In part because I’m sick of all the references to Terminix and Ant Farms for sale at the top of my page, and in part because I’m tired today, allow me to vent! For the unaware, Apex, NC is this “special” location on the former Seaboard Air Line RR: the highest point on the line … Read more
So, we’ve had the ants in the farm going on 5 days, and we have some good-looking tunnels appearing now. Unfortunately, all the tunneling is going on in “Timmy’s” ant farm, while Jake’s has something else going on…mass burials of all their dead. I’ll tell you what! I think these ant farms are WAY more … Read more
Well, while the enthusiasm is there to have our family live with just the one car, in practice we discovered some “issues”. First, Dave usually leaves his office around 5:30pm. If I’m doing a labor-intensive dinner, such as a stir fry where I’m chopping veggies and standing over the stove for a few minutes, taking … Read more
So…we own two vehicles. Dave drives the Toyota Prius to/from work (20 miles per day), while I take the boys around in a Honda Odyssey (more than 20 miles per day, usually closer to 50). Don’s blog now has an RSS feeder streaming his favorite news articles related to Electric (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) … Read more
So here’s the plan to keep the ants in the dark…it allegedly will inspire them to tunnel more. I simply folded a piece of black construction paper in half and rubber-banded it to each of the farms. Stay tuned…I put the construction paper on at about 7pm, will remove it in about 12 hours when … Read more
…though I have to admit that I thought there’d be more tunnels by now…I’m considering putting black construction paper over the sides during the day to encourage more in-the-dark work. From 2008 03 10 An… Now, for those with mining backgrounds, you’ll know that what’s pictured below isn’t a tunnel, but an “adit”. A horizontal … Read more
*I couldn’t help it…I did it again — name that tune! I got the boys ant farms for Christmas this year. I had found them at Walgreen’s of all places on Black Friday and let me tell you, those Uncle Milton Ant Farms are SO cute, I also got one as a 5th birthday gift … Read more
I’ve been seeing this commercial by Jaguar on FoxNews, I have always liked the song (“Hush” by Deep Purple), so to tie it to this INCREDIBLY SEXY car is really cool. Author’s Note: I doubt I’ll ever get to own one of these, I like having both of our cars paid off. Starting at ~$50K, … Read more
…here’s Dave. I’m almost home, dear! You’re doing great!
So…here I am on my 2-weeks tour. No, not in the picture above, I’ll discuss that soon. For all intents and purposes, I’m a member of the 28th Operational Weather Squadron during this tour. I follow their schedule, meaning I go to their staff meetings, weather shift change discussions, briefing about sexual assault (which was … Read more