So, if someone poured water on your computer, how long would you wait before turning it back on?
And, would you simply wait? Â Or:
Put it in a low oven?
Blow it with a hairdryer?
Pour denatured alcohol into it?
Incident Report
Friday: A terrorist, believed to be acting alone, scored a direct hit on a high value target this morning. An experienced Homeland Security agent was present and monitoring the facilities but unable to avert the stealth attack. Preliminary investigations suggest it was likely the work of a homegrown threat rather than Islamic extremism.
Facts:
Date of incident: 10:46 a.m., 03-27-2009
Weapon: H20 filled flotation device repurposed as projectile
Current disposition of high value target: inoperational
Final status: unknown
Outlook: Grave. The high value equipment targeted is essential to homeland sanity.
High Value Target: Inoperational
Suspect currently in custody.
Languages spoken
Babblelonian: fluent
English: few words
Weight: 30 lbs
Height: 34 inches
Hair: brown
Eyes: blue
Suspect in Custody
I have been remembering two friends recently. They aren’t deceased—both are my age, and as far as I know, alive and well. However because we haven’t connected electronically—neither has joined Facebook, become a blogger, or visited here that I’m aware—on a day to day basis apart from the biennial or worse Christmas letter reunions—it is as though they are gone.
It is much easier to find a parking spot at the fitness center in March than in January.*
*I do not make this observation from the vantage of the smug self-righteous exerciser. My children could, but I can’t. On the other hand, do you think chasing Kate might count as an aerobic workout? How about weightlifting? Do I get credit for that?
Ava's Hummingbird Mint (Agastache)
The other day, I posted about my favorite plants. One of the plants I mentioned, Ava’s Hummingbird Mint (agastache), is discouragingly expensive. It is on sale this week at High Country Gardens* (the only place where you can buy it). It is still expensive, but every little bit helps!
*I am not affiliated with High Country Gardens in any way, except that: 1) I have spent too much money there and 2) I have greatly benefited from their wonderful website, their beautiful catalog, and their good advice about waterwise gardening.
Kate is adorable and very busy. It takes more than a day to clean up a day of her “work.”
Click on the collage to see it full size.
Children can be frustrating. Children can be very frustrating. Children can push you and push you and push you, and . . . you can’t push back. But you can go outside and prune your roses.
I haven’t been much of a blood donor. I was over 30 the first time I donated. I did not have a good experience.
Pmom
If you’ve been paying attention it should be obvious–naming myself Pmom had no reference whatsoever to the PlayMate of the Month sort of Pmom. (Yes, I was chagrined to learn this acronym just the other day. Bummer. Moral: Always google your prospective online identity before adopting it.)
Pmom is also not: Parallel Methods of Moments, nor Peninsula Mothers of Multiples, nor a Performance Management Operations Manual, nor a Philip Morris Put Option. And, although these look like nice people, Pmom can’t claim the identity of either this random blogger or this MySpace user.
*See also my About Me page
