopfler laments that somedays you’re the windshield, and somedays you’re the bug. Was out reading quietly on the deck this evening when I encountered … well, an opportunity to churn a few stomachs.

WARNING: Don’t click if you’re queasy.

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Nearly Nickless posted an image on his blog showing a thermometer in his car reading 102 degrees. In New England.

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When we bought this house a year ago, we knew there was a long list of things it needed. The previous owners (all of them, going back 22 years) were not really good on maintenance issues. Or style issues. Or, you know, preserving their investment issues.

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Monday was a good day. Went to the office for a bit, came home, had a nice lunch with the wife, then went for a pre-appointment appointment with a specialist for one of the small ones.

Monday was also Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference opening day, meaning the keynote speech by His Holiness, Steve Jobs, where he tells us all how wonderful our lives are about to be.

Of course, the talk started at 1:00 (Eastern time, conference was in San Francisco) and we had a 1:30 appointment, so using one of His Great Gifts, I followed along for a while … in the waiting room …

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Walking through the house after shooting something else and there was just a little bit of light still coming through the window. Clicked off a few frames and came up with this.

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En route to work on April 2, had to go back around the block for this … college humor.

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Something new … a video from downtown.

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Is it? What does The Weather Channel know that we don’t?

Last few weeks have been pretty disjointed. The Pretty One was traveling, then I had a workshop I was running. Semester’s wrapping up, projects are coming in. (Or, not.) Lots of things.
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It’s that time of year again … warm enough to run the car’s AC and everything is turning yellow. Combine condenser puddles with pollen and you get this.

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