Went for a show last night.  If you know who Allan Perera and Indi Nadarajahi are then you know it was a good time.  This particular show, “We Don’t Swear” is the second time I have seen them live.

I dont get some of the jokes but much of their comedy is based on general manerisms and expression.  That said, the current show is VERY heavy on local & CURRENT politics.

Sat in the middle section toward the left side SECOND row.  Its a small theater that I guess only seats about 200+ so all seats are “good” seats.

After picking on EVERYONE including the “white man” I think it was ME that got a bow and nod from Allan.

Heh.  I seriously doubt it was guilt! ha!  

Other than a handful of Chinese I was the only NON Indian there, or at least I didnt see anyone else but Indians.  But I think anyone could enjoy it as they didnt hold back on anyone.

Summary/Preview by Sheela Chandran here:

“We Don’t Swear tackes humour in politics” – star-ecentral.com

Continued withthe “landscaping”.  While I “DO” use quotes too much, it fits here because a true landscaper would find what Im doing a little amateurish. 

Whats new?  I managed to after a LONG time get drilled through the tile.  Yes, I did use the special bits.  Yes, only after trying a masonry bit.  bleh.  Anyway, this stuff is CRAZY hard but isnt brittle.  I picked a hidden spot and whacked it with a hammer just to see if it would chip… nope.  Note even a scratch.

Why?  Well, from earlier pics you can see I used wood to setup my border to hold the dirt and grass where I want it and to establish depth.  Nothing was keeping it there except for bricks and a heavy planter.  By drilling into the tiles, I can anchor the wood in place with brackets from Ace Hardware allowing for removal of the bricks.

I used a foam rubbery seal under the wood to keep washout under control and got everything in place about a week ago.  Still havent decided exactly how to finish it off but from the second pic above you get the general idea we are going with.  The fence is just balanced there not mounted to anything.  For the exposed end we might place a plant or some other bit as I dont want to buy more posts for just a small section.

It’s important to have a fire extinguisher of some sort in your car – especially an old VW.

I didnt like the idea of drilling holes for a bracket BUT its important to have good access.  My idea was to use magnets but after trying to find suitable magnets was unsuccessful I gave up for a while.  Then I remembered that I had an old computer HD magnet on the fridge!  Final placement isnt settled, the pics are trial fit.

Front page of obama campaign site has this logo inviting you to help stop the “smears”:

I think thats great but if you click around the Obama site you find this entry – way to go Mark!  Did you not get the memo?  I realize there is a disclaimer but given the “Fight the Smears” lip service I would think they might at least make an effort internally.

Im including below most of the link above, comments too, should it suddenly “disappear”.  Note that the banned book list is a KNOWN false story about Palin.  Emphasis in the below from me:

Post from Mark Brickman's Blog:

Read My Lipstick...No News Ideas

By Mark Brickman - Sep 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm EDT

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In an attempt to deliver a stirring, dramatic and historic speech, Sarah Palin instead resorted to a speech filled with unfair attacks, sarcasm and inaccurate references to herself and promising changes that were both disingenuous and not plausible.  Check out this article from her hometown newspaper http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515517.html

What Palin failed to mention is anything about many of her extreme positions on abortion rights, global climate change, equal pay for women and gun control issues.  She gave the impression that she is against government waste and fights for her citizens as a reformer, but her limited experience as mayor and then governor of Alaska shows us just the opposite. 

But a recent list of books that she wanted banned from the Wasilla Public Library truly demonstrates that Palin not only has no new ideas, but is really a throwback to days of old when we needed to always be full of fear, to go back to days when we had a less than equal world and where anyone who does not look like Sarah Palin must fight every day for the same rights and privileges that she and her family have come to take for granted.

This is the list that comes from the records of the Wasilla library.  Most of these books are not a surprise, but some of them do raise some questions as to whether she wants citizens to be left completely uninformed and uninspired.

Here’s the list and a little preamble that goes along with the list from the person who provided this list of proposed banned books:

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By Helene V. Yesterday at 12:28 pm EDT (Updated Yesterday at 12:28 pm EDT)

I am a librarian and unfortunately I have to warn against releasing this list. It seems that it is not accurate and came from an unreliable web source. However, it is true that Palin tried to harass the town librarian and threatened to fire her if she did not remove books which the Pit Bull found offensive.

