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Monday, June 1, 2009
Song: "I Hate the Ice Cream Man"
To the tune of the ice cream truck jingle:
(this is a work in progress)
(this is a work in progress)
I hate the ice cream, ice cream man.
I hate the ice cream man!
He drives down the street
And bring diabetes
I hate the ice cream man.
I hate the ice cream, ice cream man.
I hate the ice cream man!
He peddles high fructose,
Milk fat and sucrose.
I hate the ice cream man.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
May Flowers
After months of not posting anything, I feel the urge to give a "Garden Update." This Spring has brought tons of surprises as we had no idea what would come up again this year in the garden.
Right now we have 2 trees that are flowering, with one more ready to bust out some yellow flowers. I have no idea what kind of trees they are, I just know they are gorgeous.
We have a huge bleeding heart behind our house. If this thing gets any bigger I don't know what we're going to do. It's enormous!
We had a few crocuses bloom in April, and one miniature tulips (not sure of the name but it was stinkin' cute).
The irises (my fave) are huge but not blooming yet. The lilies, tall phlox and hostas are already going gangbusters and I can't wait to see them blossom!
The pansies I started from seed are coming along but won't be ready until late June, I think. There are two pansies in the west boulevard - one dark purple and one a really pretty salmon pink. Now if I could just remember where the perennial snapdragons were last fall....
We are slowly killing/calming/bringing back to an acceptable level of sanity the front boulevard. It is so overgrown! The kids that wait for the bus outside our house everyday do tromp on stuff so it will be a delicate balance finding out what we keep and what we mulch over. The soil in that area is pretty bad too, so cardboard-weed-barrier-ing and mulching will do it some good. The areas where I did this last fall have really healthy-looking soil now.
The only plants I have purchased this year are: some blooming pansies for pots, and some new perennials for containers on the west boulevard: green Hens & Chicks; dark pink creeping phlox; and low, ground cover sedum - some with yellow flowers and some with pink flowers. I put the Hens & Chicks w/ yellow sedum in the biggest container near the corner, where last year I had some yellow mums and a weird red annual which was stolen. My hope is that most people will think the Hens & Chicks and sedum are too ugly to steal!
I love Bachman's. I love my garden. I love my pond. I wish I could just hang out in the garden all day and still somehow get paid every two weeks.....
Right now we have 2 trees that are flowering, with one more ready to bust out some yellow flowers. I have no idea what kind of trees they are, I just know they are gorgeous.
We have a huge bleeding heart behind our house. If this thing gets any bigger I don't know what we're going to do. It's enormous!
We had a few crocuses bloom in April, and one miniature tulips (not sure of the name but it was stinkin' cute).
The irises (my fave) are huge but not blooming yet. The lilies, tall phlox and hostas are already going gangbusters and I can't wait to see them blossom!
The pansies I started from seed are coming along but won't be ready until late June, I think. There are two pansies in the west boulevard - one dark purple and one a really pretty salmon pink. Now if I could just remember where the perennial snapdragons were last fall....
We are slowly killing/calming/bringing back to an acceptable level of sanity the front boulevard. It is so overgrown! The kids that wait for the bus outside our house everyday do tromp on stuff so it will be a delicate balance finding out what we keep and what we mulch over. The soil in that area is pretty bad too, so cardboard-weed-barrier-ing and mulching will do it some good. The areas where I did this last fall have really healthy-looking soil now.
The only plants I have purchased this year are: some blooming pansies for pots, and some new perennials for containers on the west boulevard: green Hens & Chicks; dark pink creeping phlox; and low, ground cover sedum - some with yellow flowers and some with pink flowers. I put the Hens & Chicks w/ yellow sedum in the biggest container near the corner, where last year I had some yellow mums and a weird red annual which was stolen. My hope is that most people will think the Hens & Chicks and sedum are too ugly to steal!
I love Bachman's. I love my garden. I love my pond. I wish I could just hang out in the garden all day and still somehow get paid every two weeks.....
Monday, March 9, 2009
Winter Storm Warning for Hennepin County, MN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
It's been upgraded from a "watch" to a "warning"
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING... AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...
Oh yay. Ice and snow!
