Here she comes

This map shows the road our house is traveling right now. Yep, it's done and on the way! If all goes well, we should have it all set up by the end of next week and (hopefully) be moving in next weekend. We want to photo-document the whole process, so be on the lookout!

My new favorite joke

One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer. She read, ".... and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, 'The sky is falling, the sky is falling!' ".
The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that farmer said?".
One little girl raised her hand and said, "I think he said: "Holy Shit! A talking chicken!".
The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.

Pictures of our new home... well, the dirt anyway

Here's some shots we took of the land where our house will be. It's pretty big, which is good, because we've got a lot of junk.

Update: "Dirt" pictures are now part of the "house" album, represented above by the "Finally..." post. You can also view the Pictures here.

How to torque off your fans and get richer than you are

I'm a big U2 fan, have been since the '80s. While there was a long stretch where I couldn't afford to expand my collection,  I eventually made up for it and have a rather nice collection.

Their most recent release is no less than their 3rd greatest hits album. Along with all the old songs are three new ones. Guess what? The only way to get those three songs is to buy the album. Fans like me already have all the old songs, we really don't want to buy them again. So there's ITunes, where you can buy single songs if you want. But guess what? The only way to get these new songs is to buy the whole album on ITunes!

Frigging ridiculous. Let's just keep re-releasing the same songs over and over and making a buck off the fans. Throw in a couple new ones and they'll have no choice except to buy it. GAH!

The good news is that the band is rumored to be angry enough at this latest make-a-buck move by their record label to jump ship. (Unconfirmed, Google it if you like - I hope it's true.) If not, then I will lose respect for the band. For a group that professes such a deep commitment to world-changing causes, lining their own pockets which are already pretty nicely lined would just be hypocritical.