This weekend marks the traditional "start of the summer", the "start of the driving season" and such.

It also is Memorial Day, time when we should be honoring those who served and who are currently serving.

Alas, that people in the Washington, D.C. area seem to be unable to support the troops. more...

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We celebrated the end of my daughter's ballet season with a meal at Fuddrucker's tonight.

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One year and a few weeks after we lost a good four-legged friend, we appear to have found another. We are in the process of adopting a young female Doberman mix. Our current dog, Saffron (a 14-year old Rhodesian Ridgeback), seems to be mostly O.K., with it (if the puppy gets too rough, she lets it be known).

The strange thing is that the first dog we had as a married couple was a female Doberman mix. Her name was Java. This dog goes by Mocha.

(Cue Twilight Zone theme music...)

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Well, I should wrap this up. I was delayed in posting mostly because Saturday and Sunday were such hectic days that I took Monday off to try and recuperate. But that took until Tuesday. And here we are on Wednesday, and I'm still feeling the burn.

It appears (before expenses) that we did better this year than last year. Which is a Good Thing seeing that Friday turned out to be rained out and Sunday had enough rain to make the day slow. I still cooked a lot of food. I had some good volunteers working for me and some so-so volunteers.

The shuffle threw in a surprise on occasion, such as a George Harrison followed by a Beatles song, or two Brian Eno tracks in a row. Still seemed to be a preponderance of R.E.M. tracks. Considering that there are multiple days worth of music on the iPod, and some groups have significantly more tracks in the current load of songs, I dont' know why it seems to "hover" around certain groups.

And the musical mix ended with... more...

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It's just that time of year.

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“Accuracy and diligence are much more necessary to a lawyer, than great comprehension of mind, or brilliancy of talent. His business is to refine, define, and split hairs, to look into authorities, and compare cases. A man can never gallop over the fields of law on Pegasus, nor fly across them on the wing of oratory. If he would stand on terra firma he must descend; if he would be a great lawyer, he must first consent to be only a great drudge.”
—Daniel Webster

Lifted in toto from Timothy Sandefur's Freespace.

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Is it legal to murder your teenage child?

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...among other things. He also appears to be of the opinion that copyright does not apply to him.

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The "easy" five-mile hike we took yesterday actually ran eight miles over rocky terrain, according to the GPS.

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Don't stress one thing more than another.

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Ask your body.

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A Boy Scouts camping trip in Oklahoma will keep me away from the computer tomorrow.

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Look at the order in which you do things.

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Well...another night. Madness is starting to take its toll.

Not so much music listened too tonight due to...well...a very, very, very busy night. Good weather, warm weather, a discount on rides equals lots of work in the kitchen!

So, to be brief, as I am fried...

The Beatles: "Glass Onion" (The Beatles, a.k.a., The White Album).

The Clash: "The Guns of Brixton" (London Calling).

Collection: "The End of Words" (Material) (Ambient: A Brief History of Ambient). "Rebel Rouser" (Duane Eddy) (Forrest Gump).

Dead Can Dance: "Tell Me About the Forest (You Once Called Home)" (Into the Labyrinth).

Peter Gabriel: "Down the Dolce Vita" (Peter Gabriel 01). "A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World" (Peter Gabriel 02). "Mahmoud Tabrizi—Prelude in Tchahargah" (Passion Sources).

Genesis: "Domino" (Invisible Touch).

Jean Michel Jarre: "Chronologie (Part 6)" (Chronologie).

Elton John: "I Feel Like the Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (Greatest Hits, Volume II).

King Crimson: "Matte Kudasai" (Discipline).

Natalie Merchant: "Dust Bowl" (Live in Concert).

Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers: "Casa Dega"; "Psychotic Reaction (Live)" (Playback).

The Police: "Deathwish" (Regatta De Blanc).

Talking Heads: "Don't Worry About the Government" (Sand in the Vaseline).

U2: "So Cruel" (Acthung Baby).

XTC: "That Wave" (Nonsuch).

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My wife's new hairstyle and color make her look like a new woman; variety is the spice of life.

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Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element.

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My car spent the day in the shop, and I got spoiled driving a brand new rental car.

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Don't break the silence.

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Le growl! Le snarl! Le chomp! ...and other madness... Just when you thought you had gotten over those dang cats.

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Be dirty.

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