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“People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.”
…said Abraham Lincoln.
Amidst the tons of Sidewise reading and whatnot, I’m also reading Paul Riddell’s Greasing the Pan. Since it’s all basically essays and all of the material is reprints from deceased magazines and the like, it’s not like you HAVE to read it all in one sitting. It would make good bathroom reading material, except when Paul ( Read more... ) -
Heirloom seeds information 2009:
Susan, Mere and I have had very good luck in the recent past with heirloom seeds and plants, and we’re looking at doing some gardening with them this year. For everyone’s benefit, here’s a list of seed outfits and information; I’m sure the more expert sorts out there can add their stuff to this.
Susan wants to plant the following:
- Beets (golden or ( Read more... )
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Food query:
Anyone in the audience aware of something called ‘barley honey’? I’ve googled it and I;m not coming up with anything aside of a very weird Wikipeida entry.
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Bad ideas:
- Plopping three grown animals in your lap for a ‘family picture’ and not expecting trouble…
- Attempting to make a laptop microfilm reader for the Apollo astronauts.
- Sending out GI Joe to hunt down squirrels.
- Arguing over goodies with a marmot. Any marmot.
- Collecting a vast number of cereal boxes, so just in case you’ve forgotten what a box of ‘the one ( Read more... )
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For Mark:
The Brits are getting into eating squirrel; especially those darn Yankee Grey Squirrels.
Mr. Griffiths is a fan of the meat, likening it to a slightly oily rabbit. “We started selling squirrel a few years ago, after the owner of our local pub bragged about winning a squirrel-eating contest,” he said. Then, he said, the owner “caught a squirrel, ( Read more... ) -
New Years:
What I can mention is that the New Year’s Party was a good time, though a little frazzling. I also spent a good deal of the day in the library with Rich Rostrom, who stayed over and was helping me with getting all of my stuff out of the closet under the stairs in the basement, and helping with the organization of the stuff that was in there into ( Read more... )
