Just another magic Monday?

The streets of downtown Kansas City are full of loa today. I spotted Baron Samedi under an overpass on the way to City Hall, and then, Papa Legba looking for his dog on the side of the road next to the Courthouse. I'm not sure what omen that bears for my Monday, but hey.

Somewhat related, I've finally bothered to upload my pictures from the excursion to Mount Mora Cemetery the other week. You can look at them here, if you're into that sort of thing. Sadly, no shots of the Psychiatric Museum -- it's not set up for photography *at all*.

In other news, we re-arranged the command center at EHQ last night. I hear that we are now partially wireless. I say "I hear" because although I set the network up and made sure that kittenpants could log in with her laptop, I don't place a lot of trust in my networking abilities. On the other hand, from our house, I can find 3 wireless networks to log into, and ours is the only one that's secured. So that counts for something.

( Most favorite cemetery photo behind cut )

Just another magic Monday?

The streets of downtown Kansas City are full of loa today. I spotted Baron Samedi under an overpass on the way to City Hall, and then, Papa Legba looking for his dog on the side of the road next to the Courthouse. I'm not sure what omen that bears for my Monday, but hey.

Somewhat related, I've finally bothered to upload my pictures from the excursion to Mount Mora Cemetery the other week. You can look at them here, if you're into that sort of thing. Sadly, no shots of the Psychiatric Museum -- it's not set up for photography *at all*.

In other news, we re-arranged the command center at EHQ last night. I hear that we are now partially wireless. I say "I hear" because although I set the network up and made sure that kittenpants could log in with her laptop, I don't place a lot of trust in my networking abilities. On the other hand, from our house, I can find 3 wireless networks to log into, and ours is the only one that's secured. So that counts for something.

( Most favorite cemetery photo behind cut )

Car doom.

Asmodeus is going in for a check-up tomorrow, and almost certainly some repairs. He's developed a grinding noise, almost identical to the grinding noise you get when your brakes are going out, when you've let them proceed past squeaking into full-on metal-on-metal grinding. The difference is that he is making this noise on acceleration, not braking. Also, he's having some transmission issues around the clickover point from 4th to 5th.

The car gods, if they are kind, will intervene so that the need for a new transmission is forestalled and the grinding sound be easily resolved. Of course, a) I'm not sure who the car gods are, and b) I have no idea what makes the grindy-grindy sound when you hit the gas (fuel pump? usually that goes clicky-clacky, not grindy-grindy, and yet, what else is likely?). So I'm not real optimistic about the whole thing.

On the other hand, I'm not about to become a member of the Great Unhorsed without some sort of struggle.

Car doom.

Asmodeus is going in for a check-up tomorrow, and almost certainly some repairs. He's developed a grinding noise, almost identical to the grinding noise you get when your brakes are going out, when you've let them proceed past squeaking into full-on metal-on-metal grinding. The difference is that he is making this noise on acceleration, not braking. Also, he's having some transmission issues around the clickover point from 4th to 5th.

The car gods, if they are kind, will intervene so that the need for a new transmission is forestalled and the grinding sound be easily resolved. Of course, a) I'm not sure who the car gods are, and b) I have no idea what makes the grindy-grindy sound when you hit the gas (fuel pump? usually that goes clicky-clacky, not grindy-grindy, and yet, what else is likely?). So I'm not real optimistic about the whole thing.

On the other hand, I'm not about to become a member of the Great Unhorsed without some sort of struggle.