Hippo, Birdie, two Ewes...

... to allisona!

Weekend wrapup

Hmm... not much activity to report, but there's some news. As it turned out, the chaoswolf spent Friday night on the cot downstairs, since she was still a little shaky on the stairs. Over the weekend she slept in her new loft bed and pronounced it "comfy". The swelling over her eye was pretty-much gone this morning and her sunglasses cover most of the bruising, which is going down nicely. Tough little wolf. Apparently her assailants have been linked to at least three other attacks in the neighborhood, including a rape and a murder. Things could have been much worse.

Saturday after my walk I stopped in at Guitar Showcase's used/consignment shop specifically looking for a headphone amplifier. They had two Ghost TB202's, one for $50 and one for $60. Easy choice. It will be used for field recording with the M-Audio USB Quattro.

Yesterday afternoon the flower_cat and I went out in search of an olive tree (non-fruiting) for the front yard. No success, so we have two different nurseries looking for them. The non-fruiting olives appear to get about 15 feet (~5m) high, which is about right for something in that position -- we'll be able to see it from the house.

Yay!!

Kepler's Reopening 11 am, Saturday, October 8, 2005

Kepler's is a fantastic local independent bookstore that abruptly closed its doors a couple of months after celebrating 50 years in business. Thanks to a loyal following (and, I don't doubt, a certain amount of political arm-twisting applied to the landlord who was still holding them to a dot-boom-era lease), they'll be back.