This *is* a political post

Awesome. McCain chose Palin for VP. I’m thrilled not because she’s a woman but because I’ve been impressed by everything I’ve read about her. I think it’s a great choice for McCain and is a good political move to boot.
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Edited to add: Now that the story has had time to brew [...]

It’s about time!

MLB to start using instant replay:
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From what I read somewhere earlier, it will only be used (initially) to make calls on fair/foul balls and home runs (whether they hit the yellow line, were touched by a fan, bounced over the wall, etc). God knows the Indians have been ripped by several bad calls exactly [...]

Just stuff

For anyone who remembers, we finally wrapped things up with the builder, monetarily, and are done with that part of the project.  The bank conveniently had to push us back a month before setting us up on our regular mortgage, meaning we’re paying another month of full interest, but that should be settled next month [...]

Free doesn’t always mean without cost

No, this isn’t a political post.
With the cost of food these days, the idea of having free food growing on our property makes me happy.  Very happy.  The blackberries are plentiful and we didn’t even have to plant them or water them.  In fact, we’ve been cutting them down since they’re growing on the dam [...]

Slacking

There’s been stuff going on, I just haven’t really had time to photograph or write about it.
Guy nearly finished the grading on the south side of the house, including tree removal, so the view of the pond is greatly improved.
We’ve been moving more stuff, including the gigundous (that’s gy-gun-dus) desk I scored from work which [...]