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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Artwork by Children with Autism
‘A Different Point of View’ raises awareness of autism
This exhibit is in downtown Minneapolis, on the lower (“A”) level of the Hennepin County Government Center, by the fountain and near the Service Center—Where you get license tabs, etc. I work for the County and saw it after a meeting nearby this morning. It will be on display until Sept. 28.
Artwork by Children with Autism
‘A Different Point of View’ raises awareness of autism
This exhibit is in downtown Minneapolis, on the lower (“A”) level of the Hennepin County Government Center, by the fountain and near the Service Center—Where you get license tabs, etc. I work for the County and saw it after a meeting nearby this morning. It will be on display until Sept. 28.
Sawbenches
Making a pair of Christopher Schwarz’s sawbenches has been on my woodworking to-do list for a while. Unlike Schwarz, I don’t think I could build two like his in a “long afternoon”. Continue reading
Bike mod
I saw this bicycle in downtown Minneapolis today:
It has a cargo platform, with an extra wheel, welded onto the left side. It has three wheels, but calling it a tricycle is misleading. It is more like a bicycle with a sidecar.
Hop harvest in Roseville
mia_mcdavid, zordok, and I harvested hops from the vine we have growing by our back deck:
We filled seven one-gallon freezer bags—hops freeze quite well, then we enjoyed some of a previous year’s crop, suitably processed:
I froze three bags of the current harvest and zordok took away the rest. He is doing more brewing these days than I am.
A good Sunday
Busy Saturday
Religion, education, and gay rights
Demographics: who are these Episcopalians?. This Episcopalian is not surprised by the results about his church, but interested to see that we really are different from the “mainline Protestants” with which we are so often grouped. Another interesting statistic is about Roman Catholic attitudes toward gay people. What you hear from the pew may not be what you hear from the bishops.
Via the Episcopal Café.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 