Saturday, May 31, 2008
Barn Raising, Part 1
Had we known my car would blow up, we probably wouldn't have started this project this year (or paved the 2/3 of the driveway we did two weeks ago). As it is, we'll probably end up with a carport, not a barn, at least for this year. Here is the site and some very large trusses that will hold the whole thing up.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Required Reading
Intellectual historian Susan Jacoby on our misuse of the term elite:
All the older forms of elite-bashing have now devolved into a kind of aggressive denial of the threat to American democracy posed by public ignorance.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Electoral Votes Daily
Here's an interesting, if alarming, site. It tracks daily the odds of McCain v. the Democratic candidates in electoral votes per state. I think it's interesting enough that I've replaced the delegate count in the right margin so folks can track this every day.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Happy Birthday, Successful Surgery
We have people on both sides of the family going in for surgery this week and having birthdays (one today, one yesterday), so happy/successful birthday/surgery to all!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Driving Less and Enjoying It Less
Gas is well over $4/gallon throughout Dryden and in most of Ithaca, with a couple of exceptions. The good news is that high prices seem to be affecting behavior, finally.
Sign of the Times
We've always given away our eggs. Lately, we have had quite a glut, as the chickens are putting forth two dozen or more per day. So Paul advertised on the listserve at school: Fresh eggs, $1/dozen. (At Wegman's this week, they're $2.38/dozen.) He must have heard back from everyone in the school.
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