Axodys

I’ve been thinking about lawnmowers a lot lately now that I have a yard of my own to take care of. The previous owners of our house left a fairly new mower out in the backyard under a pile of leaves and bushes. I haven’t tried starting it yet, but I’m hopeful that it will run with just a little bit of maintenance. Then assuming I can get it to run decently my next move will be to convert it into a mulching mower. The good news is that if that mower doesn’t work out it sounds like Mary’s parents have an extra Toro we can have.

I haven’t mowed very many lawns in recent years, but I actually enjoy it quite a bit as long as I’m using a mulching mower and don’t have to stop to empty a bag full of grass clippings. Growing up my first weekly paying job was mowing my grandparents’ and parents’ lawns so I’ve handled many a garbage bag full of heavy clippings. Thank goodness for modern lawn care technology.

The move is mostly done now and I’m back at work today, but I’m feeling fairly tired at the moment. Time to get productive.

I’m really looking forward to the 4th of July weekend.

Another long tiring day. This time with basketball games on top of the moving. I go back to work tomorrow though so hopefully I’ll get a good nights sleep.

Incidentally this morning I had a dream about coaching basketball. Craziness. I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I think a couple of my players got into trouble.

The move continues…

Unfortunately there’s still quite a ways to go (and no time for computers).

Busy, busy day. Tomorrow will be even busier though as Mary and I commence our big move. We should have plenty of help, but it’s still going to be exhausting. Well, time to finish packing. Sigh.

I installed a new hard drive into a dual usb iBook for the first time today and it’s definitely not a task for the faint of heart. It was the second time I’ve disassembled and reassembled that particular machine and thankfully this time around I didn’t end up with two extra screws. I had a couple left over after my first attempt a couple days ago, but I was able to get everything seated back where it belongs today.

These step by step instructions I found on the web helped a ton!

Germany 1 - U.S. 0

Well, it was a good game and the U.S. made a good showing, but they couldn’t quite pull it off. I’m glad I got up early and was able to watch them play a few times in the last week. With young talent like Donovan and Beasley I’m really excited to see what the United States can do in the future.

Incidentally, Mary and I were a little late to get up for the game because my alarm didn’t go off this morning as expected. Luckily for us I woke up at 4:15 anyway thanks to some early morning indigestion.

Well, the papers are all signed. Now it’s just a matter of the title stuff getting taken care of at the Spokane County courthouse tomorrow. Assuming all the necessary paperwork gets moved around as expected we should be able to get the keys to our house sometime tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a very busy weekend.

Synesthesia sounds more like a gift to me than a disorder.

bq. The condition, which is genetically transmitted, seems especially prevalent among highly talented and gifted persons. The Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, who saw sounds as colors, even composed a symphony in 1910 that featured a colored light exhibit that he, no doubt, could see even without the lights. Other synesthetes, as they call themselves, include the poets Baudelaire and Rimbaud, painters Kandinsky and Klee, and the noted physicist Richard Feynman.

How similar are our minds?

Similar Minds seems a little bit more interesting than your typical web personality test site. Good mindless web fun.