1. Days so far: 2
2. Days until inventory is due: 3 school days
3. # of items on inventory: @300 (so far)
4. # of trips to the dumpster: 4, plus a computer monitor box full of garbage that I haven’t taken out yet.
5. % completed: 40
6. Weirdest item found: rubber snake, complete with plastic rattling tail
7. Weirdest thought while working: I can see the foot wide stain on the carpet for the first time in months, and I’m oddly satisfied by that.
8. Number of bugs seen scurrying for cover: 1
9. Glad I’m done counting: acrylic paints
10. Not looking forward to counting: 50-100 books, each of which is unique. (I may end up donating some of the more damaged books, as they were for the most part all donated to me in the first place.)
11. I didn’t know I had so much: white paper (That’s not a complaint.)
12. Sanity maintained by: podcasts, educational and otherwise.

…I needed a break, so I took stock of my accomplishments so far.

I’m going to take an unusual detour away from my normal art, ed, and tech ramblings to wish all the Smiths out there a happy Smith Day.

What, you don’t think it’s a real holiday? Well the Seattle Times disagrees!

Steve Dembo, one of my main inspirations for starting this site, was going through a bit of a dry spell so far as blogging and podcasting were concerned. Mind you, I’m not complaining – analog life must often take precedence over digital life.

But no matter, he seems to have returned to the Read/Write Web. If you’ve yet to check out Teach42.com, then you really should go there to browse through his blog and listen to a podcast or two.

Hey, if he’s good enough for Apple to feature his podcast when they rolled out iTunes 4.9, then he should have some great ideas, right?

Don’t blame me for this little foray into random listing of things, blame Steve Dembo for emailing me. I promise to return to the usual topics of conversation after this.