Here are the before and after pics of our yard beds. Mucho Mucho Thanks to Mom and Dad for the amazing amount of work they contributed to the project. There will probably be a set of AFTER AFTER pics once the transplanted bulbs grow and the sunflowers we planted blossom.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Thoreau on Communication
Thanks to Sara Zarr for bringing an apt Thoreau comment to bear on our modern “communication” innovations. The Stories of a Girl » the search for a rich inner life continues….
Seven Must-Listen This American Life Episodes :: List of the Day :: Paste
Seven Must-Listen This American Life Episodes :: List of the Day :: Paste. I’ve heard TAL stories off and on since their inception, and I’ve always been intrigued with the radio feature story format. No one does it better than Ira & company, and Maddux’s top seven are certainly gems. I started trying to make …
When Facebook Apps Go Bad
Was quite disconcerted to see this “enticement” this morning. You’d think that since FB knows we’re married (after all I did receive an announcement from FB that I was, in fact, married to Sherry, and if FB says it’s so, it must be so!) they’d possibly avoid pairing us up in such ads. Unless, of …
J.J. Abrams and the Gordian Knot
Here there be spoilers In Star Trek, J.J. Abrams has sliced through a galaxy-sized pop-culture gordian knot not with the frenzied hacking of a desperate man but with the grace of a samurai. Ok, that’s probably overstating things, but it is nonetheless true that Abrams re-booting of the Star Trek franchise provides a solid foundation …
NPR: Tiny Desk Concert: Sam Phillips
Somehow missed this last summer. Here’s Sam (nee Leslie) Phillips playing new songs in someone’s office. It’s a cool concept. You see folks working at their desks and others gathered round like an impromptu jam session at the coolest office in the world. NPR: Tiny Desk Concert: Sam Phillips.
