Check it out!  The makers of upcoming movie “The Graduates” are offering free mp3 downloads of the soundtrack.   See http://thegraduatesmovie.com/music and enter coupon code “GOGRADS” to get the 2 disc set without entering your credit card info.

I watched the trailer.  It looks like a good after-high-school summer fun movie.  I’m enjoying the fresh music as I write this post.

The songs on the playlist are:

1 Lazing By the Swimming Pool by Kojo
2 Lazy Guy by Kudabins
3 I Went Out by The Mad Tea Party
4 Every Way by The Mad Tea Party
5 Show Me a Love by Maurice & The Cliches
6 Your Room by The New Rags
7 Lawnchairs by Our Daughter’s Wedding
8 Just Impolite by Plushgun
9 Here Kitty Kitty by Seth Freeman
10 Get Offa My Case by Seth Freeman
11 White Surf Trash by Sex with Lurch
12 Learning To Sing by Sonia Montez
13 Surf The Seven Seas by The New Rags
14 Peace of Mind by Uncle Mountain
15 Tokyo Cowboy by Sex with Lurch
16 Wasteland by Andy Morris
17 Drinking Alone by Promis
18 Move You by The Mad Tea Party
19 The Garden by The Smittens
20 Kind of Zero by Joe Moore
21 A Vision of One by Seth Freeman
22 I Never Was A Cool One by The Mad Tea Party
23 Planes in the Sky (Bonus Track) by Vagina Water Park
24 Graduation (Bonus Track) by The New Rags

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Stainless steel and BPA-free water bottles are all the rage and I too want to avoid the harmful effects of BPAs.    So I was delighted to receive two new water bottles as gifts: one stainless and the other BPA-free plastic.

The stainless bottle looks very rugged.  Too bad it turned into an unstoppable fountain in the car on the way to Tahoe!   Its really amazing how altitude and hence air pressure change got this little bottle to soak my car interior before being brought under control by my passenger.   I’m curious to know the physics behind it, but don’t have time to find out.  I did however find the time to write a one-star review for the product on Amazon.

The BPA-free plastic bottle was cool-looking too and I like that its nozzle only lets out water when you bite to open it.  So if you’re in the market for a new water bottle, I’d recommend this one:

You can check out all my Amazon reviews here

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Lots of snow in Heavenly last weekend for very nice skiing! Then sunshine on Monday with terrific views of Lake Tahoe.  

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The “mystery bird” on Windy Hill is indeed a white-tailed kite.   Here’s a photo from my hike this weekend when it made a close fly-by and then perched in a tall oak.

Thanks to Ron Pavellas for identifying the species.

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