We did indeed go check out guerrilla gardening today. Here's some pics:

Guerilla gardening

And an article.

Practice random kindness and senseless acts of gardening!

I've recently become a fan of guerrilla gardening, after discovering its existence by stumbling across some broad beans planted on a tiny spot of green in the midst of an otherwise totally paved area. There are apparently several more examples in the local area and we are going to scout them out tonight. There just seems to be everything good about this, and nothing bad. And it's so lovely to come across it in the middle of the city.

I've noticed recently that my happiness seems to be mainly tied to my circumstances improving, as opposed to a comfortable steadiness. I know that's not really sustainable in the long run, and will probably have to figure out how to just be happy being at some point.

But it does explain my recent happiness. And my lifestyle improvements are mostly due to technology:

I've been bringing home my wireless laptop from work, and it's letting us surf the net from anywhere in the house. Marjorie's getting one of her own for her birthday, too.

We bought some speakers for the laptop, and are streaming internet radio through it, mainly from last.fm and Yahoo Launchcast. This is great for Champagne Sunday.

I finally got BitTorrents going, which means I've been able to download and burn tons of old music and TV shows. Everyone at work downloads and trades TV shows, but I don't know how much my taste overlaps -- my first grab was all all four seasons of Home Movies.

Facebook is putting me in touch with more and more old friends.

Skype is old news, but it's still great to be able to talk to people overseas.

There's rumors at work that we'll all be getting iPhones for Christmas!