I was lucky enough to see the changing of the loo this morning. It takes a bit to get up on the roof of the capitol so a portapotty is what I see from my office window. Pretty neat actually, and smells awesome. Seriously, whatever they use in there smells like candy.
Those guys work in the extremes and it wears them out. Nothing like a siesta.
Dog Splash – Let your dog swim or try the waterAugust 17th, Sunday….. Star City Shores….6:30 – 8:30 pm.
$10 for one dog, 2 adults & 1 child
Seems like this could be a bunch of fun. Maggie is a grumpy fuddypuss so she might not get to go. Fuggles should have a bunch of fun out there though. Think I can get her to go down the slide?
I love reading the Restaurant inspections page. It was kind of a bummer that it only got updated every now and then and the list only went about a month back. I dealt with the health inspectors during my days in food service and enjoy them. My fave is when the sanitizing solution is too strong or not labeled, cuz that is the very first thing you scurry to fix when the inspector shows up. Now the list goes way back and has an interactive map. Purdy cool.
Bummer you cannot comment on them anymore though. Loved reading peoples reactions.
With Skirt and Harmonic Dissidents. I haven’t played solo in a long time, and probably won’t again for a long time, so I hope some of you can make it out. I will have new songs! Maybe three or four of them! As usual, I’ll probably bring snacks or something.
Wow two nights of awesome solo music from two of my faves. Cory puts on a great show. His banter inbetween songs cracks my sheeeeeeet up. He will prob go first. I have shaved my balls for this show. Come down and check it out.
Pat kicked some arse last night.
Fluxux asked the Chief to clarify about bicycles and the rules of the road. (He has links mixed in the article so you might want to read it there)
Last week, a regular reader of The Chief’s Corner asked me if I’d blog about bicycles and the rules of the road. “Sure,” I replied, “I’ll put that on my list of future topics.” As the price of gas is causing all of us to flinch, I am sure we will continue to see more people consider the two-wheeled option. It is almost certain that bike-car conflicts will increase. I’ve blogged about road rage before, and t is not limited to car-on-car situations. Lincoln’s bike lanes are pretty limited and many of our recreational trails, although nice for a leisurely ride, are not suitable for commuting so drivers and riders will increasingly share the road.
Sharing the road is not just polite, it’s the law. Bicycles essentially enjoy the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles on the public streets. Motorists need to accord bicycles the same right of way, following distance, and passing protocol that they would another automobile. I see a lot of impatience here. Some motorists view a slower-moving bicycle as an obstruction. Any avid cyclist has their stories of Beavis & Friend flipping them the universal peace sign, crowding them to the curb, making a right turn directly in front of their path, launching a Big Gulp grenade, and otherwise pestering them with obnoxious and dangerous behavior.
Pat Bradley is one of the few men I swoon over. Check out his free stuff here.
Brigitte Dale is moving to LA and the LJS is looking for a new catty girl.
Be the next Catty Girl
Brigitte Dale now calls Hollywood —that would be The (323) — home. Meanwhile, back here in the (402), we’re on the hunt for her replacement.
Actually, we think you may have what it takes to be the next Catty Girl. That means teaming up with Cara Pesek to offer readers weekly advice, plus blogging regularly here at Catty Girls Discuss.
Interested? Write up a short article — no more than 400 words, please — that hits on a Catty topic (fashion, relationships, trends, or observations about twentysomething life in Lincoln, to name a few examples), and send it to cpesek@journalstar.com.
We’ll publish some submissions here at the Catty Girls blog, as well as in the print edition of The (402), which runs Tuesdays and Thursdays. We’ll take submissions until Aug. 15. Then, on Aug. 19, we’ll unveil the newest Catty Girl.
So, what are you waiting for? Sharpen your wit, sharpen your claws, get to your keyboard and get catty.
Bernie posted this over on the forum (which has a good discussion on where this pic is located)
It started with a Flickr.com discussion thread titled, “Photowalk anyone?” Ever since, the Flickr group has shot and posted photos exclusively of Lincoln. They’ve shot UNL’s Maxwell Arboretum, the Haymarket, the Nebraska State Capitol and, most recently, Sunken Gardens.
In two years of shooting, the group has an archive of nearly 5,000 photos of all things Lincoln, serving as a big, loving, knowing tribute to our city.
One thing the Lincoln Flickr group strives for, said group administrator and co-founder Sarah Rosenau, is to be welcoming to all ages and skill levels.
From little kids to old men. From novices to pros. But most of the members fall into the gray area.
“I think what Flickr does is it gets people that would have never considered either amateur photography or semipro photography to pick up a camera,” Rosenau said. “People can get inspired by a really talented and artistic photographer, and then they’re challenged to imitate. People are exposed to a higher level of photography in some people’s photo streams.”
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.
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