Only 4-6 weeks until the weather turns nice — ba-de-yah!

The registration for Jesse's motorcycle expired yesterday. Oh, well, I rode it to work once.

Even when the Subway shop is only 1.2 miles away, it takes longer to go pick up lunch than it does to eat it.

New Commuting By Car post regarding outside mirrors. I'm sure you're thrilled :-)

Psych! The link turns white again. Forgot to mention (as if it were important) that I go to the dentist to get a new cavity today. If, 6 months from now, he creates "finds" another one, I'm going back to my old dentist.

Football returns to Lamar University this fall. I just got an email from someone in the music department with this picture.



First Lamar University Marching Band practice since 1989.

They'll be doing two shows each game. Before the game, they'll do a military style show, playing traditional marches. At halftime, they'll do a contemporary "corps style" show.

When I was in high school we marched military style. When I got to Lamar, we were what was then called a "show band", and which is basically (if not exactly... I don't know) like what is now called corps style. Interesting that they're now doing both. And what a lot of work that must be!

Chances of rain Mon-Fri:
High Temp:

KHOU (channel 11):
30, 30, 60, 60, 30
98, 99, 96, 95, 97

KPRC (channel 2):
30, 30, 30, 30, 20
99, 99, 96, 95, 96

The Weather Channel:
40, 40, 40, 40, 40
97, 97, 90, 89, 91

High of less than 90? It's been 90 degrees at 10:00 pm lately! Go Weather Channel... we're pulling for your forecast!

After over 11 inches of rain in July (a record, where average is about 4.5) my yard has completely dried up in 2 weeks.

It's weird to be talking about such things. It seems almost surreal for some reason, like I'm presently partaking in a former life. Kind-of wish my life would get into superficial mode. This heavy stuff is eating me alive.

The other morning, I found an automatic balancing device on my tire. But I doubt it would have stayed on for long. Cicada shells don't have much mass, anyway.



Reliant Energy installed a new smart meter at my house. Somehow, I'm supposed to be able to log in to a website and see my electric usage in 15-minute increments, enabling me to play with my programmable thermostat settings to optimize my electric use. There are also some devices that talk to this meter wirelessly, which should allow you to log in to the same website and turn things on and off. I don't know when I'll be able to do all (or any) of this.


Here's a wise saying on a tea bag that, as far as I can tell, has no real meaning. What is says (since it's hard to read through the clouds coming off of the tea) is "if you unconsciously live a conscious life, you can never be poor". If, in your opinion, that means something, feel free to clue me in.


Here's a picture of the house next door a few days ago, looking pretty much like it has for the last 23 months.


Here's a picture today. The trailer is gone! Next, maybe they'll put all of their cars in the driveway instead of leaving two on the street.


Finally, Jacque and I went to McDonalds for coffee last night. She got decaf. I got a cappuccino and slept poorly last night. I also asked the guy if they had any extra Silver Surfer Happy Meal toys laying around, and he enthusiastically got one for me :-)


Week three: I posted on the "Commutng By Car" blog again. This ends my "freshman album", meaning that everything I had in mind when I started, I've posted. Whether I can continue to come up with more on a weekly basis remains to be seen.

I usually limit myself to one per year. Not that raising that limit is being self-indulgent.

Okay, I guess I have to admit that I haven't limited the colds, I've just been lucky that last 15 or so years. It isn't bad yet, but I've lost the willpower I once had regarding not taking anything that makes me feel better. My theory has been that reducing fever or drying up sinuses is like shutting off your defenses, and will only allow the disease to take over, but I just took some Sudafed PE. If I get worse, I'll blame the Sudafed.