epiphanatic » 2006» May

talking to Iran

Posted on 05.27.06 by jstoner @ 12:00 pm

News piece in NYT today about the debate within the administration over direct talks with Iran.

I’d love to see them try to justify military action without trying direct talks. That would be funny:

“We’ve tried everything possible before taking this action…”

“Did you talk to them?”

“Well… our friends did.”

“But did you?”

“Um, no…”

The scary thought is that they might do it as a formality, just so they can avoid this conversation.

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Bikin’ to Menard’s for some lighting fixtures

Posted on 05.05.06 by jstoner @ 5:31 pm

A couple nights ago I borrowed Sarah Kaplan’s trailer for a run to Menard’s for some lighting fixtures. It was quite a tight fit, but between good trailer design and a little cleverness with the inner-tube bungees, I got it all home in one piece–well, two, there were two fixtures.

This is the loaded trailer with the Bike of Steel. Note the twisted up inner tubes–they were a little loose, so I twisted them and split them around the corners for added stabilty.

This it how I tied them down in back.

This is the front view.

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