My computer clock and TiVo all seem to agree that it’s Wednesday this morning, but it sure doesn’t feel like it to me. Not sure what day of the week it actually feels like, but I’m not looking forward to the four hours of meetings scheduled for me at work today.
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On the home front, I heard from the contractor again last night. Turns out the patio pavers I wanted don’t seem to be available anywhere locally, so we’re going with a poured and stamped patio. Yeah, it’ll be impermeable, and make more water runoff, but after spending a couple evenings trying to find the nice permeable, hexagonal pavers I was looking for, I’ve just given in. If it increases my sewer bill (which I think it will), so be it. There’s only so much a guy can do, and damnit, I’m going to have the patio ready for Memorial Day weekend, so we need to get started soon. Now I just need to pick the color they’re going to mix into the concrete, and wait for the ground to dry up a bit, and the project can begin.
Today’s picture? Even More Ferns. They’ve been growing at a crazy pace, and the same plant (or alien pod) looks vastly different from one day to the next, so I haven’t gotten bored with taking pictures of them yet. I might have to take more pictures of them this morning, too. Hopefully I’m not boring you any more with the pictures of ferns than I usually do with my writing.
- Over in St. Paul, the Senate has proposed One tax for two stadiums, retractable-roof stadia for both the Twins and Vikings, financed with a half-cent seven-county metro sales tax. At least they’re putting the tax to a referendum (for now), but this doesn’t sound like a plan that’s going to make anybody happy. Which is perhaps the best thing going for it. [press-patch]
- Glenn’s got a Porkbusters update that makes it sound as though things are coming to a head in DC. I’m not hopeful in seeing any spending cuts or earmark reform (Washington’s idea of reform usually being to make the problem worse), which I sure hope means bad things for the Republicans in November. [instapundit]
- Popular Mechanics Crunched The Numbers On Alternative Fuels. Interesting results, especially since everyone’s been talking about biodiesel and hybrids and hydrogen. I’m pretty sure the only technology of the lot that’s worth buying right now are the hybrids, but electricity and natural gas are the most efficient, followed by biodiesel and gasoline. Ethanol, once again, looks to be a big loser, costing more and using more resources than gasoline. Booze is for drinking, not driving. [instapundit]