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Bumper Sticker
A few weeks ago I was driving westward along Marshall Ave. in St. Paul, just east of the Mississippi (west of which it becomes Lake St. in Minneapolis) when a bumper sticker caught my eye. In large print there was just one word, which I am familiar with in historical reading (e.g. for colgaffneyis), but rarely see in modern contexts. I saw it again tonight, and was able to park and get a picture:
The small print is the URL of the Ratzinger Fan Club.
Old woodworking routers
Weekend woodwork
Yesterday I finished the spoon that I started at colgaffneyis event in Perham:
It is ready to use and packed for our next event with colgaffneyis.
Today I had that most mundane of a homeowner’s tasks: Replacing board on the front walkway:
It still called for measuring, sawing (done with a hand saw), drilling (with an eggbeater drill), driving screws (with a bit brace), and hammering nails. Doing this also showed that my knees were recovering from yesterday’s bike ride.
Saturday
The great calculus priority controversy
From xkcd.
A boring note
Included because of the description and pictures of sharpening auger bits.
The reward for clear and readable writing
Scientific work requires patience
Sometimes a lot of patience.
Old jointer plane
When mia_mcdavid visited her relatives in Chisholm last week she brought home an old jointer plane that had been in the family: Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 