More on morons

Yesterday afternoon, I had a Weed Man moron ring my doorbell to try to sell me some lawn treatments.  Yes, the signs are still up on the front and side lawns.  "NO HERBICIDES.  NO PESTICIDES.  WEED MAN, THIS MEANS YOU."

She didn't want to take "GET OFF MY PROPERTY!" for an answer.

When I yelled at her that "YOU'VE DESTROYED MY LAWNS!  TWICE!", she replied, hurt, that she personally hadn't done anything to my lawns.

Where do they find people this stupid?

By the way, I note that their new biological herbicide, sclerotinia minor, has been deemed effective at killing dandelions... when grains of infectant are applied directly to the dandelions.  And also effective at killing other plants, which is why it should not be applied indiscriminately to, say, a lawn.

Up

I went to see Pixar's latest, Up, in 3D this afternoon. (Cheap Tuesdays.  Might as well take advantage while I've got the time.)

It's very good, one of their better ones.  It's got some steampunky/mad-inventor stuff, starting with a Famous Explorer in his airship.  There's a nice sentimental sequence in the beginning, introducing the elderly curmudgeon (voiced by Ed Asner).  A very weird giant bird, which would be nice to reproduce as a plush toy but is probably beyond me.  And a bunch of dogs (yes, beable , you need to see this one).