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Back in May I wrote about going to the City Council Meeting to get the parking rules changes.
In the new community newletter that went out, here’s what I saw:

The vote has translated into a legalese amendment to the city code and is now in effect! Woot!

Soccer tomorrow at 7:30 AM after a long week.
A few nights ago I took teh girls outside to look at Mars and the Moon through the telescope.

They enjoyed it, so I should find a place with a better scope to take them.
Must go rest now.

For the record, I would like this headache to go away.

I went to the doctor today. My throat has been hurting for a few days and I knew it was probably something I needed to see the doctor about. Yesterday, I told Michele that I was gunna have to go and endure the visit to get the needed anti-biotics.
Today I left work early for the Doctor’s Office. I had to wait for TWO HOURS to see the doctor. She walks in, asks me what’s up, looks in my ears, then looks in my mouth. When I said ‘Ahhh’, she said ‘Wow!’
When the doctor says ‘Wow’, it can only mean that you are not malingering. It means you have some actual illness. In my case, I have acute pharyngitis.
So after a quick trip to the pharmacy I’m on a ten day course of pills to kill the evil nasties attacking my throat.
It would have been nice if I could have avoided the 2 hour wait in the office and simply bought the anti-biotics at the pharmacy like I do with aspirin and cough syrup. I hope that some day we can get to a place where adults are allowed
In other news:
Books
I took the train to work today and on the way I finished Guns, Germs, and Steel. I really enjoyed the book. It wasn’t so much a book that changed my way of thinking, but it did make see things in a different way. The author’s take on the path of history and the successes and failures of various societies resonates with my scientific thinking.
I recommend the book to anyone interested in the history of the world from a non-political viewpoint.
Yoshi loaned me American Gods to read. He told me it was good and some sci-fi would be tasty after a big history book.
FYI, Cory Doctorow’s new book is out. I ordered a copy on Amazon.
Video Games
This weekend I picked up Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons. BF1942 is a great game and the previous expansion was excellent. From the little I’ve played of the new expansion, it’s great as well. The rocket pack and amphibious vehicles are fun. When I’m feeling better, I’ll play it more.
MLP
Oops, I dropped my $293 million satellite on the floor.
Happy Birthday Travis – I talked to him at work and he didn’t even let on.
Nice knives
Toynbee Tiles

Yesterday, after the soccer game, I decided to make lunch. Mira and I decided to make sandwiches. Now was my chance to make an Elvis Sandwich. I had read about the Elvis Sandwich at Handcoding. Alex wrote that they were delicious. The recipe is on his site.

Here are the makings: peanut butter, honey, bananas, butter, bread, bacon and the recipe.
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Why must my wife hang damp bras on the doorknobs around the house for days on end?
Are they air-curing like some sort of ham? Why doorknobs? Why just the bras?
I’m told once my daughters get older, they will be hanging even more things around the house.
Can I buy a women’s undergarments dehydrator somewhere and put it out of sight?

To the guy in front of my in line at the Arby’s today:

Dude, get off your fucking cell phone when you are in Arby’s!
Hang up and order your food. We don’t want to hear you yammer on in line about things on the phone. It’s rude to the person on the phone, the lady behind the counter, and the rest of us in line.
Hang up. Order your food in a timely manner as to not inconvience the rest of us and then go call the person back from elsewhere.

You know, I seriously need to look into a cell phone jammer. How hard can it be to put noise on the frequency band? I’ll teach these fuckers.

Up in San Francisco they are having a race for Mayor. San Fran is quite a strange place and there is always the risk of replicants. One hard working journalist, John Holden, takes time to find out if a replicant is going to become mayor of the City by the Bay.
(via Metafilter)

News hit today that Firefly is returning to the movies. I can only hope this great show gets back on TV after a successful movie release.
But in a world where Everybody Loves Raymond is the number one show, who knows…

Feeling kinda crappy tonight. School starts for the girls tomorrow, so I need to get some rest before the morning chaos.
SXSW
SXSW people and want to be SXSW people take note that registration is underway. If you register before September 19th you can save a bunch of cash. Saving 25 bucks is enough to pay for a dinner and beers in Austin. For those that don’t know what SXSW is, check out the site about the conference. I’m definitely going again. I had a great time last March there.
Security
There is a new Critical Update for Windows. Windows users, please update your systems to avoid the next virii wave. Make sure your virus definitions are up to date. Michele got sent well over a hundred email for both the SoBig and Klez virii when she was away.
Books
Two great books from Thomas Perry have been reprinted and are available again after being out of print. Metzger’s Dog and The Butcher’s Boy are both superb crime/caper novels. Even if you’ve never read a crime novel before, you’ll love these books.
Email
Non-Outlook email user might find this funny. If you set the x-message-flag on you client, Outlook users will see a special message from you. Check out the how-to.