Thursday
I had another night of fitful sleep. It wasn’t made any better by the fact that I had a semi-recurring dream rear its head, either. I call it “semi-recurring because it’s the same concept, but almost never the same scene.

I was in school (college) again. It was finals week and I couldn’t remember whether or not I had dropped a class… but went to the final for that class anyway. The professor walked in and started going over a few things before giving out the exam; I only got part of what he was talking about. I understood some of the concepts, but overall… lost. Then he handed out the papers.

That’s when I woke up. More than slightly disconcerted and disturbed, but awake. I hate that dream. I’m not sure if it’s come back because I have been giving a lot of thought to finishing out my Bachelor’s Degree… but I really wish that it would just go away. *sigh*

The rest of the day was good, though. I stopped at a coffee shop for a mocha and a bagel on the way to work. Nice place. It’s been there for a couple of years, but I had never stopped there before. I’ll definitely go back.

On to work.

Away from work and back home to take Jess to her follow-up appointment; everything looked fine, according to the doctor.

From there it was off to American Stone. Now that we’re looking at houses, I can actually put serious thought/effort into the three “projects” that I have had in mind:

  1. Wiring the house for Ethernet/sound.
  2. A ‘Mech or Yard’Mechs.

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    I just emailed the man who built the ‘Mech in his backyard. Let the waiting begin…
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  3. A Japanese garden (1, 2, 3) – albeit a simple one.

My garden will be a stone garden – we have cats and I don’t want a Japanese litter box. I’m not sure about plants, but I wouldn’t mind having a bonsai tree or two in it. The trip to American Stone was to get an idea of what kind of damage I’m looking at. It’s not nearly as bad as I had thought. The salesman whom I spoke with gave me a lot of interesting ideas… and he said that I gave him a few about creating a garden of his own. Turnabout is fair play.

NPR and Other News
Talk of the Nation: DNA in Property Crime Investigations
Talk of the Nation: Traveling on the Cheap
All Things Considered: Book Traces Origins of the ‘Chess Queen’

Other News: I came across this a few minutes ago. Where’s the justice in what happened here? “Summer school and transportation?” Please. To me, that’s patronization more than anything else. I hope that the mother sues the school system. And wins. BIG.

Stray Toasters

  • Before I forget to ask (again): Does anyone (in the SLC area) have a steam cleaner/carpet cleaner that I could borrow next month?
  • On the way back from American Stone, I was subjected to the Shawn Hannity Show. Thank God that I had gotten my fix of NPR earlier in the day. They did a “Man on the Street” segment with a young lady from New York. She was vapid. I’m not being mean when I say that; if anything, I’m being kind. It wasn’t even “funny” in a sad way. It was more… pitiful than anything else.
  • : Have you heard of – or been to – Niche Gardens? If so, how is it? It looks like a place where I could get some nice photos.
  • It’s common knowledge that bowling is one of my favored forms of 2-D Physics, pool being the other. I came across this earlier today. That’s a bit too over the top. Even for me. But, it doesn’t really surprise me that it’s a Utah company that’s doing it.
  • Synorgy – Burning Man… Utah-style.
  • For fans of The Simpsons: Guide to Springfield USA
  • A Modest Destiny: “Can vampires see in the dark or something?”
  • Reminder for and : Justice League: “Starcrossed” airs May 29 on Cartoon Network. Set your VCRs.
  • From The Irish Examiner: Catwoman rescues Halle Berry
    (One life down, eight more to go. Maybe they’ll get it right next time…)

  • The Uncanny X-Men… at least, it’s their latest lineup. And the first one since Marvel’s Powers That Be decided to put them back into costumes. Speaking of which, I think that they could have come up with better designs for a few of them. Storm, Sage (in the hood), Bishop (back, left) and Wolverine (of course) came out of the deal okay. The rest…? *shrug* I mean, really… Marvel Girl (Cyclops and Phoenix’ daughter, Rachel) is in what looks like workout togs. *boggle*

Until next time…

Namaste.