Radio Free Europe

R.E.M. re-released Radio Free Europe on 10″ orange vinyl, all proceeds to benefit the Radio Free Europe non-profit that got its funding cut by a certain orange politician. I predicted back in March (or whenever it was) that I would have totally forgotten that I ordered this by the time it arrived, and sure enough when it showed up today.

Ding Dong

The tree is dead! This street tree (an old Norway maple)  has been dropping branches on us for a while now, and we’ve been after the city to take it down for a while. From the condition of the stump you can see why. The center of growth is rotted out so the rings are hard to count, but by my estimate it was 70-100 years old. But it was failing (and shaded our solar panels part of the year) so its time had come.