Another misheard library book title: Mira Nair: Real Estate Agent. Actually Millionaire Real Estate Agent.

Here’s how to get your boat and possibly your butt into the water around here. I would like to find a nice place to float around in my lifejacket (a little like tubing, but with less stuff to carry in the car). I tried at one park and the lifeguards told me that I had to stay in the swimming area and was only allowed to wear the life jacket in the wading portion. Lame! I want to float all over, though I suppose I would like to avoid being chopped up by a speedboat.

Info on local rivers is out there, too.

Lawsuit! Allegations! The Island is apparently strangely similar to Parts: The Clonus Horror! But is Ewan McGregor in teeny red athletic shorts?

Plus: got a compliment on my outfit from a patron
Minus: patron trashed a co-worker’s outfit in the same breath
Mitigating Factor: patron believes world is controlled by lizardlike aliens.

Is it still a compliment? You make the call.

Did you know there is a Shinto shrine in Granite, WA? Neither did I! It was mentioned in the information about the Aki Matsuri festival sponsored by the Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association.

The Flikr pool that asks “What’s in the bag?”

Pretty much everything you need to know about calcium in your diet. I was interested to see that some of the possible benefits of calcium are more likely to occur with lowfat dairy products than with tablets. Dairy products also seem to be more efficient than broccoli, according to the eye-catching chart. And since kids need tons of calcium starting at about age 9, I’m going to be brewing yogurt in 10 gallon drums.

Want to bike, rollerskate, or scoot on a nice flat surface but not be smushed by cars? Try a trail, my friend.

Just Harry.