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Jul. 13th, 2007
Trash and Treasure
Jul. 13th, 2007 10:52 amIt's not even 11 am, and I've already had a busy day. I did the laundry, took out the recycling, and then did some real recycling.
My apartment building is undergoing renovations, and a couple of months ago, a notice went around that the bicycle room is being taken apart, so anything left in the room would be thrown out.
Some of the bikes in that room looked like they'd abandoned by tenants who'd moved on years ago. And some were in pretty bad shape, and were likely written off by tenants too apathetic to get rid of their own junk. Last night, the dumpster out back was filled with bicycles, so![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
f00dave and I fished them all out, and this morning took them over to Recycle Cycles. We also took over a perfectly nice tricycle and an expensive-looking baby buggy. I hate to see this stuff go to waste when someone else goes without because they can't spring the cash for their kids.
f00dave wants to volunteer there, fixing up bikes to sell for dirt cheap. I think a refurbished bicycle (which may have had many hours of work go into it) goes for $30 there.
I believe it's a good cause. I'd rather see more bikes than cars on the road, any day. And my lungs would appreciate it, too.
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snowy_kathryn is off camping this weekend, so I get to take over her dance class for the day. I haven't the foggiest notion of what I'll teach, unless I decide something completely different. Maybe I'll teach something unusual, like poi or stick dance. Hmm....
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Yesterday, I started taking kung fu classes in the daytime. I must say I prefer this. I felt a lot more awake and fresh than when I'm doing kung fu until after 10pm. Why did I switch to daytime? Well, it looks like I'm going to be playing Demon the Fallen. So I've been busying myself with reading the rulebook(s). I'm feeling a little bit daunted. I wonder if I'll be filling another giant binder with notes.
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Link time!
Underwear Created Literacy: Forget the printing press. Undies are the real reason people read!
Digital Wand Gives Texture to Sound: Synaesthesia for normals!
The "Missing" 13th Amendment, an odd Constitution story: I'm not politically minded, yet this is the second political story I've posted in as many weeks. I find this story very interesting.
Miracle man walks again: A man missing the bottom half of his body learns to walk.
Eye Tattoo: This is fucking disgusting. Eugh!
Giant badgers terrorise Iraqi port city: Save the chupacabra for the Americas. Iraq needs something more exciting. MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!
Church CD: When fundamentalism provides an hysterically funny alibi (thanks,f00dave).
Protect your friend's feelings with a copy cat: Newspaper advice columnist recommends following up a lie with an even bigger lie. And I think it's funny (thanks,g026r).
Chinese Man Conducts 220V of Electricity Through His Body: Sure.
Bizarre and Disturbing Dog Attack: Pitbull attacks toddler with its willy (thanks,momus).
Students worried by cows rescued: Orienteering teenagers were afraid to cross a cow field, so called in emergency workers. The coastguard, police, and ambulance crews showed up to help. Hmm. What's wrong with going around the field, if they're afraid of the cattle (thanks,fourcorners)? What an intensely silly story.
Küçük Yunus Darbuka Show: This little kid is a virtuoso on the darbuka. Wow!
Dolphin Goes Whale Surfing: Awesome photograph of some aquatic weirdness.
Super Pitch: Unorthodox pitching technique is highly effective (NSFW due to porn ads littered throughout the page).
Hands Hands Soap is Just Wrong Wrong: Oooh! I want some!
Geysers Sol del Manana (5000m) - Southwest Altiplano, Bolivia: So beautiful (thanks,f00dave)....
My apartment building is undergoing renovations, and a couple of months ago, a notice went around that the bicycle room is being taken apart, so anything left in the room would be thrown out.
Some of the bikes in that room looked like they'd abandoned by tenants who'd moved on years ago. And some were in pretty bad shape, and were likely written off by tenants too apathetic to get rid of their own junk. Last night, the dumpster out back was filled with bicycles, so
f00dave and I fished them all out, and this morning took them over to Recycle Cycles. We also took over a perfectly nice tricycle and an expensive-looking baby buggy. I hate to see this stuff go to waste when someone else goes without because they can't spring the cash for their kids.f00dave wants to volunteer there, fixing up bikes to sell for dirt cheap. I think a refurbished bicycle (which may have had many hours of work go into it) goes for $30 there. I believe it's a good cause. I'd rather see more bikes than cars on the road, any day. And my lungs would appreciate it, too.
....
snowy_kathryn is off camping this weekend, so I get to take over her dance class for the day. I haven't the foggiest notion of what I'll teach, unless I decide something completely different. Maybe I'll teach something unusual, like poi or stick dance. Hmm........
Yesterday, I started taking kung fu classes in the daytime. I must say I prefer this. I felt a lot more awake and fresh than when I'm doing kung fu until after 10pm. Why did I switch to daytime? Well, it looks like I'm going to be playing Demon the Fallen. So I've been busying myself with reading the rulebook(s). I'm feeling a little bit daunted. I wonder if I'll be filling another giant binder with notes.
....
Link time!
Underwear Created Literacy: Forget the printing press. Undies are the real reason people read!
Digital Wand Gives Texture to Sound: Synaesthesia for normals!
The "Missing" 13th Amendment, an odd Constitution story: I'm not politically minded, yet this is the second political story I've posted in as many weeks. I find this story very interesting.
Miracle man walks again: A man missing the bottom half of his body learns to walk.
Eye Tattoo: This is fucking disgusting. Eugh!
Giant badgers terrorise Iraqi port city: Save the chupacabra for the Americas. Iraq needs something more exciting. MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!
Church CD: When fundamentalism provides an hysterically funny alibi (thanks,
f00dave).Protect your friend's feelings with a copy cat: Newspaper advice columnist recommends following up a lie with an even bigger lie. And I think it's funny (thanks,
g026r).Chinese Man Conducts 220V of Electricity Through His Body: Sure.
Bizarre and Disturbing Dog Attack: Pitbull attacks toddler with its willy (thanks,
momus).Students worried by cows rescued: Orienteering teenagers were afraid to cross a cow field, so called in emergency workers. The coastguard, police, and ambulance crews showed up to help. Hmm. What's wrong with going around the field, if they're afraid of the cattle (thanks,
fourcorners)? What an intensely silly story.Küçük Yunus Darbuka Show: This little kid is a virtuoso on the darbuka. Wow!
Dolphin Goes Whale Surfing: Awesome photograph of some aquatic weirdness.
Super Pitch: Unorthodox pitching technique is highly effective (NSFW due to porn ads littered throughout the page).
Hands Hands Soap is Just Wrong Wrong: Oooh! I want some!
Geysers Sol del Manana (5000m) - Southwest Altiplano, Bolivia: So beautiful (thanks,
f00dave)....