A late update this morning. I got to bed a little later than usual, which meant waking up later than usual, etc. At least the cold or whatever seems to be mostly behind me, so I’m ready for whatever fresh dose of viral fun my co-workers catch from their kids next.
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You’ve seen it before. When we were out walking around the sculpture garden, one of the challenges was trying to get pictures of things that didn’t include the other people in the group. Another was trying to get new and interesting looks at things that have been photographed to death. This was my attempt to meet both of those challenges at once, which was made trickier by the fact that the pond that the spoon bridges was frozen, so there were geeks with cameras walking all around it. Two behind that clump of shrubbery on the left, and I think two more hidden behind the bowl of the spoon. I debated whether I should attempt to straighten out the picture or not (it wasn’t intentionally shot at an angle), but laziness wins out again this morning. Ditto for the vignettes in the corners from having too much filter on my lens that was zoomed all the way out. Oops. Maybe I’ll clean it up and have a second picture to post sometime in the future.
The weekend is once again full of “stuff.” Taking pictures with geeks (more on that in a minute), perhaps a gun show, and a visit to mom. And hopefully a few minutes to catch up on some sleep. But I guess the weekend matches the week. I’m way behind in my laying around and watching TV this week, and it appears the backlog is just going to grow. Good thing my TiVo’s got the Really Big Drive.
- We’re still on for the Como Park walkabout tomorrow. Sounds like we’ve got a pretty good-sized group showing up. Should be fun!
- In case you were wondering, the Mordechai Anielewicz Memorial [Postal] Rifle Match deadline is April 29th.
For those of you not familiar with postal matches, the idea is that a bunch of people all shoot the same course of fire and then mail their targets to a single person for scoring. It allows us to hold a rifle match without needing to get everyone together at the same shooting range.
Sounds like fun. Now I just hope the local outdoor ranges have thawed out before then. [claire] - Speaking of shooting, here’s a fun little flash game: Don’t Shoot the Puppy. I bet you lose at least once. [boing boing]
- What silliness. Fantasy leagues face legal battle over the right to use baseball stats. MLB says they own the stats and nobody else can use them. Maybe Bud Selig will manage to kill the game yet. Can I safely say
Worst Commissioner Ever
yet? [press-patch] - Last weekend’s NASCAR rain-out beats NBA & PGA ratings? Wow. I mean I watched the entire rain-delay, but it was on TiVo at 6x normal speed. [fark!]
- Found out yesterday that Brownie’s Restaurant is closing tomorrow. I need to remember to get a picture of it. They’re moving to Kenzie Terrace, which isn’t going to be on my way to work anymore, unless I take the slowest of the many routes. I haven’t been eating there a lot, but dangit, that’s one less choice for breakfast in the morning now.