Work on the house continues but at a slower pace than I would like. Well, my end of it at any rate. The contractors have been top notch. The boiler was replaced yesterday and the half-dead White Spruce tree in the front yard is being removed today. Meeting with the realtor tonight. Getting an estimate on Friday for the falling down fence, and a friend is helping to replace the kitchen light fixture on Sunday. But I need to forge ahead. With the purging. And making my house ready for staging. It’s never going to look like a Pottery Barn catalog, but I’ve got to do what I can. At least I will be able to attack the little man’s room on Saturday, when he heads to grandma’s house.

But I’d also like to make time for the 2nd annual Design Fiesta at The Soap Factory. And I’ve got a friend’s birthday party to attend. And I plan to swing by a co-worker’s wedding reception. Followed by another Modern Radio 9th anniversary show. This time with Double Bird, His Mischief, Vampire Hands, Tight Phantomz and Tornavalanche.

Five (or more) good things:

• Thao Nguyen’s video for Bag of Hammers made it to youtube’s home page yesterday. Right on. And the video features a Lomo Oktomat camera.
• Been listening to le volume courbe, who have recently been added to the ATP NY lineup. Really looking forward to that.
• Happy that someone artfully placed little toy soldiers throughout our office building, and it wasn’t me!
• I’ve been giving in to guilty pleasures too much…like another Charlaine Harris novel in the Sookie Stackhouse series. And I’m planning to start watching recently acquired episodes of The Mighty Boosh soon. And I ordered season four of Home Movies, so the kid and I can start our very own pizza club.
• Your Name On Toast (via the Fabulist), the Andy Rooney Game and the slow motion punch.

Bonus: Also this weekend? The Walker’s Birthday Bash, for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden’s 20th anniversary.
Plus: Eep! A 58 year old lady in Japan was arrested for secretly living in someone’s closet (via Neil Gaiman)
And: Amanda and I have a shared dream. Though a relaxing two week vacation is unlikely to become a reality for me any time soon, I might participate in the LibraryThing meme she mentions.

Been battling a migraine and processing some seriously depressing news - from multiple fronts - but I’m trying my damndest to keep things light and fluffy. Like unicorn tears (which is what some vegan cupcake frosting is made out of - duh).

• Some advice on how to deal with stress, from Michael Ian Black.
• The little man has decided that he is so into Super Monkey Ball he’d like to live in a ball, just like Chad.
• Rare footage of the Javan rhino
• The upcoming Coen brothers movie, Burn After Reading, looks promising.
• A history of St. Paul’s University Avenue.

Bonus: Shot quite a few photos over the weekend. Mojitos at work. Mirah at the Triple Rock. More Modern Radio 9th Anniversary biznass. Ghostface Cow at the Red Hot Art Festival. And Dark Dark Dark at Treehouse.
Plus: On Saturday I read David Maine’s Monster, 1959 from start to finish. I wonder if I could talk my nascent book club into reading it…
And: I missed it - again. The Witch’s Tower in Prospect Park is open once a year only, and Friday night was it. Maybe next year. If I can remember it’s the first Friday evening after Memorial Day Weekend.