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... IN ADDITION...
Oh wait, there's more??
...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL...
Ok, I can handle a March blizzard.
IN ADDITION...
You're kidding me, right?
...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
Oh dear.
ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION.
Anyone with travel plans should head South immediately!
It's been upgraded from a "watch" to a "warning"
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING... AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...
Oh yay. Ice and snow!
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... IN ADDITION...
Oh wait, there's more??
...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL...
Ok, I can handle a March blizzard.
IN ADDITION...
You're kidding me, right?
...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
Oh dear.
ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION.
Anyone with travel plans should head South immediately!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Scott Adams gets Dilbert fired
I just listened to part of an interview with Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip icon Dilbert on PRI/BBC/WBGH's The World. I am not a regular comic strip reader but I met Scott Adams once, in Bloomington. It was during the winter of 1996-1997, long enough ago that there was a "Media Play" superstore at the Southtown Mall. He was promoting his new book, I think it was The Dilbert Principle, and I was going to get his autograph for my friend Jess.
The event was so popular that line wrapped all the way around the perimeter of the enormous store (as big as a Best Buy or Barnes & Noble)! Fortunately for me the folks in line were hilarious and polite, kind of like I imagined the celebrity author would be. My new friends and I were chit chatting and laughing when a rumor came "down the line" that Media Play had run out of the book! They had sent employees to run out and buy out the surrounding book stores' stock. Which they did, and at least an hour later I had made my way around the mega-size media store and approached Scott Adams. He looked completely overwhelmed and rather than saying "Hello," he kind of grunted in exhaustion. I said something like, "Great turnout, ha ha!"
At that moment I thought he needed a stretch break—you know, to work out any cramps he was certain to have/had/be getting. Which is why I extended my right hand. There was a pen embedded in his right hand that required a kind of shake to get out. When his hand firmly grasped mine it seemed to be saying, I'm so tired and I have to draw later! Within the same moment I realized how cool it was to meet him, secured the autograph and got the heck out of there. Today—over ten years later—his popularity is so solid that my prime time public radio show interviewed him and... I learned that Dilbert got fired a few weeks ago! If this is news to you too, follow this link to the Jan 19 strip and catch up.
I know too many people who are unemployed right now and I am not making light of the current economic situation. Earlier today I told myself that I need to stop reading news on the internet because it's increasingly depressing. And hearing the words "current economic situation" make my stomach twinge. I am torn between ceasing all spending and hiding cash under the mattress—and taking all of my savings and giving it to the food shelves. While I try to find a happy medium, I'll be taking on some Dilbert therapy.
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-01-19/
The event was so popular that line wrapped all the way around the perimeter of the enormous store (as big as a Best Buy or Barnes & Noble)! Fortunately for me the folks in line were hilarious and polite, kind of like I imagined the celebrity author would be. My new friends and I were chit chatting and laughing when a rumor came "down the line" that Media Play had run out of the book! They had sent employees to run out and buy out the surrounding book stores' stock. Which they did, and at least an hour later I had made my way around the mega-size media store and approached Scott Adams. He looked completely overwhelmed and rather than saying "Hello," he kind of grunted in exhaustion. I said something like, "Great turnout, ha ha!"
At that moment I thought he needed a stretch break—you know, to work out any cramps he was certain to have/had/be getting. Which is why I extended my right hand. There was a pen embedded in his right hand that required a kind of shake to get out. When his hand firmly grasped mine it seemed to be saying, I'm so tired and I have to draw later! Within the same moment I realized how cool it was to meet him, secured the autograph and got the heck out of there. Today—over ten years later—his popularity is so solid that my prime time public radio show interviewed him and... I learned that Dilbert got fired a few weeks ago! If this is news to you too, follow this link to the Jan 19 strip and catch up.
I know too many people who are unemployed right now and I am not making light of the current economic situation. Earlier today I told myself that I need to stop reading news on the internet because it's increasingly depressing. And hearing the words "current economic situation" make my stomach twinge. I am torn between ceasing all spending and hiding cash under the mattress—and taking all of my savings and giving it to the food shelves. While I try to find a happy medium, I'll be taking on some Dilbert therapy.
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-01-19/
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