Kablammo!

In short:

• It rained last night, so we weren’t able to waterproof the deck today as we’d hoped. Perhaps soon we’ll get a chance to go down and try again.
• The DVD recorder seems to work as advertised, and I guess now we can start archiving the Daily Show on shiny plastic discs instead of black-matte cartridges full of shiny plastic tape. Oh, and making backup copies of all those hilarious, embarrassing, and/or boring home videos.
• Mandy Patinkin guest-starred on a Law & Order today. Will his star ever stop rising?

Song of the Moment: «Robot Theme Song» — Aquabats