Comments on: Life of Riley Week 24

By: tara

tara — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:05:08 +0000

Some parts of California may be about happy … but Northern California isn’t really California in that way. Don’t get me wrong — San Francisco is awesome, in its way. (No snow to shovel or ice to spin out on, no smack-your-face humidity to drench you in sweat … but no smell of leaves in the autumn, no warm Spring rains, no seasons that a New Englander would recognize.) And it’s home. But sunny, 90210, The OC, babes-on-the-beach California it ain’t.

By: yo sis

yo sis — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:12:46 +0000

just a reminder from your favorite eco-freak…you’d don’t need to get in a car to enjoy sunshine!! go for a walk to clear your brain. you might find some inspiration. i do my best thinking riding my bike to and from work.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:39:09 +0000

California isn’t so much about happy. It is more about becoming poor even though you make a decent wage. 4 bedroom 3 bath house in the Bay area typically runs you about 1.5 million. Once I thought I was doing well. Not so much anymore. The weather is nice right now. But that isn’t the norm for this time of year. It should be raining for the next 3 months. The sun will then come out again.

The wildlife is cool. I see nothing but hummingbirds, hawks, and Coyotes on my hikes. The coyotes just run away from me, even though I just want to play.

By: n0ia

n0ia — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:49:35 +0000

Did you know that Cannibal Corpse was in the movie “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”? They’re the band playing in the club while the henchmen are after him (just after he gets done talking to his computer nerd friend).

I wonder how well Google Sketchup would run on Linux (or if it would run at all). I have no real need to use it, but it would be fun nonetheless.

I’m just curious, since I don’t live in the north, how exactly do you winterize grass? I’m really thankful when winter rolls around and I don’t have to do anything with it anymore. I don’t know if I could stand going out and winterizing it.

And I totally feel ya (not physically) with the whole hermit thing. I’ve lulled into this mindset that I’d rather lay around the house. It’s really a bad mindset for me, because I don’t spend it communicating with other people. So I guess I’m acting more like a recluse than a hermit? Now I’m debating if I should go stoke the fire that I started outside earlier, add some logs, and sit around outside enjoying the cool weather and fire.

By: Molly B.

Molly B. — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:51:06 +0000

Yeah. I had the feeling you were especially looking forward to shoveling snow. Very “Kubb Fu Roadsalt Master.”

Maybe you can do a lasagne post sometime. I like it when it’s good, but mine have been uninspired and I need to find the reset button.