Wasting away in neuron-ville

Why am I plagued by "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" running through my brain this morning?

Well, not ALL the idiots live in the USA

Liz Williams has posted about some Irish damnfoolery in her LJ, plans to run a major highway right through the ancient site of Tara.  I thought Americans had a monopoly on this kind of shit.

http://mevennen.livejournal.com/424276.html

Unexpurgated "This Old House"

Just spent an hour prepping the front porch deck -- Shop-Vac, then go over inch-by-inch with wire brush and vac, digging into the vee-groove joints to remove dirt, maple and ash seeds, sunflower seeds stashed by the chickadees, dead earwigs and live spiders, you name it.  Then vacuum the whole thing  a third time.

Things my daddy never warned me about.  But I think I can understand why they sold off the ancestral mansion when Grannie died...