Thursday
Happy Veterans Day.

I got back from southern Utah this evening. I helped ‘s father with an HVAC project down there. I haven’t done any construction-related work since my freshman year in college. It was… oddly… fun. After we left the site, we headed to Moab Brewery and indulged in 10¢ hot wings, spicy fries and beer. Mmm, beer. Scorpion Pale Ale. Go figure. I was so tired, from the work and the lack of sleep from the night before, that I was dragging by 10:30. I crawled into bed with the intention of reading. That didn’t go over so well – I remember reading the same line about four times before fading out. I woke up around 1:30 and finally made “going to bed” official.

We got up this morning, headed back to the site and checked on a couple of other lots that he had worked on/will be working on. And then… slickrock biking on the Monitor/Merrimac Trail (a click or two down). Before getting to the slickrock, we went to the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail and looked at dinosaur bones. It was pretty cool. Then, back to the ride. I realized how out of shape my legs are. But, it was fun. And, I got in some kite-flying time. On the way back to the van, we rode through a herd of cattle; that was a little odd.

News
Morning Edition – Pennsylvania v. Nutkin
Morning Edition – Veterans Recall Service at Nation’s War Memorials
Morning Edition – Voices of War: Veterans History Project
Day to Day – 56-Year-Old Gives Birth to Twins
All Things Considered – Kings of Convenience May Put Norway Back on Musical Map

CNN.com – Student suspended for handstands, cartwheels

Stray Toasters

  • On the way through Wellington, we passed a church with the following on the roadside sign: Have you prayed for our President today? O_o ?!
  • It seems that G4TechTV has pulled the plug on Unscrewed. Thank God.
  • “Every time I try to go get a game, it’s always sold out…”

  • Grant Morrison’s Transmetropolitan: A Closer Look
  • The Seven Levels of Pun Hell

  • At one point on the way back from Moab, we drifted towards the center of the road… and ran over the rumble strip. A little later, we hit the strip on the right side of the lane. Rich noted that the two had different tones. I told him that it was a driving aid for the blind – one tone for center, one for too far right. We got a good laugh out of it.
  • Beer.com has apparently taken a page from Burger King’s “Subservient Chicken” ad campaign and come up with… Virtual Bartender.

Poll of the Day

Namaste.