doodledee

• I learned that I can still be surprised by what people try and sell at the farmer's market. This time it was a husband and wife who had driven all the way from western North Dakota with a truck full of big landscape rocks to peddle to us city folk. The rocks were clinkers and they were awesome, but they were also heavy and expensive, so rather than buy one I just stood there and blabbed to anyone who would listen about how great geology is. Then I shopped for herbs.
• On another rock note, I learned that it would take a lot longer than 30 minutes to fill Lake Harriet with rocks. I know this because my kid threw pebbles into the lake for 30 minutes straight on Sunday and the water level didn't seem to rise at all. Huh.
• I learned that when you go to a Mexican restaurant and the cook has to come out from the kitchen to take your order because “he's the only one who can talk to the white people" that your order is probably going to get screwed up anyway. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, it's just something I thought I'd pass along.
• I learned that cedar 4x4's cost a lot more than I thought they would. And by 'more than I thought they would' I mean 'almost as much as a large landscape rock from North Dakota'. Seriously, when I saw the $20/board price tag, I actually stopped and debated the merits of living with a broken fence for the rest of my life. Then I cursed. Then I bought them. Then I went home and fixed my fence.
• I learned that ABC Sports is obsessed with Danica Patrick. We get it, she's a girl; can we go back to talking about the race now? Or do we need to spend a few more minutes gushing about how Danica is the Rosa Parks of the IRL? Gushing it is.
• I learned that when your grill runs out of propane at 6pm on Memorial Day, you won't be the only one standing in line down at the SA waiting for a refill. There were 7 of us, to be exact. And I wasn't the only one looking a little embarrassed.

I think that's everything.