What’s In Your Trash (Dust Bin)?

What’s In Your Trash?

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Welcome To Earth – Time-lapse

This is pretty cool, though I was disappointed St. Louis and the Gateway Arch weren’t featured.

List of clips in the video

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Open Mic Saturday

Another week has gone by and winter finally arrived in St. Louis.  After an unseasonably warm January and the first week or so of February we finally got hit by a cold front last night.  Temps today will just make it into the 20′s and it’s going down to 12F tonight with gusty winds.  I know that’s nothing compared to where some of you are and it’s really not bad for here considering it’s February, but it’s still cold when I have to go walk the dogs.  I’m just glad I don’t have to work outside.  We’re supposed to get a couple of inches of snow on Monday.  We’ve been very lucky so far as pretty much avoiding snowfall other than maybe an inch or so on the grass.  Moderate temperatures took that away pretty fast.

I’ve been doing some work on my office the last couple of days.  Cleaning, moving things around and reorganizing.  I’m good at starting projects like this but not so good on the follow-up and completion.  I also had to hang some new blinds in the window because my old set was starting to fall apart (not to mention how dusty they were).  I have a large desk in front of the window so it was awkward to get to.  I had to straddle the desk on a ladder and the window sill, sort of kneeling wherever I could just to get the old brackets down and put the new ones up. Because of the awkward angle I kept stripping the screws after they were about two-thirds of the way in.   My cheerleader (aka wife) was encouraging me with things like, “That desk is really sagging in the middle” and “Take a break” and “Why don’t you wait until tomorrow and get some help.”  I was just screwing two brackets in to hold the new blinds.   She put her pom poms down and went to bed.  I finally put down the cordless screwdriver and got a regular screwdriver and got them in. I put the third (center support) bracket up and was sweaty and worn out.  I had to sit down a couple times to rest and re-hydrate during the ordeal. After resting the blinds popped right in.  I have another window in my office that might prove to be even harder to reach.  I’m so looking forward to tackling that. 

Site News:  I’ve added a link to the B&P Chatroom (provided by tinychat) which is open whenever someone is in there.  The link is in the left sidebar above the Monthly Top 10 Commenters.

Also, in the right sidebar there’s a link to Amazon’s Deal of the Day.  I’ve never publicized that before but some people have been making some purchases from it.  They do have some pretty good deals, but they’re for a limited time only so keep your eyes on that area.  If you make a purchase from that link I get a little commission.  I get an Amazon gift card every two or three months.  The last one was $41 My biggest one yet), which still isn’t a lot, but every little bit helps.  The ad is in the right sidebar just under Previously on B&P.

Las Vegas:  I’ve made my reservations.  I’ll be arriving in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 31 and returning home on Tuesday, June 5.  I’ll be staying at the Imperial Palace.  If you’re thinking about joining us in Las Vegas check out the