Author Archives: canoelover

…until today. We were forced to huddle around my crackberry to get our internet fix for the day. The geeks at TDS sent us a new modem, I fixed a few wires that had come loose during a remodel, and … Continue reading →

This has never happened before on our little home weather station, but apparently the wind chill was too low to show up on the monitor, reading instead “OFL.” I don’t know what OFL means…maybe it’s “really really cold” in Taiwanese. … Continue reading →

This is a record for Madison schools, who last closed during the eruption of Vesuvius. If biblical apocalyptic burning hail came falling from the sky, Madison schools would issue asbestos umbrellas and run classes as usual. But thats not the … Continue reading →

Courtesy of Five Star Floors.

See Stephanie knit. Knit, purl, knit purl. Knit knit knit. See Darren lace. Over, under, over under. See Darren tie a girth hitch. Hitch hitch hitch. See the reflection off the top of Darren’s head. Squint squint squint. It looks … Continue reading →

Great day in the Arboretum. Ian had a scout activity this AM, earning his last few badges for his Eagle Scout. Being an Eagle Scout may seem like an anachronism these days, but it’s a lot like work, and for … Continue reading →

Two very random but cool things happened to me in the past few days. First random thing: The folks at Vibram sent me a new pair of Five Fingers. These are the KSOs (Keep Stuff Out, or perhaps another S-word … Continue reading →

…when they talked about the Kelvin temperature scale, when all molecular movement ceases, etc. etc.? Well, welcome to Wisconsin.

Well, they found my bags…and I survived skankiness through the grace of friends. Noah at Mountain Khakis gave me a pair of Original Mountain Pants. Bill at Icebreaker gave me some underwear and a shirt. Carol at Smartwool gave me … Continue reading →

Airline travel is weird. You buy a ticket, you trust in the Airline Gods (false gods, of course) to do something really simple–get your bag from A to B to C. If the airline randomly flew you to a different … Continue reading →