Forward...into the past!

...which are now early summer updates. I've been busy, but not that busy: just distracted. Some of these distractions I direct you to below.

Life Bullet points:
• Now I remember why I never grew many tomatoes: they are like an organic super-magnet for pests, disease, fungi. Up north it was always whiteflies: clouds of them. Down here it's spider-mites. I've tried nearly everything short of an ariel Malathion bombardment. Most of the solutions (soap spray, neet, root-absorbed pesticides) seem to make the mites more robust.

• Despite the pest-problem, I remember why ripe, fresh picked tomatoes are so wonderful...and how awful store bought and even Farmers Market tomatoes are.

• Over the hump of the worst of the foxtail problem (most have fallen off by now). Two surgeries and countless painful removals later both the dogs and I are relieved.

• Enjoying June Gloom. Daytime walks. Chilly nights.

• Added a berm to the back of the lawn so the dogs don't jump down any more (hard on their backs). Also gives the lawn more character.

• Discovered (was told) that pet-safe snail death exists! Joy!

Links!
• For artists: Check out/friend James Gurney on Facebook . He's best known for "Dinotopia", but he is an amazing teacher and source of art information. He also does tutorials and links to useful resources: you won't be sorry!

• Here's an example of something he linked to: a 17th century figure drawing manual ...that can be downloaded in ebook form for *free*!! Amazing resource!

• Since Dome is just starting on tv, here's something timely: !
Stephen King Character Flowchart Now you can see how King connects EVERYTHING!

• Clockwork toy: the most amazing wooden clockwork toy I've ever seen. Applejack's Harvest (My Little Pony)
Applejack's Harvest

• Love tidepools and sea life? Aquamarine Discovery is a great blog!

...and the day started out so awsomely!

I got a music file from a collegue that was for a project we're working on at work. Really neat-- he nailed it the first time. Cause to celebrate! So I had breakfast:


Cookies and pie for breakfast...

Which in and of itself isn't a bad (or uncommon) thing for me...but it was a portent for a day of weak-willed Fail!

Six hours later...I have finished off the frosted-pumpkin-spice-cookies... some peanuts I found from the Giants-Dodgers game I went to last summer... stinky cheese... expired halloween candy...plus some fruit (<--a ray of hope!).

[I had posted links to a facebook called, "When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Get Going" and I think there is some association with that site with malware, because all of a sudden I started to get this, "Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer" message from Google, apparently. I can't do a Google Safe Browsing diagnostic because I don't own Livejournal.com, so I'm just deleting all the links. Weird.]

In a nutshell, I spent nearly six hours looking at a site with funny pictures. Accomplished: Fail.

So...a day wasted when there's so much to do. I'd better get moving and salvage some of it...or go watch them blow up a car in the parking lot at work...I am so weak...I'm embarrassed to admit that I had to move a meeting back a half hour so that I could post the R0ndo bit at exactly 11:11 yesterday morning...*cough*loser!*cough*

Now it is two-thirty and it's raining outside. No dogwalk for now (need to burn calories! Nao!). Good thing I did a death-walk last night-- up and down hills in the dark, letting R0ndo lead-- for almost two hours. Even the dogs are too tired to hike-beg today. And Apache is woof-ing in her sleep under the computer desk. Awww...life is good!

Addenda: and I didn't go see the car blow up which was my mistake, sine the pyro guy was a bit too enthusiastic and blew the roof of the car into the next lot. Note to self: never pass up a pyro event!

...and the day started out so awsomely!

I got a music file from a collegue that was for a project we're working on at work. Really neat-- he nailed it the first time. Cause to celebrate! So I had breakfast:


Cookies and pie for breakfast...

Which in and of itself isn't a bad (or uncommon) thing for me...but it was a portent for a day of weak-willed Fail!

Six hours later...I have finished off the frosted-pumpkin-spice-cookies... some peanuts I found from the Giants-Dodgers game I went to last summer... stinky cheese... expired halloween candy...plus some fruit (<--a ray of hope!).

[I had posted links to a facebook called, "When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Get Going" and I think there is some association with that site with malware, because all of a sudden I started to get this, "Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer" message from Google, apparently. I can't do a Google Safe Browsing diagnostic because I don't own Livejournal.com, so I'm just deleting all the links. Weird.]

In a nutshell, I spent nearly six hours looking at a site with funny pictures. Accomplished: Fail.

So...a day wasted when there's so much to do. I'd better get moving and salvage some of it...or go watch them blow up a car in the parking lot at work...I am so weak...I'm embarrassed to admit that I had to move a meeting back a half hour so that I could post the R0ndo bit at exactly 11:11 yesterday morning...*cough*loser!*cough*

Now it is two-thirty and it's raining outside. No dogwalk for now (need to burn calories! Nao!). Good thing I did a death-walk last night-- up and down hills in the dark, letting R0ndo lead-- for almost two hours. Even the dogs are too tired to hike-beg today. And Apache is woof-ing in her sleep under the computer desk. Awww...life is good!

Addenda: and I didn't go see the car blow up which was my mistake, sine the pyro guy was a bit too enthusiastic and blew the roof of the car into the next lot. Note to self: never pass up a pyro event!