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The Office
We had our office summer picnic today. The rain was coming down pretty hard, so we had it indoors. I rented a couple dvd’s and we watched them over the projector. I rented the best of Will Ferrel and The Office (the original bbc miniseries). It was a little odd watching a show about work…
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But do they know how to tack?
Cosmos 1, the first solar sail-boat, launches today from a Russian Submarine. (Their website is flooded today, so you may have some trouble with the first link). In other celestial news, the moon tonight is supposed to be extra big seeming to folks in the pacific northwest. That is, if these clouds clear up.
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Boy in a housing bubble
Maybe it’s sour grapes for me, but doom and gloom says the Economist on housing prices. After the Fall and Global Housing Boom.
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Solstice
I biked down to the Fremont Summer Solstice parade this afternoon. I was one of the dull full clothed gawkers on the sidelines. Check out the expression of this boat-yard worker on-break checking out naked bikers. {gallery [Solstice] } You think he’ll be riding next year? And didja notice the wandering gypsy in a mobile…
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Passport
I sent my passport off for renewal today. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I went to England for the first time. That was right after high school. I wonder if anybody went back to their 10 year reunion at Capital High?
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Costco
I went in to Costco intending to only buy a $35 car battery, and walked out with $250 worth of shrink wrapped crap. How do they do it? Maybe it’s the tugboat sized shopping carts they make you push around. Nature abhors a vacuum, and a Costco shopper hates an empty shopping cart.