Opportunity knocks. An elderly lady trying desperately to rid herself of her old sheet music and record collection. Stuff like an autographed copy of Klaus Vradenburg performing his polka collection on accordion. Songs from Hawaii sung by authentic Hawaiians. Hilde Gueden sings Operetta Evergreens. Wow. Hot sellers indeed. I gave her 20 bucks. And throw in the boxes upon boxes of old vinyl from my garage. I used to pick up entire collections at garage sales for 5-10 bucks. Sell the stuff. Grand Funk Railroad. Barbara Streisand. Two copies of Mountain climbing. Perry Como Christmas. Polka collections. Ohmigosh. How did I end up with a second Klaus Vradenburg? Oh well, one of 'em is signed...

Have I said anything about the local brewing supply store? Oh yeah, I did - but it's been a while. After years of business, they now sell beer making supplies by the recipe. You tell them what kind of beer you want to make, and they weigh out all the ingredients precisely. Uhm, ok. I'm making Förnikatör. I need 25 pounds of two-row barley. Just give me a fifty pound sack and I'll be happy. Uhm, we no longer sell two-row by the sack. Matter of fact, we don't carry any two-row at all. But you can order it from us online. I tried that. Nope, the web page doesn't let you buy a sack. Two-row isn't even listed as an option. Fair enough. I found a web page for a place over in Dublin that has it and will ship it out today. A brewing supply store that doesn't sell barley seems kind of pointless to me.

Arafat is looking a lot like the pope these days. They have to prop him up to make any public appearances. So back to the question of what would happen if he actually died? Arafat I mean. Replacing a pope has always been a touchy affair. But who could possibly vie for a job which includes having a couple of Isreali tanks parked in your driveway?

Meanwhile the lawyers have already started filing papers to challenge the coming election. Sigh...