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Things you probably didn't know about California: It gets misty at night, esp. in the hills-like where I live on top of Echo Park Ave. Brown Lizards the size of chemealons running around. The highways actually do get deserted in the wee hours of the night. Everyone claims to know for sure that Tom Cruise is gay. You give a thumbprint to get a drivers license. The post office has clear walls between the clerks and the public (with drawers that open only on one side at a time for passing letters and packages) but the banks don't. Regular gas is $2.43 a gal. Small tin of Fancy Feast is $.68. Many hybrid cars. Kosher Chinese restaurants. My old, lazy, declawed cat chased a miniture doberman. Peace!
--ErinMaru
Sorry for the dwelling, but fixed the computer/wireless network this morning. At some point, connecting the modem directly to the computer actually worked this morning. I went to Windows update. It looked like there was an update for the Wireless atenna or whatever you call them connected to my computer. My question, though: If that was the problem, why did the cable modem pretty much go haywire and why didn't the direct, wired connection from my desktop to the cable modem not work?

I probably will never know, and if it keeps working fine, I don't really care. Technology can really just kiss my butt. Labor saving devices, my ass! When they go haywire, there goes the labor saving. . ..
--Mr. Lex
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2005.07.01
With uncertain web access this weekend, I thought I'd highlight some photos from Chicago for the next four days. Or you can just see all of the photos in three sets. UPDATE: the link now has a bit more text describing the days we were there.

Reflections from Chicago
Ksenia getting ready for the day:


Elevator down in the Sears Tower:

Cloud Gate at Millennium Park...unfortunately it's still kind of an ongoing process, so we could only see one end sticking out of a protective tent:


News of the Moment
Oh boy, here come the Supreme Court Retirings. And wasn't she generally a moderate, my favorite outlook? It's kind of dry reading but Slate has the Supreme Shortlist. Lets see if Bush has any chance of nominating someone who fairly represents this 50/50 nation of ours... (yeah, right. If he was "all or nothing" when it came to recreational substances, why should he start understaing "moderation" now?)