A Mishalak Weekend

I'm going to get into town this weekend to pick up stuff for my on going reorganization of the giant book pile. Speaking of which that's the beast over there to the left in the picture, obviously this is going to take a while to get into order.

So to get relief from the unrelenting task of shelving, repairing, cleaning, and ultimately putting them in a database I'm going to town early on Saturday. I plan on visiting the Tattered Cover or another store to get mylar book covers. Possibly get the Japanese noodle content of my blood up, and then visit grandmother and cook/clean for her. In the evening I have a choice. Either I could stay with her up in Bergen Park and make my way down for brunch on Sunday or else go to someone else's place and crash there after a fun evening.

Sunday will be brunch at a private home for a change. Perhaps I could also foist the DASFA tee shirts off on Rose. Then I don't know what to do with the rest of my day.

So any suggestions on things to do on a weekend in town?

Colorado Attitude

The Olympics is something that most governments fight to host. Colorado fought not to host them after local politicians had landed the bid. In 1972 a ballot initiative banned funding for having the Winter Olympics in Colorado. The politicians who worked to get the Olympics were also for the most part turned out of office.

Lots of people thought the people who voted for that were crazy, but I've always thought the people made a savvy and good decision in that case. For that matter I think even today we don't need to promote Colorado as a destination, quite the opposite. We need to tell people that it sucks to live here so they'll stop moving into the state.

As part of this I resolve to stop correcting people say things like Colorado is too cold. Unless they're really cool. Also I'm going to play up radium in basements and plutonium in the water supply in stories I tell about the state. And I'll emphasize cougar attacks on joggers and hailstorms as well. And tornadoes! Don't come to Colorado, I'm moving away myself. Honest!