Obviously I’m dreaming again.  The chance of a pretty young female smiling at me is pretty slim, despite my Internet fame and fortune.  Back in May I had planted a row of Sugar Baby Watermelons and completely forgot about them.  They started out as these tiny little vines that I knew from the start would never get the sun and heat they required.  I ignored them until the beginning of August. 

There were these vines extending out of the garden sprawling all over the yard, up and over the garden fence .  At first I thought it was a weed until [...] Continue Reading…

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I’ve started to pick some of my carrots from the garden.  At first I was disappointed in their appearance, scrawny little stubs that they were.  Then I realized it was unfair to compare my first attempt at growing anything to the showroom specimens in my local supermarket.  Especially when they aren’t even the same species.

Most supermarket carrots are of the Danvers variety, the kind Bugs Bunny eats.  I grew the Scarlet Nantes type , which are short and stubby.  What they lack in looks, they supposedly make up for in sweetness.  To be honest, I ate one fresh from the garden and it [...] Continue Reading…

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It was with mixed emotions that I woke up today to learn that Entrecard was sold.  Sometimes a leader is SO bad you begin to enjoy their nonsense.  Graham Langdon was Kim Jung Il with an asshat, running his online version of North Korea into the ground.  The following is the main announcement from the Entrecard blog.
“It is with great excitement that I announce Entrecard.com, Inc. has been Acquired by ZipRunner Inc.

ZipRunner has the resources, vision, and dedication to Entrecard that will allow it to grow in pursuit of the vision I laid out nearly two years ago.

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Today I was peaking over my garden fence and received a mild scare.  A dragon fly buzzed at me!  Sitting on the corner of the bird netting about a foot away, this thing created a buzzing hiss from its wings.  My 5 year old son came running over thinking I had found something cool; what could be cooler than a giant bug that scared Dad?  “Don’t touch it” I said, “Just look while I go in and get the camera”.

At this point I wasn’t sure it was a dragonfly.  I’m not on the best terms with most insects.  Lightning bugs and earthworms [...] Continue Reading…

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