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By Mark Brickman Yesterday at 4:09 pm EDT (Updated Yesterday at 4:09 pm EDT)

Thank you for the admonition. I have no way to vet this information. But it should be taken into consideration for whatever value it has. I worked in a library for four years myself in my earlier life and become concerned if any person and particularly an elected official moves to get even one book banned.

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By BarrackSucks from Fair Oaks, CA Today at 12:30 am EDT (Updated Today at 12:30 am EDT)

Please keep posting these completely un-researched rumors. Your list is one that's been floating around the internet for years. The fact that you didn't realize this means you learned absolutely nothing about research during your "years" as a librarian... These base-less allegations will do nothing but fan the flames and make Palin even more popular than she is now. You're working harder for McCain than most volunteers! Keep up the good work!

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By NoKoolAid from Laguna Hills, CA Today at 1:35 am EDT (Updated Today at 1:35 am EDT)

After being admonished for posting blatantly false information, Brickman responds; "But it should be taken into consideration for whatever value it has." Are you kidding? Are you libs really THIS stupid? Hey, nummy, you were just informed that the post is FALSE. What possible value could it have? None to normal, honest, intelligent people. Your response says a lot about how you people think(?). Pathetic. No wonder you would actually consider voting for a zero like Obama.

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By Mickey from Little Hocking, OH Today at 12:40 am EDT (Updated Today at 12:40 am EDT)

You have no way to vet the information, so I can take it that you are purposefully submitting what you know to be a lie. Your submission has only the value of an unproven smear designed to denigrate and slime another. "Here’s the list and a little preamble that goes along with the list from the person who provided this list of proposed banned books"....do tell, so who is the "person who provided this list?" Don't misunderstand me...I have no problem with you continuing to post lies as it can only demean yourself and the candidate under whose banner you post, because everyone else will take THAT into consideration and give it full value, though it may not be the value or worth you intend.

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By Mickey from Newark, CA Today at 1:17 am EDT (Updated Today at 1:17 am EDT)

Saracuda is more amazing that anyone had thought. Who else would have the incredible foresight to ban the Harry Potter books before any of them had been published.
Her psychic abilities amaze me.

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By Randolph Today at 2:00 am EDT (Updated Today at 2:00 am EDT)

As was pointed out, this incident is alleged to have occurred in 1996, but the first Harry Potter book was published 1998. The librarian (Mary Ellen Emmons) was never fired by Palin. The reasons Palin was minded to fire the librarian are not documented. Before believing the contents of chain-mails, check out www.snopes.com; they're pretty reliable.
Also, June Pinell-Stephens, chairwoman of the Alaska Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee since 1984, has checked their files but found no record of any banned list or any incident involving Emmons.
This is right up there with "Barack was a practising Muslim," just because his mother enrolled him as Muslim in his elementary school and because he attended a mosque back then. Let's not leap to conclusions, not about anyone.

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By Grace from Redmond, WA Today at 2:34 am EDT (Updated Today at 2:34 am EDT)

Well, even if she didn't actually ban the books, she probably wanted to. I was reading my well-loved copy of Saul Alinsky's book last night and was so grateful that she didn't get around to banning this book.

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By George from Laurel, MD 53 minutes ago (Updated 53 minutes ago)

We now know that the banned book remour is false, was does this website, of the man who is supposed to be a different type of politicain, keep this lie on his website.
Change indeed...

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Source: Barack Obama campaign site - Read My Lipstick...No News Ideas
Source: Malkin - The bogus Sarah Palin Banned Books List

Yeah, did it!  I do get small stretches of highway but much is in town and with all the jam time I consider my driving as “urban”.  So, last fill up got:

30.1697mpg

To compare, I did an online search and found an entry on autoweb.co.uk that said :drumroll: 37.7mpg!  Hey, thats different you say?  Well when you factor the roughly 20% volume difference of the UK gallon that 37.7 turns out to be 30.16mpg!!!  What are the odds of that eh?!

Anyway, mission accomplished.  The car will do much better on just highway driving to be sure.

I realize that I have not gone to the same pump each time or at the same time of day.  I also do not need to keep so many digits to the right of the decimal… this is just entertainment.  But fairly accurate.