Out of The PIT

In case this is something valid: 1 cup of washing soda 1 cup of borax 1/2 - 1 cup of grated bar soap Mix everything together and use about 1/4 cup per load. Not sure if this is a real recipe but will need to check it out one day.

I was laughing at DeeL when I saw his mail this weekend. He got mail from the sherrif's office for jury administration. I personally had not been called up for maybe 12 years, and that was my first time ever being picked. I was able to get out of jury duty at that time as I was basically the only coder at that time and the company probably would have not done well if I disappeared for months. I kind of regretted the decision as I was curious about the whole process and was interested in taking part. Anyway, this afternoon my dad handed me a letter from the sherrif's office for jury administration. Ah crap. Time to fulfill my civic duty!

I was riding to work this morning and had stopped at a light. A mini van passed me, in my lane, and stopped in the gap that I left between me and the car ahead. Now similar situations like this have happened to me before where cars go through my lane as if I was not even there, so my usual tactic is to get in front of the car and kind of make my presence known so that they keep an eye out for riders like me. So as we were stopped at the light, I went around the car and sat myself in front. After we started moving again, I rode normally, leaving about a car length or two between me and the car ahead while at speed. I also stayed on once side of the lane as riders normally do. Well, the mini van passed me again, this time while in motion. Now this is very dangerous and definitely got me riled up. At the next stop, I pulled up next to the vehicle on the driver's side. Inside was a early middle aged Chinese woman in the driver's seat. (Not giving that stereotype any help.) She di...

So MJNL and I put in an offer for a house last night. It was accepted conditionally. So now we're going to scramble to get all of the i's dotted and t's crossed..