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[lsanderson]

Isn't this like a long day or is it just me?

Got my bike shorts on last night, but not sure I can give myself a ribbon, although they are blue. Never made it out the door.

Discovered that the canister filter in the basement isn't pumping water. It looks as if one part has been broken for a long time and that the impeller is going too. Can't find parts for it so far, even on the Internet. That initiated my missed bike ride. I was still sitting here as the sun went down in the west. While looking for parts, I was looking at a new canister filter, but they're just kind of expensive.

Movies in today's NY Times:

Minority Report, Sunshine State from John Sayles (with that hot Marc Blucas), which Steven Holden really liked, Lilo and Stitch, and yet again, a movie about a hustler, Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler, and even a docudrama about Jeffrey, Dahmer.

Comments

[serendipoz.livejournal.com]

What's a canister filter? Why should a filter pump water?

You at least got your bicycle shorts on, ....

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

A canister filter is an external aquarium filter. If it isn't pumping water, then it isn't filtering. A filter that doesn't filter is not worth a whole lot. After a while, the fish get slightly distressed, even if it is a huge tank. Filters for big tanks are themselves big and just slightly expensive too.

I went to a little pet store out here near where I work, and they had the parts. Now all I have to do is put them in and see if it fixes it.

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

It's a long day.

Just give yourself a blue ribbon for good intentions. And then you can join the rest of us on the road...

I managed to read one of the Hugo nominees last night - Hell is the Absence of God, by Ted Chiang - it's in Starlight 3 (available for loan to qualified Hugo voters)(and to anyone else who might want to borrow it). I haven't yet read any of the other nominees in this category. I found the story somewhat disquieting.

It inspired me to collect the rest of the nominees for shorter fiction that are currently in my possession. I figure the odds of my reading the short fiction in time to make an informed vote are better than my odds of doing the same with the novels.

The review in the Strib convinced me that I might want to see Lilo and Stitch.

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

The Times rather liked it for a Disney, although they really like the "Sunshine State" even more. (But, I don't think it's showing here...)

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

It's only like the longest day of the year.

[serendipoz.livejournal.com]

It's also the birthday of my favorite sister!

I'd like to see Lilo and Stitch, too!

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

"Isn't this like a long day or is it just me?"

It's a VERY long day.

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