It took me 3 and 1/2 hours to tear down and rebuild, but I fixed my lens. No new parts needed, just had to tighten some bits that the impact let loose. Canon uses the softest metal for their fasteners that I have ever encountered. The Canon factory had to replace the main board in the camera. --- The first outdoors farmers market starts up on the 8th here. The local hardware store does an indoor one year around, but there are only ~5 stalls. Steph is hoping to find some farms that are OK with consumers coming out and looking at their operations. We'll see how that goes. Kale are doing well, we'll go out and turn some earth this weekend if the ground isn't complete slop. --- Our "wedding reception" is slowly becoming something I'm dreading. One of my sister-in-laws was upset that she didn't get to go to the courthouse when we eloped, so we let her organize a party to help heal that wound. On the condition that it was a party. If we wanted pomp and circumstance we would have had a wedding. Our requests were: No Children, A keg of local beer, and that it's a Potluck. We told her we would only be wearing our normal clothes. So far, only the keg remains. She keeps asking about how we are coordinating our clothes. "Teamsters shirts and Jeans." --- If you ever find yourself in Lawrence, KS, go to the visitors center and enquire about The Movie. It's 20 minutes, and really, really bad. The gleeful face of the guy manning the center as he sets up The Movie isn't a wholesome sort of glee. Then go to Terrebonne's off Vermont St and get a portobello sandwich and a pecan praline bar. It's cheap, and it'll help memories of The Movie fade. --- Mastering The Art of French Cooking has an amazing french bread recipe. When people ask me what my recipe is, I'm going to start directing them to that. Shit, it might become the recipe I actually use instead of just throwing shit together.