A Celebration of Mundanity

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Loo loo loo

Butters song from South Park has been stuck in my head: "Loo-loo-loo, I got some apples, Loo-loo-loo, you got some too, Loo-loo-loo, let

Laziness in the aftermath

It's been quiet here, there is a strong correlation between activity level and how much content is added: the busier I get the less I write, but I eventually get around to adding back dated entries…

Pagan Prom

As a favor, I volunteered to dj the POI pagan prom. I spent the past couple of weeks listening to and downloading heaps of music, looking for prom appropriate songs to play. It was like making a six…

Hitting the snooze button

I've spent some time watching my friend's two month old little boy. Even though her baby is an exceptionally mellow infant, spending this much time with him is doing one thing, it's making me hit the…

Vet trauma

I don't know why I dragged my feet for so long finding a new vet for Greenbean. There are at least half a dozen within a mile of our home, I choose the one that has been in the neighborhood for over…

Hope for this world

Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers proven not to be extinct. Stories like this inspires confidence that there is hope for this world yet. Even though the habitat that once supported a more wide spread…

Cocoa syrup

Toss the Hershey's Forget about your store bought chocolate syrup. No single variety can stand up to making your own batch of cocoa sauce. Cocoa syrup: 3/4 cups water 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 cups dutch…

The birth of an engine

This weekend involved a crucial step in "Project: Get rid of the 164"-- the engine transplant. The vehicle is less a pile of parts and more a car now. Soon, the new owner will be able to drive away…

Even with a ten foot pole

I spent several days this week staying with Robyn and her 16 month old, while her husband was away at a convention and her baby at day care, I helped her paint a few rooms in her home. They have…

Container Gardening

We were again considering subscribing to the organic vegetable delivery service offered by Kretchman Farms but I was inspired by a trip to a nursery to try my hand at container gardening. Since we…