I couldn't watch that because I was afraid the cat would kill that man.

But bad in that I'd RATHER have lots of good "US" time...except lately it wasn't good us time, so...yeah.

Yeah, I hear that. Sorry.

Probably not, though, I've got podcasts piled up.

Podcasts are why I stopped listening to music regularly! Also, my lack of long commute.

Yeah, I've got both those things going on. And now I'm just out of the habit. I was listening to music while I was running, and that reminded me that I liked listening to music, but I'm out of the habit of running right now, too.

I think I'm going to take this opportunity of my electric mower crapping out on me to buy a human-powered push mower. Does anyone have any experience and/or opinions on brands or whatever? I"m leaning towards [link] on the theory that when I have time and inclination to mow the lawn is in the early morning...

This should be public on fb: [link]

Push mowers work pretty well, but not great. If you ever let the lawn get too long, the reel mower won't be able to cut it back down, and there are some weeds that don't cut well so the lawn can start to look scraggly. Because you have to mow so often, a small yard is all you can manage.

I used one for years but had an old power mower that I brought out once a month or so to reboot the lawn.

Now I have kids and a much larger lawn, so I use a battery powered electric. But I did enjoy the quiet of the reel mower. You could mow in the cool of the early morning. Hell, you could mow the lawn barefoot if you wanted too, because the mower was so safe.

Planning for a trip to Europe in late July (yay!) and called the credit card company to find out what their foreign transaction fee is and what index they use for calculating exchange rates. The second question has utterly befuddled the CSR.

I've been on hold for a while.

Yeah, mowing in the morning is what I am after. You are freaking me out with that mowing barefoot idea, that's crazy talk! Though I was also figuring that being able to have the dog in the yard with me while I mow would be a nice bonus.

I have a pretty small yard but it does grow fast (stupid high water table, grass is supposed to die back in California if you don't water it all summer!), so it sometimes gets tall and often looks scraggly, but I'm thinking I would mow more often if I could do it when it's cool and I have time, so eventually it would look better, on average.

What happens if you try to mow when the grass is too tall?

Ooh, fun, Dana! The vacation, not being on hold.

If you try to mow the grass when it is too tall the reel mower just bends it over but doesn't cut it

At commencement at ucsb. A young woman had a gutted book on her mortarboard that when opened said Thanks Mom and Dad. Very charming. Small ceremony but nice.