Mornings have been rough this week. Monday, I was up early, but had a morning meeting to attend, and lunch with a friend, and I managed to get through it all without getting too tired. And then I was out too late Monday evening, leading to yesterday’s silence. Last night, the Saints lost a 14-inning game that went until quarter to midnight. This morning, I had to be up early again, since the tree service was supposed to show up around 8am (they got here about 8:15, and were gone by 9:45), and I need to show them exactly what needs doing. And this is just the start of the seven-day eight-game home stand. I predict a tired Dave by the time the Saints wrap up the home season next Monday.
- This year’s Iron Butt Rally (more than 11,000 miles in 11 days on motorcycles) started Sunday. The reports are already good reading, but the real fun will come after people have returned to Denver with their stories.
- It’s been a while since I posted an update about the gunshop. Here’s Mark’s words:
The N.R.A. have not got back to us as of 8-20-05. We will be force to give up our F.F.L. come about 9-15-05.
Things are not sounding good, but Mark’s already lasted longer than I expected. - On the weekend of August 13th and 14th, ATF, Virginia Police Accused of ‘Persecuting’ Gun Show. Using taxpayer dollars to hassle people who are committing no crimes. Nice. [claire]
- Dana Blankenhorn is Dating the Next Recession, and says it’s due on October 17, 2005. More from Silver over on Claire’s blog, and the Star Tribune says Bankruptcy filings boom as deadline approaches, too. [claire and strib]
- Dan points out how O’Reilly is aiding and abetting link-spammers that clutter up google results with useless crap. This isn’t helping, Tim. Tim O’Reilly’s not so sure whether the sites contain Search Engine Spam or not, and has a pretty thoughtful discussion of the paid links. [flutterby and scripting]