Things were so much better two weeks ago

Whatever. You know, to me, Washington in 1990 seemed a little bit sleepy, back when liveable houses could still be had for less than $200,000. Boomers don't corner the market on nostalgia, but sometimes it seems like they do.

Back to my original comment, I wonder what you'd find in America's pants? It used to be that one could find change from a $20 in almost every pair of pants I owned. That is no longer true; the fortune in my pants has been exhausted.

Another disturbing note, in it's regular spam-letter, Handspring featured a letter from a second grader to the principle of his school protesting a ban on electronic devices. He detailed the way he used his Visor for school purposes. Now, I think a PDA would be useful for a student, but in second grade? That seems... I don't know. How is anybody ever going to learn penmanship?

If I could go back and take a remedial class, I'd take penmanship. Mine blows.

Life is all right around here. I'm very slow answering my e-mail. (Seriously, I have things to answer as far back as October of last year.) Otherwise, I'm managing. My latest project is refinishing a dresser. I'm stripping the ugly varnish, then I'm going to put a matte white stain on the wood; assuming I'm right about the color of the wood, I'll replace the drawer handles with some crackled white ceramic ones I found at Restoration Hardware.

I hope to finish putting the varnish remover on tonight. With any luck, I can finish the project by the weekend. Well, we'll see.

Looks like it's going to rain, and rain hard in about two seconds. Never mind, it's raining now.

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