Good Lord, ita! yikes. Is the air quality affecting you?

Not so manly. But not filled with caring about it either.

Headline of the day?

Elephants electrocuted in drunken rampage

GAUHATI, India - Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast, a wildlife official said Tuesday.

Nearly 40 elephants came to a village on Friday looking for food. Some found beer, which farmers ferment and keep in plastic and tin drums in their huts, said Sunil Kumar, a state wildlife official.

They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya state, Kumar said.

"There would have been more casualties had the villagers not chased them away," said Dipu Mark, a local conservationist.

The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities in India's northeast. Four wild elephants died in similar circumstances in the region three years ago.

Geez, be careful ita.

ita, please to come to Ireland where I can keep you safe and feed you tea.

Is the air quality affecting you?

Oddly enough, the air was redolent of jasmine last night. You can tell something's up here, but I'm sure we have the least of it in the SoCal area--closish to the water, but not that near to Malibu or San Diego.

This fainting/collapsing thing is for the birds. How can I be manly if I keep swooning?

eta:

please to come to Ireland where I can keep you safe and feed you tea.

Now, somehow tea just makes the offer.

Have training almost all day today and for the next two days. Am still bruised from circle pit on Saturday night. Send moar coffee, pls.

Take care of yourself, ita!! Smashed and hurt-y is not A Good Thing.

Ellie is so cute! Love her smile.

And yes, I too use two spaces between sentences, and can't change it now.

I dropped Mom off at O'Hare this morning, which means I get my bed back tonight--yay! Sleeping on the couch is all right (I do it a lot even without someone else using my bed), but the cat decided to jump on top of me at 1:30 am, and then play with an empty plastic bag at around 3, so I'm pretty tired right now.

ita, be careful!!

Manliness quiz (from Popular Mechanics) - how many of these can you do? 1. Patch a radiator hose - Yup. I've even replaced a radiator by myself. All hail Chilton manuals.
2. Protect your computer - Uh, yeah.
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized - Never had the chance.
4. Frame a wall - Yes.
5. Retouch digital photos - Yes.
6. Back up a trailer - Yes.
7. Build a campfire - Yes.
8. Fix a dead outlet - With the proper tools, which I don't have any more.
9. Navigate with a map and compass - Yes.
10. Use a torque wrench - Yes.
11. Sharpen a knife - Yes.
12. Perform CPR - Yes.
13. Fillet a fish - Yes. Also, euch.
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid - Both a car and a motorcycle.
15. Get a car unstuck - Yes.
16. Back up data - Um, duh?
17. Paint a room - Yes.
18. Mix concrete - Have done.
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle - I've never seen one.
20. Change oil and filter - Yes.
21. Hook up an HDTV - Dude, my TV's 20 years old.
22. Bleed brakes - Yes.
23. Paddle a canoe - Not well. But circles are fun!
24. Fix a bike flat - Yes.
25. Extend your wireless network - Again with the slow adoption of tech.

Do as in "I have successfully done this thing at least once in my life."

from Cut to the Chase - list of self-sufficiency:

Okay, yes to all of these, though the directional one has taken me a while.

I guess I'm very manly?

Yay juliana, my sister in manliness!

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