Fallout Shelter

No one expects...

... the Spanish Inquisition Central Virginia Seismic Zone! Least of all a seismograph in Blacksburg.  :)

August?

Dear $deity, it's actually comfortable outside. How did that happen?

Two requests

1. For local folks: I need to buy a used table somewhere.  I've tried Peters, TROSA, and Pennies for Change.  Next up: Salvation Army and Goodwill, if I can get there when they're open.  I'd like something kinda like a sideboard -- narrowish and long, at counter height.  Any suggestions?
2. For mostly non-local folks:  If any of you were in that APA with me and have a copy of the "Official Sherry Schedule" that you can easily get to and photocopy, can you make me a copy?  Mine has become misplaced.  I know I have another copy, but it's in storage, and not going to see daylight for a while.  I no longer have the original.  :(

Peters Design Works?

Anyone know where Peters Design Works has moved to?  The store on 619 Foster has closed, right?  Maybe I should just call them, but it is the 4th of July and a Sunday.  

Happy 4th of July, folks.  

Bring me the head of the dinosaur!

The Durham Police have found the head of the decapitated Museum of Life and Science dinosaur.  Excellent.  Now I guess we need a fundraiser to get the dinosaur re-assembled.  [via Barry.] 

Edit: Story at MyNC with picture, and previous story about theft. 

The neighborhood speaks

From the neighborhood that brought you traffic circle tea parties, AKA "Dyke Park":

Duke Park urges Durham City Council to pass LGBT-friendly resolution

I don't technically live in the same neighborhood anymore, having moved all of 2 blocks south of the dividing line.  But both Duke Park and Old North Durham are great places to live. 

Flowering dogwood, Easter 2009

Click to embiggen in a pop-up. 

Signing Party! Signing party! I wanna signing party!

What do you think the chances are that we could get Chris Onstad to come to a book signing in Durham? 

Bull Shirt

I was at Bull McCabe's tonight, wearing the "Major Durham" shirt: the shirt I made using the sepia-toned picture I took of "Major" with the CCB Building in the background.  (It's the picture in the sidebar.) Probably about 10 people seemed interested in the shirt, and several asked me how to get one.  Well, this works:

http://www.cafepress.com/jhv/

Personally, I think that the light tan or "natural" shirt looks the best, given the way the sepia-toned picture's sky melds with the shirt color.  But that's just me. 

If you want one that says "Durham: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore" on the back, make sure you get one that has double-sided printing.  I think the shirts are expensive, but that's CafePress, not me: I don't mark them up a penny.

And, for your amusement, the entire set of photos I shot (crappy exposures and all) are at Tabblo in a set called "The Bull Monty."

TechShop Durham

Perhaps one of my gentle readers can tell me something about TechShop Durham?