Obama couldn't have had a better evening for the speech, and a moving speech it has been, transcending national boundaries and redefining what it means to be a global citizen. This is our moment.
Bravo.
Bravo.
Dolly is approaching the Texas coast. We've already got the high cirrus clouds arcing from east to west over Austin. They're moving right along as well.
Some Austinites are whining about their electric bills. Did they not notice the fact that June was hotter'n hell?
Duplex is painted, all the hazardous waste is taken away, nearly ready to rent out. Bit more cleaning and its there.
The uptight neighbors across Lamar are having a meeting tonight to discuss the proposed County Health Clinic. They've dialed down some of their rhetoric, and seem to be wisely asking 'is this the right spot for the clients' which is a hard argument to counter, but considering the spot where they're counter-proposing is in the 100-year flood plain on smaller streets, I think they've still got an uphill battle. I'm thinking I'll go and keep my mouth shut. Don't know if Chaz will be able to, however.
Some Austinites are whining about their electric bills. Did they not notice the fact that June was hotter'n hell?
Duplex is painted, all the hazardous waste is taken away, nearly ready to rent out. Bit more cleaning and its there.
The uptight neighbors across Lamar are having a meeting tonight to discuss the proposed County Health Clinic. They've dialed down some of their rhetoric, and seem to be wisely asking 'is this the right spot for the clients' which is a hard argument to counter, but considering the spot where they're counter-proposing is in the 100-year flood plain on smaller streets, I think they've still got an uphill battle. I'm thinking I'll go and keep my mouth shut. Don't know if Chaz will be able to, however.
This weekend we made a mad dash down to Houston for Chaz's 30-year class reunion. It was held at the Houston Club, which I'm sure in its heyday 40 years ago was quite swanky, but in context of 2008, is quite like a crazy old aunt that's dressed up; a remodel is desperately in order. In all, the reunion was nice - everyone was cordial, the food wasn't bad, and they did all those reunion-y things like count kids and grandkids and have a dance. We stayed a good three or four hours before trekking through the downtown canyon back to the hotel for the evening. Chaz was a bit disappointed that more of his closer friends weren't there for the event, but I think we had fun nonetheless. I got a kick out of these green-screen photos; Chaz's shirt resembles Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility in a subtle way.On the way out of Austin we stopped at Southside Market in Elgin for some barbeque. It was pretty quiet there for a lunch hour. Apparently everyone was a bit north at the newly appointed"Best BBQ in Texas", Snow's. If they hadn't heard the story though, they might have been out of luck; word is they run out of meat within 2 hours of opening at 8.
This week I'm ramping up a work colleague on a project in NY state, and getting ready for our new AC installation at the house. Its gonna be a mess. That and finishing getting the duplex ready for a tenant.
chaz: OMG!!!!
D: uh oh
chaz: I just wrote one of those lines of code tha I just use to HATE cause I could never read it
D: bwuahahahahha
chaz: if(e.getURL().toString().substring(e.getURL().toString().lastIndexOf("/") + 1, e.getURL().toString().length()).equals("return"))
chaz: I might be a geek
D: might?
Netroots Nation is in town, and I didn't think to register.
He's made himself at home in the Continental Presidents Club. On the floor watching cartoons.
HA! 2 *FAT* armadillos were spotted in my backyard this morning as I
was doing morning routine at 6:40. In the morning light the two of them
were rooting around the fenceline and exploring all under the deck. I'd
seen the little divots in the yard, but had no idea there were two of
them. Was too dark to get a photo.
Packed and on the way to Palm Springs for the weekend!
Packed and on the way to Palm Springs for the weekend!
Looks like I don't have to put Fake Steve Jobs on the blogroll that I never got around to writing.
A big weekend in Munich coming up. CSD: their gay pride weekend, with a street festival on Saturday and Sunday, a political parade on Saturday (the Rosa Liste (pink list) again earned a place in the city council during the elections this year), and the "Pumps Race" on Sunday in which hilarity ensues. Franz said he's going to take part in the events this year, so hopefully he'll get some good photos. While listening to some radio from M just now, they mentioned Siemens is laying off people there this week. Yikes.
During our recent roadtrip, Chaz speculated that perhaps we may soon see the reemergence of euro-style Sundays where retail would have to close one day, in order to both cut business costs, as well as to resolve staffing issues if staff can't afford to come to work 7 days a week. His sister has already started doing the 4-day work week discussed here. It's no longer out of the question, and I suspect may come at us quickly.
