One thing about being at home during the day is that I can dance and belt out songs without an audience.
November 2008
Freeze finishes off the tomatoes
Tuesday morning’s hard freeze finally did in my tomato plants once and for all. It was a remarkable run, I’ve got to admit, for plants that got stuck in the ground much later in the spring than they should’ve.
I’m already planning a new and improved garden for spring (paycheck-permitting, ‘natch).
Update on musician Mark Turner
Aaron Parks posted an update over the weekend about jazz musician Mark Turner’s progress in healing from his recent finger injuries:
Hi everyone,
I know many of you have been asking for more news about Mark’s condition. Out of respect for the privacy of him and his family during this difficult time, I’ve been a bit reluctant to make any more posts about it. Also, there’s a lot of people who have known him for much longer than me and would probably be better chosen for the job of keeping people informed. At this point, though, it seems that this blog has become the primary source for information about what happened, and therefore, it’s the place many people are coming to for information about ways that they can help. It’s with this in mind that I’m writing this post tonight.
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Asterisk project brewing?
Yesterday, I found there is definite interest in an Asterisk project I’ve been mulling for a while, related to the annoying fake caller id telemarketing calls I’ve been getting. There’s a need to be filled and I have a great solution. Its just a matter of figuring out a revenue model for it.
Sometimes a break from a regular job can offer a refreshing change in perspective.
Ronnie Williams
I read today with concern that MT.Net friend and Garner mayor Ronnie Williams has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
I wish him well with his treatment.
Jackpot on school reassignments
Kelly and I danced with glee when we discovered this morning that Wake County School System’s proposed reassignment will have the kids going to nearby Enloe High School rather than across town to Leesville High. Its nothing against Leesville itself, of course. Its just that the distance to travel to and from Leeesville would cut considerably into the kids’ free time.
Enloe is an award-winning high school roughly a mile away. It is ranked by Newsweek as one of the top 100 high schools in the country. And Ligon Middle School is a fantastic school as well. We’re all very excited about the proposed changes.
If all that wasn’t enough to cheer about, the reassignment webserver runs Linux! Too cool.
Down the Tubes
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (R-felon) has lost his reelection campaign to Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. Maybe Sen. Stevens can use his newfound free time to learn about the Internet, which he supposedly regulated as a member of the Senate Commerce Committee.
Bonus link: I love it that Google Chrome has a “Tubes” Easter egg built in.
Aches and pains
I think an appropriate gift for my upcoming 40th birthday is a bulk supply of ibuprofen. Trying to leash-train a two-year-old Labrador is quite a workout.
Steven Sabock
I’ve watched the videos of Cherry Hospital staffers ignoring mental patient Steven Sabock for 22 hours and there’s one thing I want to know: who was this poor man? How did he wind up at the mental hospital? Did he have any family or friends? Its infuriating that the staff would treat Sabock like furniture for 22 hours, but its also sad that the only thing we know about him is that he’s the victim.
We all know how this poor man died. How did he live?
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Backup plan
So if I don’t get a call from the Obama administration, my backup plan is to become a Somali pirate.