Archive for June, 2006

Keith Ellison, DFL candidate for MN 5th District

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Keith Ellison is the DFL-endorsed candidate for Minnesota’s Fifth District congressional seat. Do not vote for him. Ellison has been the subject of pretty intense scrutiny over at Power Line, and in my opinion, that’s a very good thing. Power Line seems to be doing better investigative reporting than either of our local newspapers. Sure, I can [...]

Clouds are starting to part

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Big weekend. Replaced a bathroom faucet. Visited a family birthday party. Then spent about twelve hours at my Mac working on various projects. And finally, many are drawing to a close. But in the midst of my busy weekend, I still had time to notice that our home is becoming a nature center. Well, it was [...]

This last week

Friday, June 9th, 2006

It’s been a tough one. It started last Saturday with a nasty sunburn earned by finishing up the garden area fencing. That was sore for a few days. Then Monday night while working on my web site it went down. Shortly afterwards a powerful, exciting thunderstorm blew through. I assumed they were related. Tuesday came. Yes, [...]

Mind over matter

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Matter won. I was out doing yardwork all day Saturday. Barefoot. Why wreck my shoes, I thought. Feet clean easily. I had been gathering up scrap wood and twigs into our little copper fire pit and I finally decided to set it aflame. Everything was burning nicely, but I needed to tend it occassionally[1]. At one point [...]