I’m sick and tired of reading stories about good-looking people who abuse kids.
This one is about a white man with a handsome face and an ethnically acceptable last name, one Bryan M. James, 34. James is accused of biting a tiny 3 year old girl so badly that “she lost part of her upper lip, police said. Her ear was so disfigured that surgery couldn

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It feels like Saturday.
Great day, perfect weather, especially for this morning’s parades.
Last weekend’s power washing was one of the hardest outdoor jobs I’ve ever done and by about 4 on Sunday afternoon, I was finished.
It worked, though, so it took CM, James and I less than an hour to scrape and sand the deck. CM helped me pick out a good-looking Cabot stain. It was quite busy at the one hardware store that was open.
Next step will be to wash and re-paint the railings, probably this weekend, since rain is predicted through Friday.
Now that the worst is over, I’m looking forward to getting this job done.

From Pizza Delivery Girl in Vancouver:
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It finally rained last night, not a lot, but a help.
Yesterday, CM bought two trees at 50% off at the discount nursery, and with the purchase, we got our pick of vegetable 6-packs for free. She chose lettuce and I came home with a dozen tiny tomato plants which I planted for now in two large previously unused flower boxes filled with Miracle-Gro potting soil.

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Peter has been worried about a massive tree limb that dangles over the back yard, and after three tries, I found an arborist, my next door neighbor’s employer, who is willing to take it down today.
Peter has also been wanting to power spray the porch, which still has vestiges of the lousy paint job from four years ago, and I’ve reserved a unit at Taylor Rental for late today/tomorrow.
That’ll mean sanding and staining the deck in the weekends to come. I’ll be a very happy person when that job is over.

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It’s been a good ten degrees cooler than Boston, but the weather on the Cape has still been oppressive for the last three days.
We’re supposed to get a break tomorrow, not soon enough for many of us.

So last night, I finally bought a $20 “Star Spangled Sweepstakes” ticket, the Mass. Lottery’s most recent opportunity for instant wealth or self-delusional scam, depending on your point of view.
There haven’t been any winners yet on the Cape, so if the law of random numbers applies, maybe there’s a better than average chance at either the daily or final Fourth of July drawing.
The Lottery claims it’s distributing $40 million in prizes, ranging from $250,000 to $20 million. You can’t win if you don’t play.

I truly wish I could do this.

It seems a shame to spend time indoors at this time of year, when sunset isn’t until well after 8 pm and there are over 16 hours of visible light.
If one had the money, skill and the tools to do so, one could build a patio or put up a shed, all within the normal workweek.
Even folks who don’t exercise on a regular basis are talking about fitness routines, and real athletes are geared up for serious competition.
If it weren’t for the fact that winter saves us from being infested with bugs and even nastier creatures, I wish it were like this all year long.

Glad I hauled self to the Provincetown Film Festival yesterday, otherwise I would have felt like a real loser this morning.
Not only were the two films I saw – America the Beautiful and Movimentos Perpetuos – well worth the trip, but the weather was picture-perfect.
It was a good drive out, good drive back, had enough cash for parking and lunch without breaking the bank, and I visited two National Seashore beaches on the way.
I’m running to catch up this morning; considering that the day is starting out gray and muggy, I’m happy to have invested a rare top ten in something other than mowing a lawn or a transfer station run.