Went for a walk today, only as far as Wilshire Park, but while I was there I snapped this shot of a squirrel. That park is chock full of ’em. Anyway, the photo links to a bigger version. Enjoy!
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Kelly and I went to the Moon & Sixpence for their Irish folk music Monday again this evening, this time bringing our friends Miranda & Brian (and Brian’s PCT hiking friend Amanda) and Ghost Dog and his ‘missus’ (who had their first visit to the Moon). We had a fantastic time. Always great to combine a great place, great music, and great friends!
Thanks to all for coming along, Kelly and I had a blast.
Earlier today I ran to the local Apple-authorized dealer and picked up a few handy travel bits for my iPod, including the "world travel" adapter set (plug adapters that easily interchange with most Apple power adapters, including my iPod USB power block so I can easily recharge my iPod in the UK without having to use my big power adapter brick), audio / video cable so I can plug my iPod photo into a television to show photos, and a battery backup thing (using 9v batteries, adding a 5 – 8 hours to my iPod for the trip). Neat stuff.
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The week in review
This past week has been fairly busy. I’ve been working furiously to finish off all my freelance obligations, while trying to keep up with my yard work and prepare for our upcoming trip (we leave a week from tomorrow!). It’s been nearly a year since we’ve moved in and so far it seems that I didn’t butcher the garden too badly, most of the plants are coming in nicely and it’s wonderful seeing all the new growth again after the bleak winter.
A few days ago I (with the help of my friend Andy) started getting some new electrical outlets installed in my garage. Hopefully sometime next week I’ll have 8 new outlets to work with (versus the 2 I have now). Hooray!
Yesterday I went to the local nursery and bought some starts for some pepper plants: poblano, jalapeño, and habanero. I have them potted and am now eagerly awaiting the hot peppers. The way I go through hot peppers (either fresh, pickled, or in hot sauce form) I am looking forward to having some of my own to pick from the plant. Yum!
Tonight Kelly and I had our good friends Amy & Rick and Ty & Aymie over for dinner. Had a great time, and as always it was gread to see everybody.
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Yup, I live in da hood, yo!
Received some scary news today, from the mailman no less. I was out pulling weeds in the yard when he came to deliver mail and said "so you had some excitement in the neighborhood this morning, eh?" I responded with "oh? what happened?" He said that early this morning some guys broke into a house, not but a couple blocks away from my house, holding the occupants hostage while they robbed the place.
Holy shit!
So I do a bit of research, and the only news story I could find was this (kptv.com). Yikes! My only hope, given both the time of morning and the way it all went down was that the assholes who did this knew the house and/or occupants. It seems too nuts to be totally a random thing. I mean, the occupants could have been trigger-happy, NRA card holding, 2nd Amendment quoting militia members. Seems more likely that there was some connection between the perpetrators and the occupants of the house. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself to feel a little better. 🙂
Either way, I’m going to be triple-checking the locks on the doors and windows, and making sure the porch lights are on from now on, even if my electric bill goes up a few bucks. I also talked to all my neighbors, so we’re all aware of what happened and can keep eyes out for each other. Up until this there’s not been a single bad event in my nighborhood (aside from a house around the corner that throws loud parties pretty much every night). Let’s hope this is a one-time thing, and not completely random.
This past Saturday night C-Span aired the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, a fancy gala that included the President himself. The final speaker for the night was Steven Colbert, of the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report.
Mr. Colbert roasts the President, the media, and everyone between. It is quite entertaining to see Colbert standing face to face with Bush, using his ‘right wing’ pundit persona to slam Bush and his approval ratings, the war in Iraq, etc. You can see it in three parts on YouTube (link is to the first part, the other two are listed on the right of the YouTube page). Enjoy!