Thursday miscellanea #576

All set for it to rain for a week, kids?
It takes us longer and longer to hit them—that’s their nature—but we’ve got another perfect square in 576. When I was in the tenth grade, my geometry teacher Mr. Bennett made everyone memorize the squares of 1 through 25. It’s pretty amazing how often I use that ready knowledge. (Click here for how I said the same thing five years and five perfect squares ago.)
Nathan is coming home this weekend and has requested Sonora Chicken Pasta. Absolutely, bud.
Holly Aird had me at first, but I think with season 4 of Waking the Dead Claire Goose has passed her. (Of course, this is 2004 television, so I’m crushing on 17-year-old video.)
I have a solid weekend of work to do on our deck this spring. I hoped lumber prices would have retreated a bit by now, but instead they’re still setting new records with each passing week.
Hasbro has announced that going forward, the toy formerly known as Mr. Potato Head will be known as Potato Head. Or something. It’s hard to tell.
Some interesting (?) changes are coming up on Twitter, including the ability for accounts to charge followers for access to additional content. The line forms over here for the BoWilliams.com Platinum Tier…