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The "Anti-Bird Machine"
I wrote earlier in the week about helping my Dad build an enclosure for his new blueberry plants. It’s an 8′x10′x8′ structure assembled from 1×2′s, a couple of 2×4′s, and some chicken wire. We finished everything but the door – I had framed it up, but it needed to be painted, covered with wire, and [...]
Save the blueberries!
Well, sort of. There aren’t actually any blueberries yet, but there will be. My Dad got some blueberry plants with the intention of growing them for the first time. He’s been doing gardens for as long as I can remember, but never planted blueberries. One of his brothers told him about growing them, so Dad [...]
I’m a Wedding Singer (occasionally).
Being a wedding singer is a lot different than all the other types of singing I do. It carries the biggest risk of humiliation.
Overkill, maybe?
Got this express mail package today with important contents. In the picture, my finger is pointing to the important contents.
Crazy Goose at 4121 Cox Road
There are a lot of geese around Innsbrook (the business park where I work), and they go all over the place. They hold up traffic while crossing the main road through the place, and everywhere is their bathroom. In the 10+ years I’ve been working here, I’ve never seen one doing this. See it on [...]
Fun at the Ballpark
This is the sign on the restroom door at Flowe Park near Charlotte. Makes you wonder what goes on here when kids aren’t playing ball. – Post From My iPhone Location:Central Heights Dr,Concord,United States
Bob, pensive.
Bob, pensive. Originally uploaded by marfdrat I sometimes wonder what’s going through his head – especially when I’m asking him to sit still for photos.
Bully in the ‘hood – More government interference in free markets
This article on Cafe Hayek is about the Transportation secretary Ray LaHood making a big show about “getting involved” in Spririt Airlines’ decision to charge a fee for carry-on luggage. As Dr. Boudreaux explains, shouldn’t it be up to customers to decided whether or not they want to pay such a fee? Aren’t they free [...]
Whose Plan is This?
Here’s an interesting political cartoon from The Chicago Tribune. It’s from 1934. Check out the action plan in the lower lefft-hand corner. If you didn’t know this cartoon was from 1934, it could easily be mistaken for a commentary on our present political/economic situation.
Chris Christie defines what New Jersey, and America, needs: "a smaller government that lives within its means."
Here’s a great example of what it will take to reign in free-spending bureaucrats and civil workers’ unions all over the country: “I’m not signing a tax increase.” Not saying he’s got the job done yet, but Chris Christie is forcing folks to examine the absurd claims about what will happen when their budgets are [...]
Our National Deficit: Herein Lies the Problem.
Your government will spend a record $31,406 per household this year. It will collect only $18,276 per household in taxes. Government spending has increased nearly $10,000 per household in the last decade. Eventually,someone will have to pay. Any volunteers? See the details here: Washington will spend $31,406 per household this year – St. Petersburg Times
And now, for something completely different…
Here’s a video of a guy who throws business cards – amazingly well. Check it out: YouTube – Master of Business Card Throwing
Seriously, KFC? Apparently, they're not kidding.
So, KFC is debuting a new sandwich (I guess you call it that, even though there’s no bread). It’s called the Double Down. TWO chicken breast patties with bacon, cheese, and the Colonel’s Sauce in-between. You can get it with grilled chicken, too, but what would be the point of that? Check it out:
Easter Egg Hunt at Pine Forest
My Mom and Dad had an Easter Egg Hunt for all the cousins at Pine Forest (their place in Nottoway County, VA). They hid 269 eggs over about five acres. That doesn’t seem like a tremendous number until you consider there were only six participants (Josh was otherwise occupied, the NC cousins were in Hawaii, [...]
