Before I left for work this morning, I read this story of a couple who killed themselves and their little girl with carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday. As you might imagine, I have a personal interest in carbon monoxide suicide so I rode by on my way to work. I was surprised to find that they had set out their trash and recycling before going through it.
Pictures from Iowa
The long weekend gave me some time to catch up on a few things including flipping through some pictures I took in Iowa and Minnesota. You can check them out here.
Update 9/4: This morning I discovered a bunch of pictures that I had not gone through yet. I’ll update the gallery with those soon.
Update 9/5: I added more photos and re-arranged the ones that were there. Some photos are missing captions but it’s mostly done.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 1747
Weight lost: 42 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 6
Hours billed last week: 16.5
Aches & pains: none!
Current reading:: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Recent listening: CSN (box set) by Crosby, Stills and Nash, Coverville, DrugMusic
Recent viewing: Tournament of the Americas, Countdown
Recent playing: Gimme Friction Baby, Guitar Hero II (XBox 360)
Recently accomplished: Paid bills, finished “Medium” level of Guitar Hero II, beach pictures
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, fix Thomas’ computer, finish garage, freecycle gorilla shelf parts, Goodwill trip, doctor appointments
Beach pictures
I created a new gallery of some pictures I took while we were at the beach earlier this month. It was a great afternoon with Uncle Buddy and Cousin Natians and, regrettably, the only one where we got in any beach time. I also uploaded a few to my Flickr page.
Bridge Pedal Pictures
I only snapped a few photos during the Bridge Pedal yesterday. Fortunately, someone on Flickr was smart enough to start a group for everyone to share pictures of the event. Here’s a few favorites:
- Thomas said, “Did you see that“?
- Because of the delays, we missed much of the goofiness.
- Post-crash analysis
- The last bridge was a tough climb.
- Holding up the Fremont Bridge
- Fruit and beverages that we never got.
Graham and I snapping iPhone pictures
Yesterday Graham, Thomas and I played with iPhones for over an hour at the Apple Store in the Mall of America. Graham and I snapped photos of each other but Graham’s iPhone didn’t have email setup.
You’re doing it wrong
I’ve seen many of these pictures over the years, but somebody was smart enough to gather them together on one website. Good for a few minutes of enjoyment.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 1496
Weight lost: 50 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 7
Hours billed last week: 45.5
Aches & pains: sciatic
Current reading:: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Recent listening: Handsome Boy Modeling School, The Zombies, Sun Ra, NPR Story of the Day
Recent viewing: The Simpsons, Mindfreak, Man vs. Wild, Biography: Johnny Depp, Biography: Howie Mandel, Gilmore Girls
Recent playing: Pangea Arcade
Recently accomplished: fixed temporary mailbox so it would open, uploaded photographs, cleaned inside of tent, installed memory and DVD drive for Thomas, sent off Lala envelopes, packed up tent, backed up Tina, Graham & me, bike maintenance, cat box, installed desk lamp for Graham, groceries, CD for Ziad, sifted through inbox items
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, renew van registration, pack for Iowa, finalize Iowa travel plans, clear Tivo schedule for vacation, new litter for cat box, fix boomtube, call Kent, call Colleen/Kurt, record movie for Mindy
No pictures, no cry
As I mentioned earlier this month, our first zoo concert this year was the Wailers. Tina blogged about it back then and I finally got around to posting the pictures in the Rynosoft Gallery. I also posted some crowd pictures to Flickr.
“My dad wears many hats”
Thomas brought this home from school. He photoshopped this picture I have on Flickr and added the text.
