Coe Fire

There is a large fire at Henry Coe Park, which has been burning since Labor Day. It has filled up the valley with smoke, and the sun is at crazy orange color like an eclipse or other apocalyptic sign.

Last night, SKGP had trouble sleeping because she was worried about the fire getting our house and us. We explained that it was miles and miles away, but she was still freaked out. She was up until around 4 AM, off and on.

Pirate Day Is Coming

Batton down the hatches, Talk Like A Pirate Day is almost here! September 19. Do something piratical.



A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel in his fly.
The bartender asks him about it.
The pirate replies "Arrr, it's drivin' me nuts!"

Chowchilla

An article about one of the parts of one of our projects. They confused me with DMP.

Don't Catch Up With Me

You may have gotten an email asking you to join Quetchup.com (or some such spelling). Don't -- its a virus masking itself as a social networking site.

Sorry to all who were infected.

Hyundai Update

Since 8/31/06, I've been gathering data on my car. So, here is a one year summary...

Miles per year: 18,492 (Odometer is now at 22,360)
Gallons of gas per year: 796.695
Average price per gallon:$2.82
Miles per gallon: 23.21
Cost per mile: $0.121
Total Gas Purchased: $2,246.73
Service and other expenses: $506.51
Estimated amount of carbon released: 7.728 tons

I'm still happy with the car. I just washed it and vacuumed out the corn bread that EJP obliterated in it yesterday.

Green Gables

"Mom, I never want to watch Anne of Green Gables again. I hate that movie."

Eva's Song

PS: EJP: "Mom, after I take a nap, if I'm a good cooperator and I don't fuss, can I
watch Eva on your computer?"