Surprise bicycle

[helen99]

Today we went to the thrift shop to drop off a TV and microwave. Since we were there already, we decided to take a look around. I got a dinner set for two (well not entirely matched, but almost). The set consists of 2 glasses, 2 bowls, 2 dinner plates, 2 side plates, and 2 each of knives, forks, and spoons. Not bad for ten bucks... I also found a CD by a celtic band called Lunasa (consists of instrumental celtic background music). rialian found some shirts, some of which are pretty nice, and one of which is an, ahm, uniquely patterned creation...

Then as we were about to check out, I saw a little blue mountain bike in seemingly great condition for $34. All bikes were half price, which reduced the price, after taxes, to about $18. I picked it up... I really was not expecting to buy a bicycle today, but I did. So now I have a bike that's short enough for me to ride, and it's a girl's bike (the main reasons I never rode Eyovah's bike before it was stolen). We put it inside since we're pretty sure there's a ring of bike thieves posing as handyman types in the general DC area - but it's small enough not to really take up that much room so I can clear out some space in the utility closet for it.

After that we went to Brookside gardens and traipsed around the place, learning various botanical names. The sun was bright and it was kind of cold, but very nice. Among many other things, we encountered three gazebos, a stone labyrinth that we walked, many trees and shrubs including 2 bald cypruses, 3 ponds, a large bird made out of rusty motorcycle parts, and a couple of fountains... (which one of these objects doesn't match the others?)... The bird was actually for sale ($4,000.00 - too bad since it was very nifty).

After that we went to Conscious Corner shopping center to eat at Great Sage and shop a little at Roots. Unfortunately we think they used soy to fry the potatoes, because rialian had to go home and sleep shortly after that. When he wakes up, we're going to our friend's house for a to watch a video on string theory.

Comments

Re: For the non-TV perspective

[silvaerina-tael.livejournal.com]

It works for me, though from a brief scan of it, it seems to be rather math heavy.

Re: For the non-TV perspective

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Just got back from the bookstore. I found a book called "Parallel Worlds: Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos" by Michio Kaku. It describes what was presented in the video but goes into a little more detail. He doesn't get into the math at all, but explains the concepts.