Today, I gave away a second phonograph player that I own. I've owned two phonograph players for at least 15 years. Neither of them are "DJ units", just standard home units manufactured in '87 and '91. The one I gave away isn't as good as the other one, but I had bought it myself. The better one, that I still use, was given to me. But one day, maybe I would need the other unit....
From the folks at BoingBoing, this is awe inspiring in a really, really scary way. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/07/cruise-ship-chaos-vi.html Shorter YouTube version too...
There was a sink-hole in St. Paul this-morning. Ever since I heard this story about a woman who fell through a grate in Manhattan, I've been worried about sidewalk grates. I just can't function if I have to worry about whole sidewalks, too! Someone I know sent me a PDF file that had some pictures. This is a really huge hole. When I first heard about it, I was thinking man-hole cover size, not SUV size....
I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, J. It was one of those marathon chats that go on and on, but we didn't really say much. It's Labor day today, so we chatted about that. I mentioned that I saw a tree on Friday that had half it's leaves brown already. Fall is closing in early. She mentioned some of the things she is doing where she is....