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Yesterday Barley had his last physical therapy session. It was a good session for him too, because he got to lunge at the squeaky frog in the tank as much as he wanted. Aside from having symmetric muscle mass in both thighs (good), he can now go on longer walks with some jogging, and eventually jumping mixed in. Its nice to know we don’t have to keep him sedated and control him with an iron fist. Now he can roam around the house with some freedom, and if he “accidently” gets away from us, the world won’t end. Whew. |
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Comic Sans
One of the best things you can do to not look like a lemur is to delete the font Comic Sans from your computer. The second is to go through old documentation and replace any instance of it with some respectable font. Arial is probably my favorite, partly because it looks so good in OS X and PDF. What’s your favorite/least favorite font?
Lease Signed
Tonight Michelle and I met Tom, our new landlord. We signed the lease with a tenative move in date for June 1st, though some details need to be cleared up (cleaning before we move in, etc.) We’re thrilled.
MP3, iTunes, Quality
From Steve Job’s Time Magazine interview:
TIME: Do you think you’ll be able to sway the tens of millions who use the unauthorized services?
Jobs: I don’t know. We’ll find out. But this is really a far better experience. Not only do the downloads not crap out half way through; and not only is it perfectly encoded instead of having the last four seconds cut off …
Although I’m very skeptical about the service overall, I like where its going. All those lemurs who encoded their music so poorly. Stupid Xing, Stupid Real Jukebox. Why I remember the days when Sound Edit 16 was the best encoder…ah…
Really though. I’ve been going through my iTunes library updating tags (still) and I’ve just been deleting shoddily encoded and cut up songs. You get what you pay for.
Third Level of hell
Internet quizzes are fun and accurate. Tonight I found out that I’ll be living in the third level of hell. Here’s the description:
Third Level of Hell
In the third circle, you find yourself amidst eternal rain, maledict, cold, and heavy. The gluttons are punished here, lying in the filthy mixture of shadows and of putrid water. Because you consumed in excess, you meet your fate beneath the cold, dirty rain, amidst the other souls that there lay unhappily in the stinking mud. Cerebus, a canine monster cruel and uncouth with his three heads and red eyes, dwells in this level. He growls and tears at the damned with his teeth and claws.
So far, its an aweful lot like Portland. Go Figure.
Major League Education
Portland wants a Major League Baseball team. Portland teachers are working 10 unpaid days this year. Hot Pepper, a cool local design firm has great tie in, and bumpersticker.
Saddle Mountain
Yesterday Scott and I hiked Saddle Mountain, which is the highest point in the NW corner of the state. It was a beautiful day, and we could see from Long Beach, WA to Manzanita, OR, and from the mouth of the Columbia to Mt. St. Helens, Ranier, Adams, Hood, and Jefferson. It was a great view, but difficult to capture with pictures. We’ll just have to go again.
Other news, Michelle starts finals today, and Tom, the home renter said he and his brother would take a dog. We’ll be meeting in Multnomah Village on Thurs, and hopefully signing a lease. Things sure can happen quickly.
It would be so nice to know that if I stepped in dog poop in the yard, it would be my own fault.
Itinerary
6:15: Awaken to a bright room, clock says 9:15 which startles me. Crap, I’m late for something. No, clock says 6:15. Room too bright, forgot to twist blinds shut.
7:15: Can’t force myself back to sleep. Start mulling days activities over in head.
8:15: Mom calls; Old neigbhbor bought house, is moving out of rental in SW Portland. Wants to know if we’re interested before telling landlord.
9:15: After following 5 dead ends, finally find house. Its very cute, and closer to work. Feel odd driving by knowing they’re inside.
10:15: Arrive at kennel that Barley’s staying at for trip to Nebraska. Nice drive, and cool owners. Boarding is a necessary evil.
11:15: Snood….
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5:15: Stop by rental house to have a look. Cooler than we expected. Hope owner will take pets. Will have to wait to hear.
5:30: Dinner at Scott & Sarah’s. Sarah gets free pizza from Papa John’s. I overcook free steaks because they were still frozen inside. Steamplant warning.
New Addiction
A co-worker sent me an e-mail that only contained one string of text: snood.org
Last year we had a mini-Collapse addiction which ultimately ended up in scores so high that the amount of time required to reach was more than we had available. Moira took the crown with a score of 3,385,076. I still have the post-it note on my screen reminding me to beat the score. I’ve long since given up.
This year the drug is Snood, and we’ve started a friendly tournement among co-workers. You can check the stats yourself. We’ll see how long it lasts, but my eyes are already burning.
Earth Day 2003
Happy Earth Day!
I’ve been reading Rod Nash’s Rights of Nature, which discusses the greening of politics, religion, philosophy and such. Today’s reading included a discussion on the extension of rights to non-humans. We currently extend rights to our citizens, but how about non-citizens, or animals, or plants, or the soil? What rights do these beings have? A right to a clean and safe environment? A right to exist?
The father of Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson tried to ammend the Constitution to guarantee every American “an inalienable right to a decent environment.” Seems like a good start to me. Besides, Nature has a will to exist that supercedes our delegation of rights. We probably won’t be around to see it though.