grousing

[da]

The system administration framework here at the University is old and clunky. While it simplifies some things, accounts management is enough to make (many of us) tear our hair out. I will spare you the details.

There has been a cool front-end loader digging up dirt around the building all week. It looks like fun to drive. Not for the first time, I wonder maybe I should go into construction.

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[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

So why does Butterwings still have a fairly luxuriant head of hair?

The thing that made the difference between St. Agatha's strawberry festival being total suck and almost worthwhile was the opportunity, for a mere two dollars, to compete in age and gender groups for who could perform a precision operation with a backhoe the fastest. Boy managed one minute even.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Dammity damn. That sounds like fun. I would've paid $2 to play with a backhoe. What did Boy win?

On hair, I suppose that's between R... and his barber.

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

A woman (not boring old me) got a time around three minutes and had a great deal of fun. One of the local kids in the "boys under 12" group had a time of 56 seconds. I need to put the pictures on line; right now they're spinning on a disk at home.

If you haven't heard Steven Levine sing his Backhoe Song, you've missed a real treat.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

That's just too special for words. I've never heard anything by him. I'll have to look it up, thanks.