Grabbing a "spare" hour to wash dishes and websurf

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)

Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

(Tracing a sparrow on snowcrested ground)

With out any seams nor needle work

(Blankets and bed clothes the child of the mountain)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

Steel vs. tin

Housing management for my neighborhood has just begun a curbside recycling program. Yay! (They still don't accept glass. Boo.) We received our shiny new blue recycling bin with a flyer listing what is and is not recyclable. On the recyclable list: "tin cans." On the not recyclable list: "steel."
 
Now, I don't think I've seen a can made of tin in my entire life. Cans haven't been made of tin for many, many years. Soda and beer cans are made of aluminum. Pretty much all other cans, e.g. soup, tuna, beans, pasta sauce, are made of steel. I'm pretty sure the recycling company is talking about steel cans. The more I think about that flyer, the more peeved I get. But is it worth calling them to clarify? Probably not. Will other residents know what they were trying to say? Probably. Will people put steel cans in the garbage rather than recycling, because "steel is not recyclable?" Very doubtful; much more likely to do so from laziness. My neighbors may even refer to "tin cans" themselves.
 
*sigh*

Neil Gaiman to appear on "Arthur"

Wired magazine: Neil Gaiman Gets Animated on Arthur
By John Booth

Geek parents of Arthur-watchers, set your DVRs for “Squee!,” because Neil Gaiman’s visit to Elwood City is set for Oct. 25.

Yes, that Neil Gaiman. The creator of Coraline, author of The Graveyard Book – which added The Carnegie Medal to its list of awards this summer – and new contributor to Doctor Who will make a Halloween week guest appearance as himself on the animated PBS series.
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Cool. :)