Questions and answers

1) Is the temporary-looking fence that recently went up along a good portion of the wetlands where I go running truly "ELECTRIFIED"?

Answer: Yes. In today's run, I came across people fussing over the fence. THANE: Is that thing really electrified? GUY: Yes. THANE: Why? GUY: There are going to be three hundred goats eating grass and scrub here, starting Saturday. THANE: Three hundred goats? GUY: Yes. THANE: Forever? GUY: No goat is forever. They'll be here just five days.

Note to self—bring camera on Sunday's run. "No goat is forever"—wish I could have said that.

2) What's the right karma to apply in setting up a secondary router in our house? And maybe I could just buy a simple hub instead?

Answer: You idiot! You have the secondary router set up already! See that thing blinking forlornly under a pile of cables behind that printer and under your long-since dead and departed ISDN equipment? That's the secondary router you installed and promptly forgot about.

Recently favorited

I love browsing through other people's flickr photos. Most of them (like most of my photos) are boring. Then suddenly in the midst of them there will be a snapshot like this, and I can't stop staring at it. What makes this photo so great? I don't know. I guess I'll stare at it some more.

Added later: Looks like whoever took this photo, which shows two people at a table in what looks like a French farmhouse, each with one elbow propped up on it and interesting expressions on their faces, either just turned off blogging of their photos, or flickr is flaky, or something, I don't know. Anyway there's still a link to it that works, which I used above. If that goes away, I guess we've got another case of privacy-itis on our hands. Why do people use software and tools that distributes content to the world if they're not willing to share that content? Perhaps because the interfaces to flickr are so complicated...I don't know

Louise Pound

From the program to the "Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame 13th Annual Induction Ceremony," 24 September 2006, pg 4

Louise Pound was a pioneer among women athletes in the state of Nebraska, enjoying much success during her high school age years although never participating in structured high school athletics. Tennis and golf were her top sports, but she gained acclaim in figure skating, skiing, cycling, basketball, swimming, riding, and bowling. She was the captain of the University of Nebraska basketball team. She was Lincoln's best woman golfer for more than 20 years and in 1916 was the first state women's golf champion. In tennis, many of her championships came against all comers, including men. At one time, she was the top-ranked amateur tennis player in the country. During her 50 years as a professor at the University of Nebraska, she was a staunch advocate of increased opportunities in athletics for females.