Ooo, a new read

Dave, here's a link for you. I hope you can see it, if not, sign up. I'll have to go get this new book. Looks like it comes out on my birthday.


When did the Balloon Glow become such a HUGE event here in town? I haven't been in a couple years and I remember it being a fun night out and not the mass of humanity I saw when I returned on Friday night. It's still cool, but wow, the crowd! It would be really awesome to see the Glow from above. I need to start selling those glow stick swords and gizmos. They look neat and boy, do the vendors get to charge for them! I would have liked to have seen the launch on Saturday. Here's a shot of the "hare" balloon from last year.

Refining update for grins

A little more data was available so I stuck it in my refining chart and changed the scale for a more resolution. Mostly because I'm interested, no other reason. I'm curious to see if demand, or lack of it, is reflected and now the additional hurricanes' effects.
(As before, weekly U.S. crude oil inputs into refineries in thousands of barrels per day.)

Updated: Graph

Oh well, may as well have fun with it, right?

I love the unicorn part.

And one of the first things I said to Jon was how much she looked like Tina Fey. So it wasn't just me!

More hurricane remnants this weekend. Floody basement again. Ack! The mold! The backyard was a lake because the storm sewer couldn't keep up.

Pods and pigs

I finally have my iPod back. The battery died a while back (year +) and I did not want to send it in for replacement since you don't get the same one back. And I store my music on the iPod rather than taking up the space on both my pc and the pod. And you can't transfer back and forth from pc to pod (without third party software ). So I did what you are not supposed to be able to do, (like using third party software), I changed it myself. Awesome place that fixed me right up. It works as good as new again with a bigger, badder battery.

Hockey moms of the world unite! Don't be a smudgy pig! Buy new lipstick! lollollol OMG! Can we get any more off topic than this namecalling? Why does media jump on this crap? Let's splice together some more sound bites and make them all say what we want to hear. This isn't news, its generating sensationalism for it's own sake and for ratings. Hockey moms should be offended more than anyone else. Since when did it become the Obama vs Palin campaign? Isn't someone named McCain actually running?

Too much is going on

I'm overwhelmed. Between Olympics, Presidential stuff, hurricanes, hurricane remnants over St. Louis, getting Dave set up with his new car, Jon and his stolen computer, work deadlines looming, I want a BREAK.

Was there an Olympics?

My private jury is still out on the election though I'm really leaning to McCain. He's a rock. I may break my own historical pattern and watch the debates. The big thing is what the new Congress makeup will be. A Dem congress with McCain means business as usual. Same with Reps and Obama. Are we expecting a Dem landslide in the new Congress?

Ok, so now that the hurricane turned out to be not as bad as predicted and everyone evacuated New Orleans, is that going to keep people from leaving next time? Was this a big "Cry Wolf" situation? And whew, this rain is torrential. It was blowing sideways when I came to work this morning. Even with an umbrella, I was all wet by the time I got inside. I really wished I'd had a coat on.

Dave got his new car. I like it. He took me for a drive last night and I got a Wii. And Zelda. And adult Link is still HOT!

How? How do you get your computer stolen out of your car? Maybe by being on the damn phone constantly so that you are distracted by everything else around you so that you walk away and forget to lock it?

If you check out the Engineers Guide to Cats (funny) be sure to also check this one (funnier - at least the ceiling fan part).