Saturday was the Solstice Parade in Fremont.  Coincidentally, it was also my birthday.  A parade, just for my birthday, to bring in the summer (although it still doesn’t feel like it).

Pictures here.

Recent letter from my lender regarding automatic payments setup:

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Complete the information on the second page and return it along with a voided check from your bank in the enclosed postage paid envelope…

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Only problem is, there’s no postage paid envelope enclosed (or any envelope at all).  And this is not the first time that this has happened with this particular account.  Are things really that rough at the banks these days that they can’t even send an envelope (postage paid or not) with their letters?

As with many guys, I have a strange fascination with all things bacon.  Well, now someone has stepped it up another notch, with yes, canned bacon.

I finally found some chairs that I liked at a vintage store in Ballard called Space Oddities. I got four chairs total in two different colours - orange-red and navy blue. They’re also stackable to save space.

I also made a $25 DIY lighting project, as seen below. Parts are adaptors from Ace Hardware (bought online), and some 25W light bulbs from Home Depot. I actually got the inspiration for this because the previous owners had something like this, and it’s very easy to do.