Yesterday was pretty good. Some work in the morning, and when progress stalled, I just walked away from the computer for a while. Stocked up on groceries a bit (actually, more on herbs and spices for some recipes I want to get to soon), then mowed the lawn for the first time of the year. Nothing too exciting, but it’s another sign of summer in April. Last year, it was May 5 when I used the mower for the first time, so I’m not off base thinking things are happening early this year.
Today looks like it should be another nice day. I’ve got a couple emails I want to answer, then some work, then it’s off to suburbia for a meeting. Depending on how that goes, I might try to work this afternoon, or I might stop and buy those onion sets I keep yammering on about and get them stuck in the garden before it rains tomorrow.
The ducks are back, too. I’m starting to think that they’ve nested, since they’re only appearing one at a time right now, after both of them were waddling around the yard last week. Not sure it’s the same pair as last year, but it makes sense that they’d return, since there’s good grub for them beneath the bird-feeders. Speaking of good grub, I think it’s time for some breakfast for me. Catch ya tomorrow.
- The City Pages has a long article on how How Northwest hijacked Minnesota. The problem is welfare. Minnesota (and Atlanta and Washington DC) gave Northwest corporate welfare over the years, and now the airline (like the others) is dependent on it.
- I mentioned google maps the other day. Well, there’s a blog called Google Sightseeing that goes and looks at attractions in the satellite imagery. [scottk]
- MonkeyFilter has a long list of Everyday Tips, some useful, some not so much. But hey, you get what you pay for. [holy schmoly]
- Jeffrey Steingarten, food critic at Vogue, and frequent judge on Iron Chef America wrote an article on Learning to eat everything almost ten years ago. It’s still good reading. Remember, humans are omnivores, and as such can eat darned near anything, but we also have a built-in aversion to new things, since we’re not always so sure what might be bad for us. [kottke]
- Looking for some amusing pictures? The oops list has a whole bunch of pictures that make you happy not to be in them. [metafilter]