Vacillation

We need to dump the 10-year-old Saturn wagon. It's got 145K and was never designed to go that far. I have regular (and increasingly expensive) maintenance performed, but entropy is still winning. Mostly little things - the indoor lights are broken, lots of plastic has broken, the driver seat belt holder is duct-taped together, etc. But it's also burning oil and sounding rougher and rougher. Basically, it could die at any time, or need so much repair that functionally it's the same thing.

We've been looking hard at the hybrid Toyota Highlander. It meets a number of our needs/wishes for SCA camping, and the mileage is lousy for a hybrid, but still far better than a regular Highlander or other light SUV/car crossover.

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What I'm reading: Andrew Bridgeford, The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry (yes, I am a geek)

Way to make me feel old

I just made a gratuitous Gilda Radner reference. We'd had a meeting scheduled last-minute, then it was re-scheduled, then re-re-scheduled for the original time, then finally cancelled. All with a flurry of e-mails.

So, quoting Gilda, I responded "Never mind."

The response from the late-20-something was "Who?"

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Stay Tuned... For Our Next Exciting Adventure!

Or, you could just read this week's Resolution Recipe.

Since stone fruits have started showing up at the farmer's market, I made:
Nectarine Cobbler
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