Liese, I have a deadbolt (only) already in my front door--but how would I know if the combo lock would fit, or if I'd need someone to be cutting new space etc? I mean, they look like they take up more space. I don't get it.

When I moved in, I changed front and back doors over to key-only dead bolts, so it's impossible to "accidentally" lock yourself out (though if you lose the key....) Anyway, it's kept me from incidents where the door clicks behind you when you step out to get the paper while in your pajamas... which is just the sort of thing that could happen to me.

I had a locksmith come on a weekday morning the other day. He charged me $60 because I'm a repeat customer (he remembered the locks from ==10 years ago==) but his usual cost would have been $75. Sounds like a Sunday call would be more expensive....

The hole itself is the same size. The unit itself is larger, but it mounts the same way as a regular deadbolt. You could choose the unit you wanted and then check online or on the box for the dimensions. We just had a regular deadbolt before and it fit just fine.

ION, I just summoned up the last dregs of my sick energy to take out the trash, which I thought the SO had forgotten on his way out to pick up our work team from Albuquerque. I gathered all the various containers into a bag and took the bag out and the trash can to the street. Whereupon I noticed that both of my neighbors were home. Odd for a Monday. Except it isn`t Monday; it`s Sunday, I`ve just been sick so long I`ve completely lost touch with the outside world. So the SO didn`t forget, and I just totally wasted what little energy I do have. It sucks to be missing the day camp the team is putting on but that`s clearly the right call. With my brane this fuzzy who knows what I might have said to them.
 
And I should know it`s Sunday because new Leverage tonight, whoo! I am scheduling my pill taking around being conscious for the show. Oh, The Hair, how I have missed you. I make little blinky morse code signals with my keychain black light in your honor, Hardison. Come back to me Show!

new Leverage tonight, whoo!

I HATE COMCAST

Perkins, do you have a Comcast cable? I'm not sure with cable card tv's, but if you can connect the cable at all to the tv, you can sometimes auto tune directly from the cable without a box. It won't catch all the channels, but it may surprise you by getting USA...

Even though I slept in WAYYY late, D. still hadn't eaten yet (he got the new Mario-whatever game last night for Father's Day) and I was able to make the French toast, sausages, and a fruit cup (strawberries and peaches from farmer's market yesterdat, YUM...Oooh, and I found out the Farmer's Market in OPKS, about 2 miles from our house is ALSO open Wed. AM. So I can get fruit and veg midweek after I drop M. off at camp!)

Yay! And the kitchen is clean -- so I can mess it up again making pot roast, whatev -- and the guys are watching various geeky BuildDestroy things on TV, so I can get some housework done in a bit.

It's really nice out; I think I may mow the front lawn as an addition Father's Day prezzie, since I am kinda tapped out moneywise.

For Hec: Great moments in alternate history: the golden age of zeppelin

If I've learned anything from Alternate History fiction, it's that in 90% of all alternate universes are timelines where A.) Hitler won WWII; or B.) people fly zeppelins instead of planes. Today we'll explore the latter.

Watching Brazil-Cote d'Ivoire is killing me, maybe I should replay the awesome New Zealand goal of this morning.

Ha! I just called my parents to wish Dad a happy Father's Day, and Mom said "We're at Ben Franklin Crafts. Is there anything you need me to pick up?" My parents know me well.