DRT007 - Community Standards

 
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I’m alone, I ramble, I lose my train of thought and repeat myself…. but there is some kewl music.

Kelly’s Lot - Nobody Here But Me - http://www.kellyslot.com

Laura Clapp - Let It Rain - http://www.lauraclapp.com

Geoff Smith - If This Geek Ruled The World - http://www.thegeoffsmith.com

Buckcherry - Sorry - http://www.buckcherry.com

Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corp - www.crusaders.com - Please Donate

Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corp

My husband is a member of the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Senior Corp.  They are one of the few Corps with a Junior Corp affiliation.  This is about the Junior Corp.  These kids, and I say kids because they are 21 and under and I’m old enough to call them kids, work most of the year on rehearsing, learning music and routines and raising funds to pay for their 2 months of touring for shows and competitions.  Due to the increase in fuel costs they find themselves short on the amount they need to finish the tour this year.  Their final show is the Drum Corp International World Competition in Bloomington, IN.  If you can take a look at their website at www.crusaders.com, there are links there to donate to the Corp to help them continue their 60+ year tradition.

Thank you,

Daphne

DRT006 - Finding Zombies on The Craigslist

 
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I talk to Will Ross about Zombies, Craigslist, Tornados, and I can’t remember what else

118 Migration - http://118migration.com

Re: Vos Cerveaux and A Talk with George by Jonathan Coulton - http://jonathancoulton.com

DRT005 - Technical Difficulties

 
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After running into some technical difficulties of my own I finally get out episode 5 which is about the technical difficulties even savvy computer people are running into with Second Life these days.  I talk with Radar Masukami and Sougent Harrop about their experiences with Second Life’s release candidates and what frustrates them the most.  Not for those who can’t stand tech talk.

Radar Masukami:

SL Under the Radar: http://slundertheradar.com

Reading Radar: http://radarmasukami.com/ - link to his post called “Technology Sucks - It’s not just SL”

Sougent Harrop

The Second Life Adventures of a Southern Gentleman: http://sladvofsougent.blogspot.com/

Music:

Everybody Needs a Robot - Matthew Ebel. Thank you Matthew for allowing me to play this on my show.  Find this and more of Matthew’s music at: http://matthewebel.com

Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton http://jonathancoulton.com

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The Association, Pink Flamingos and I

Front Flower Bed

It started last Friday.  I had a few errands to run, I was in a really good mood, then I picked up the mail.  There was a letter from the property managers for my condominium development.  It said that the plant hanger hooks, I call them Shepard Hook’s, was in violation of the Rules and Regulations of my Condo Association.  They said the Rules stated no ornaments in the front planting beds, I have 15 days to comply or be fined.  I was upset for many reasons.  I called the Mr. and told him what the letter said.  I told him that right now if I called them I would use language best kept to a podcast with an explicit tag.  He said he would call them.  I was supposed to start cleaning up the house for a family cook-out of Sunday but all I wanted to do was hit something, so I played some Wii Tennis, very badly, and some Wii Bowling, made Pro status.  While I was playing the property management company called the house looking for the Mr.  I gave them his cell number because I still couldn’t be civil to them.

Right now you are saying “Daphne, it’s just 2 Shepard’s Hooks. Move them and be done with it”.  Well, there is more to this than just moving them.  I have lived in this Townhouse Condominium for 4 years.  We moved in before half of them were even built.  We moved in before there was an association.  When the association came into power we were told anything that is currently up, that was up before these new Rules and Regulations go into effect, will be grandfathered in.  This included the little retaining wall which we built and you can see in the photo.  It includes any storm doors that were installed since the Condos did not come with them.  This also included any plantings that might be in the planting beds.  Also the rules stated that we are not allowed to plant anything in the beds but we can put out flower pots as long as they are in the bed and don’t interfere with the landscapers.  The rules that we have, the official rules of the association, make no mention to ornaments at all.

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