24. June, 2002 - sun-addled

• Update: 9:15 AM: Well, the power's back again. It was out for 75 minutes, and I was surprised it was such a short outage. The lightning was still striking nearby when the first crew started to work on the power lines. But I'm much closer to having a server offsite which will stay up even during local power outages, and each time I lose power at home, it raises the priority just that much more. Morning storms -- again -- in Twin Cities; commuters slowed is the Strib's take on the weather. They say it wasn't much of a storm, but there were frequent (every couple minutes) lightning strikes within a mile of me for almost an hour this morning. [strib]

• Playing Hammerschlager

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  I've known this guy for fifteen years

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  Sunday was the second day game at the Saint Paul Saints in a single week (after Wednesday's play-hookie day). And for the second time in the week, the forecast was for scattered thundershowers and mostly cloudy.

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  Hey-Oh!

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  But the sun was shining through enough (again, for the second time in the week) that there were plenty of sunburns (including mine) before the day was done. In spite of a couple sore spots (how the heck did I sunburn the back of my calf?), it feels pretty nice to come home from a day spent in the hot (and humid) sun, perhaps with a beer or two in the system, and take a long nap in front of the air conditioner.
  
  But waking up from that nap just after midnight leaves me feeling that I've made a mess of my sleep-schedule.
• Asteroid the size of a soccer field narrowly missed Earth back on June 14th. They figured it out on the 17th. It was a Tunguska-sized rock. [strib]
• Sky and Telescope - A Close Asteroid Fly-By has more on the rock. [nick denton]
• Amateurs to Make a Stab at Space With Rocket before June is over. The exact launch date is secret (per the FAA), but one could camp out in the black rock desert for a week.... [flutterby]
• I went to the link to How C-4 Works from fark. And then the banner ad popped up trying to sell me airline tickets instead. Is this more or less funny after September 11? [fark!]
• Federal Reserve plans for redesigned currency notes. The next generation of money's going to have more colors. Huh! [fark!]
• U.S. House of Representatives Says Alexander Graham Bell Did Not Invent the Telephone. Okay, fine. Someone else did. But why did the House spend 40 minutes deciding it? This is our government in action? Oh well, at least they weren't passing any bad laws during that time. [some guy]
• The Barton Indictment. They left out taking the chance of burning up Reed.
• And finally, for Jim: Referee row boils over as World Cup shocks go on. Apparently the Korean officials may not be officiating fairly when the Korean team is playing. [empty bottle]

Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek. Last updated on Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:32:56.