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Thu, Feb 22, 2007

I Have a Driveway

Posted at 5:34 pm MST to Miscellaneous

Mind you, it bears more than a passing resemblance to a hog-wallow at the moment. I have got to get it filled and re-graded this summer.

And the truck's skid plate left marks on the top of the remains of the drift near the dumpster.

But my truck is actually parked 10 steps from the front porch for the first time in what seems like forever.

They are predicting snow and wind for tomorrow, so the respite may be brief, but this is the first time in the month of February that the truck has been parked in its proper place. I need water softener salt pretty badly (and I can't carry 40 or 50 pound bags the length of the driveway) so I may go over to Home Depot early tomorrow while the weather is still good and stock up before the front moves in later in the day.

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Whole Foods and Wild Oats

Posted at 8:19 am MST to Current Events

It has been announced that Whole Foods is buying the Wild Oats grocry chain.

I have mixed feelings about this. I hope they don't close the store in Superior, where I do so much of my shopping.
On the other hand, I really prefer the Whole Foods mix of products. I have spent a fair amount of time being annoyed that my local Wild Oats does not carry something I know I would be able to get at the Whole Foods 10 miles away n central Boulder.

And the Boulder Whole Foods store has a great, well run, produce department (Hi, Bob.) Maybe the buyout will eventually result in some improvements in the store here.

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Giant Squid

Posted at 8:09 am MST to Current Events

A New Zealand fishing boat has caught a colossal squid (as opposed to a giant squid, which is a different species) and brought the (dead) creature back for scientific study. It's reported to be 10 meters (33 feet) long and 450 kilograms (990 pounds). That's a lot of squid.

It was caught and pulled up from the deep ocean because it was eating a fish caught by a fishing line.

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