I [heart] Davids

This week I got to do something really fun. I found out that the City of Raleigh’s Recycling folks were sponsoring a vermicomposting workshop so I asked if I could help out. They accepted my offer so I showed up with worm bins in tow Tuesday evening. Bianca, who works in Education for the City, was running the workshop. She’s a really neat person who introduced me to worms several years ago at a composting workshop. (Thanks Bianca!)

Here she is teaching the class.

She asked me to talk to the class for a bit and we ended up teaching the rest of the class together. It’s so much fun to teach people about worms and answer their questions. A dozen or more people left that night with worm bins prepared to get started vermicomposting. Woot!!

Check out these awesome costumes my friend at work made for her two kids. They are amazing!

Cristin and I finally got around to watching Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars this week, which was quite excellent.

We had yummy pizza dinner and Cristin got to feed Henry. She brought him this amazing shirt that she made, featuring Hank the Tank.

All of her pictures are here.

There are some more really cute pictures here from when Cristin came over to visit this week. This one is my favorite!!

When not jamming out to some Bowie on my car radio, the dial is usually set to NPR. Lately, I’ve been getting really annoyed at the liberal slant with which NPR delivers all its news. So I recently switched the dial over to 680 AM figuring I’d get a good conservative harangiung. I was right. I appreciated hearing a diffferent opinion, but couldn’t take all the attitude and scoffing, not to mention the commercials. So, as one-sided a view as NPR is, I’ll continue to listen to it because at least they’re civilized.

I need a service that keeps me up-to-date with all the stuff I love cuz I never know about things until it’s too late. For instance, I just found out that Billy Bragg is playing tonight at Duke. I would LOVE to go but I can’t. Sad sad sad!!!

I tried to convice Dave that I should go or otherwise I’d have to fly to England to see him, but he didn’t go for it.

Glad to have that off my chest. Thanks to my honey for picking me up and voting with me. It’s a nice thing to do together.

Here’s my list of favorite Bowie songs. This is the CD I’d make you if you wanted an introduction to David’s music.

• Five Years
• Cygnet Committee
• London Boys
• Dig Everything
• Win
• Young Americans
• Let Me Sleep Beside You
• The Gospel According to Tony Day
• Candidate
• Be My Wife
• Breaking Glass
• Fantastic Voyage
• Strangers When we Meet
• Wild is the Wind
• Black Country Rock
• Moonage Daydream (A. Corns)
• Life on Mars
• Quicksand
• Boys Keep Swinging
• Station to Station
• Ashes to Ashes
• God Only Knows

I’m not sure that would all fit on an 80 minute CD, so if I made you this CD it might be a bit shorter. But in a perfect world…

Now, here’s Cristin’s list.

• Time
• Watch That Man
• Teenage Wildlife
• Moonage Daydream
• Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)
• Let Me Sleep Beside You
• Strangers When We Meet
• Secret Life of Arabia
• New Career in a New Town
• Red Sails
• The Wedding Song
• Slow Burn
• V-2 Schneider
• Boys Keep Swinging
• Station to Station
• Suffragette City
• See Emily Play
• New Killer Star
• John I’m Only Dancing

Today was the neighborhood Fall Festival where all the kids come show off their Halloween costumes. Henry had a great time looking at all the other kids.

Dave entertained Henry while I carved my pumpkin today. I wanted to re-attempt the Aladdin Sane pumpkin I did last year, but just didn’t have the energy to work it out. Cristin, I am passing this task on to you. Run with it!