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They Might Be in Minneapolis
They Might Be Giants are touring in support of their new, very good, album “The Else” and will be in Minneapolis on September 19th at First Ave. (Which is a Monday and the TBA opening act starts at 9PM so likely to be a pretty late night) Anyone want to go?
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Billing oddity
I learned something today about my electric bill: The State Taxes are computed on the subtotal and the City Fee rather than just the subtotal. I actually called Xcel Energy to ask about it because there was an apparent extra $0.25 in the State Tax line item and after getting hung up on the first time got someone helpful who figured it out.
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Tripoli August 2007 Launch
Tripoli August 2007 LaunchVideo sent by nstohlma In case anyone wants to see the rest of the good video from the couple of hours that we were at the launch on Saturday, here’s a barely edited version.
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Karla’s First Rocket
Karla’s First RocketVideo sent by nstohlma Karla’s first model rocket launch. The model is the Estes “Astron Outlaw” from the “Launchables” Starter Kit.
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Miles’ First Rocket
Miles’ First RocketVideo sent by nstohlma Miles’ first model rocket launch. The model is the Estes “Black Diamond” from the “Launchables” Starter Kit.
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Chicken or Egg?
So I am just about done with Star Trek: Next Generation Season 4 through Netflix, and my understanding is that there is some overlap between that Star Trek: Deep Space 9. So my question is: Is there a particular combination that I should watch them in so that they make the most sense in the shared continuity, or does it not matter? For example, should I setup my queue so that I get ST:TNG S5 D1 at the same time that I get ST:DS9 S1 D1, or should I watch all of ST:TNG S5 and then watch all of ST:DS9 S1, or the other way around.
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Fwoosh
Wanna see what I did last Saturday? It was quite a bit of fun. I was working on decanting the video from my camera last night when the power went out from a storm that blew through. I’ll try to remember to post links appropriately when that’s finally done.
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My horn
While I’m on the topic, I should mention the details about my horn. A few years ago after searching for a few months I came across a used four valve front bell American Euphonium that was in decent shape (Lots of scratches, some dents, lacquer is very worn but largely intact) for a remarkably good price. The sound isn’t as good as the Yamaha YEP-321S I played in college but for less than $500 it is certainly good enough.
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…and then he said, “We could start a Klezmer band”…
While we didn’t get to any actual gaming this last session, Shaun mentioned that he had acquired a clarinet and was was re-learning to play it after having a sort of relevatory moment at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. So I mentioned that I had acquired a euphonium a few years ago but had been horrible about actually getting it out and playing it very often (though I am proud to say it comes out at least once every six months, which is better than nothing) and Mark mentioned that he hadn’t played his trumpet in quite awhile.
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Little white lies
See if you can spot the inaccuracy in the following statement: A pleasantly flavored ready-to-use barium sulfate suspension USP for use as an aid for computed tomography of the gastrointestinal tract.