Been offline

Our DSL slowed last night, and Kent got a brilliant idea-hit the reset button on the modem. Y'know, that thing on the back that you have to stick a pen in. Not good; there's a reason why it takes some effort to get at that button. I called Wilkes Telephone first thing this morning, and they told me to bring the modem and trade it for a new one. Problem solved. They were so nice, as they always are. 

Catch you later-the garden awaits. 

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We own you, and we own the rain

Just today, Karissa told me about Colorado's law forbidding private citizens from collecting water in rain barrels. I just swiped this off the gardening blog. Colorado will no longer put you in the pokey over a little rain. In some parts of the country, it's still a crime. In others, it's a crime not to.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?_r=1&em
Wonder what Utah does to little kids catching raindrops on their tongues? Send them to juvie?