Diversicon membership for sale

Wished Nate a Happy Birthday via e-mail. Put away two boxes. Put up one of the lights in the bathroom last night. Hot wired it. Cursed a handyman from long ago wot wuzn't that handy. One light to go and a shower ring. And some towel holders.

Got a call from a yahoo at the stribune. Trying to get me to reup. He asked if I was an agnostic after I complained about the fundies taking over the Monday front page headline. I was somewhat taken aback and wondered at the efficacy of his approach. I shoulda just hung up on the jerk.

I want to sell my Diversicon (this weekend) membership for $25. If anybody's going, please contact me. I'll be hiding in the Wilds o' Dakota.

Bush

I've not looked at the whole load Bush is placing on the national debt, but he's falling behind at over a billion dollars a day this year, and the same last year. It's no wonder the guy was never any good at running companies. I just wonder who's going to bail us out?

Rochester Development as seen from New York...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/garden/12NATU.html

By Anne Raver

"SHANE COEN was speeding out of Minneapolis in his black Volvo, heading southeast for this small city. The state road soon turned to two lanes, flanked by great fields of corn and soybeans and wide green pastures."

How to cook a bluefish?

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/11/dining/11BLUE.html
With a Bit of Love, the Blues Are Just Fine
By DANA BOWEN

"HANG around enough old salts, and sooner or later one of them will recount his favorite recipe for bluefish: Nail a few fillets to a plank of seasoned hardwood, stick them over a fire, and when their edges crisp and curl, throw away the fish and eat the plank."