The seven year old is quite excited, because Porsche kid has been telling her all about her upcoming First Communion, and the seven year old wants to get into the action. We have yet to break the news that regardless of where we end up (Presbyterian, Unitarian, splintered off RC sect or Church of Hoffman's Problem Child) she's not getting a First Communion blowout party. Anyhow, these Presbyterian seem nice on the phone, they're just down the street a few blocks, and our neighbors up the street go (also lapsed Catholics). Plus, they have coffee after whatever they call their service.

Ding dong the keg is dead, the lovely keg is dead. I don't think we even made three weeks on that one, so it's back to cheap beer for another two to three weeks, though I did just get our Federal return back, so maybe I can afford decent beer.

It looks like I will have the kids to myself on Saturday, as Mrs. Ha is working, then going into Buffalo with her bro for her mom's bday. No workout for me, and I may even just take them out to dinner, as usually when I cook, only Mrs. Ha and I eat it, the kids are very bland and fussy eaters. Then again, it would be a good day to stay home, eat Spaghettioes and brew.

One of the problems in working in Lego is the rectilinear nature of the media. Sure, now and again you can pull off boxy, but too often it looks boxy. But, I just bought lots of hinges from bricklink, and I'm pursuing an angle, well several angles. Yes, thanks to Pythagorean primitive triples, I can add angles to Lego, it's a promising field for exploration.

I try to avoid Walmart, feeling KMart is marginally less guilty of destroying towns, oppressing the poor and browbeating suppliers, but it's hard. This morning I stopped in Wally world to buy some boy short underwear for Mrs. Ha, a ceiling fan light switch (broke again, I think I replaced it last year, too), clearance Lego and some blank CDRs, and noticed they have an in dash CD/MP3 player for $89.  

Now, on ebay I see similar ones, but then you have to include shipping and such, and they come out more. I could just go to Crutchfield and get a Blaupunkt for $140, but our neighborhood is just not that safe. Is a car mp3 player really needed? It is one more thing to distract the driver, but then again, no CD's would get stolen, like our missing Hot Licks (though not Pet Story, that had fallen behind a pile of other CDs). Pep Boys occasionally has a rebated one for $40, I should check there. But still, Wally world is cheaper. Maybe I'll just stick a cassette player in there.