A musical influence in my youth.
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Brown No More
For 20 years, we have lived in a brown house among the trees. That changed today, as John Fenger and crew primed the house for its new sage green exterior. Quite a change and a bit of a shock.
Brown House
White House
Update: 7/4/14
The first coat of sage green paint has been applied (it’s greener than it looks in this photo).
Green House
Not evil magic, science
I knew there must be a good reason why earbud cords are perpetually tangled. Now this article at Slate explains why.
The research shows that your earphones are indeed spontaneously knotting themselves. Sure, it’s because of their length and the agitation of the container they’re in. But the knots really do form as a matter of physics, not because of your personal lack of neatness.
Photo by Robert S. Donovan.
Thanks, Comcast
Comcast may be a nameless, faceless Borg but they came out on a Sunday afternoon and fixed my Internet. So, thanks.
New Office Mate
We had to empty Jacob’s room for wall texturing tomorrow, so I’m playing host to Canberra the Bearded Dragon.