Sunday
The Doctor is in.

I slept in today. Way in. In fact, I slept in so far, that I think I would have slept longer had the phone not rung. It was a good call – and well within the guidelines of the 10:00 Rule – so it was no harm, no foul. I got a slow move on and proceeded to do a lot of nothing for the next hour or so.

Following the necessary hygiene rituals, and I headed to Lowe’s to pick up new knobs and lock sets for the garage and front doors. The sales associate in that department even set all of the locks to a master key. This made me quite happy; I didn’t want to have seventy-leven keys for two doors – that wouldn’t even make good crazy peoples’ sense. We walked around the store while he fixed the locks. I found lots (Did I mention “LOTS?!”) of things that made me go “Oooooh.” But, in the end, we left with just the knobs/locks. I installed the hardware with no real problems. This also made me happy. Let’s face it: The thought of having dysfunctional locking mechanisms on two of the three main entry points of the house was not a good one.

I headed to and ‘ place to pick up my new toy: A Milwaukee 10-Amp Sawzall® Reciprocating Saw. We sat around and talked for a bit… and then decided to go out for coffee. I collected and we met Nyx and Nox at Greenhouse Effect. Apparently, we just missed their Sunday night poetry slam. I think of this as something of a mixed blessing: On one hand, it would have been nice/interesting to hear some of the locals do their thing, but Greenhouse is a small shop and it would have been obnoxiously crowded. But, we got there and the inside was nearly empty, so we pressed on for crepes, coffee and chat. When it started to get a bit crowded – and noisy – we adjourned to Nyx and Nox’.

Stray Toasters

  • I love IKEA because they send me email announcements about sales.
    I hate IKEA because there isn’t one near here.

  • I have a lovely new Sawzall®, but I have no idea where my drill has gone. This does not make me happy. In fact, it makes me rather upset.
  • sbrowning.com – This is a neat little site.
  • GPO is working with the library community on a national digitization plan, with the goal of digitizing a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government publications. The objective is to ensure that the digital collection is available, in the public domain, for no-fee permanent public access through the FDLP. More information about this can be found here.
  • I had (almost) forgotten how much I enjoy Ben E. King’s Spanish Harlem. If you’re not familiar with it, call your local oldies station and request it.
  • Museum of Hoaxes – Technology Section
  • From the Association of Children’s Museums: Visit a Children’s Museum
  • Here are more reasons to love Morgan Freeman… as if being Easy Reader on The Electric Company wasn’t enough.
  • From Buzzscope: Sandy Collora’s On the Fly #9 – Remakes
  • I’ve been picking up issues of assorted titles to see if there’s anything that I want to add to my weekly intake of the four-color press. I’m still mixed on a lot of them. One title that I have been enjoying – and will be adding to my list – is Ultimate Fantastic Four. It’s well-written. It has good art. And, it’s just… fun.

That’s a good stopping point for the night. Time to hit the rack so that I can be (nominally) bright-eyed for work tomorning.

The Doctor is out.

Namaste.