Mr G, Tear Down This Garden

I’ve worked a relaxed schedule these past couple of days. My thumbs have not been settling down so I am easing up a little and hoping for some relief. It’s not that I stopped doing everything. Yesterday my main task was to take down the garden. I had to remove the bird net and cut all the tomato plants down. I stopped after that because it was hot out and because of my thumbs. I still have to dump the old soil out of the pots and neaten up the garden area.

Today’s main task was mowing the lawn. Exciting, no?

Random Observation: For some reason the current batch of Prius commercials annoy me. I don’t like all those squirming colorful people.

Random Observation: In another commercial Papa John delivers pizza in the same color and model Camaro that was my first car.

Random Observation: I’ve been listening to 1 of the books we bought on our us day. For some reason I like Kurt Vonnegut’s writing. I like his satiric, black humor and the way he thinks. I don’t agree with many of his views. I like people who can think sideways or shine different light on common thoughts the way a good comedian can make common every day experiences seem strange or funny.

I spent $30 last week on a toy. At least it’s an educational toy. It is the “Einstein Space Navigator”. It is an electronic tool to find and/or identify objects in the night sky(stars, planets, constellations and deep space objects. It arrived this week and I sat down with it last night and learned how to use it. It is actually quite clever. You tell it your location (long,lat) and set the time and it will show the current night sky using a set of 14 maps that come with the unit. It provides voice commands to guide you through the process. When outside it lights the maps with red light so as not to spoil your night vision and you can actually hold the unit up between you and the sky and match the sky with the map.

We are going through a spell of buying on the internet. We are trying to beat the coming inflation and higher taxes that will considerably reduce our buying power. The list of items purchased includes a USB external drive, a netbook for Christy, a new laptop (for me) replacement SD cards and a card reader and mini binoculars, Microsoft Office 2007 for 3 computers, cloth bins for the storage unit, 2 movies for brother Lou’s birthday, a couple of wireless security cameras, replacement blue tooth headsets, and of course a few little LED flashlights. We figure between that and our travel expenses we are doing our part to bring us out of this economy.