Archive for August 24th, 2008

Olympic Toys

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

The closing ceremonies of the Olympics showcased two of my favorite wish-I-had-impractical-levels-of-money-dreams, a monowheel-cycle, and the grasshoper-legs.  I could afford the powerizers, I suppose, I just couldn’t imagine where I’d get to use them.

Olympic Firework ETA?

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

I wonder how long it will be, before all the smoke from the Olympic closing ceremonies fireworks, will show up here in the Northwest.  I seem to recall reading something about that being the way the winds blow, in a non-metaphorical sense.  I would presume it means more rain.  Because we’ve had such a dry summer so far =p