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Scavengers
Did I mention that I come from a family of scavengers? I've been emailing a little with my Dad to keep him up to date on Mum's condition while she's in the hospital, and this is the last line of his latest email:
Did I tell you I had acquired an oscilloscope through FreeCycle? -
Brewing journal
Saturday was social day. Our friends Doug and Stacy came up for a lovely afternoon of sitting in the garden drinking beer, eating grilled food and conversing about the important issues of the day (I would report some of our conversations verbatim, but I'm afraid the high level of discourse would go straight over your heads, particularly the thorny ( Read more... ) -
Rumble in Salem
Taz Furball, hardboiled private catective, the one honest cat left in a city of crooked felines, appears to have a bit of a problem with the ladies. Maybe he's been on the wrong end of a feline femme fatale one too many times ( Read more... ) -
That's wangernum!
Spoilers for Dr. Horrible, the end of Doctor Who S4, Buffy S1-8, Angel S1-5
Award for most awesome scene that in retrospect makes no sense at all: the last few minutes of "Turn Left". As soon as Donna uttered the words "Bad Wolf", my stomach dropped. Then the Doctor Who Action Music kicked in like crazy: dum dum dum da da DUM DUM DUM and I still ( Read more... ) -
The state of games
For the most part, I'm a paperback video gamer. I rarely buy new releases, in fact paying full price for a game makes me itchy all over. I'm always on the lookout for a bargain - sometimes I let the fact that something is a good deal blind me to whether or not I really need something, which is why I still have PS2 games that haven't even been ( Read more... ) -
Kicking and screaming into the digital age
We have finally gotten ourselves up to date and bought a digital camera; a refurb from woot.com, naturally. We knew this would have to happen once we adopted Taz - how can you have a cat and not be constantly posting pictures of him on the internet? It makes no sense!
I think fresh Taz pictures are what I need to really catapult me into the ( Read more... ) -
Garden Update
Last night we made our first non-herb harvest from the garden. We got dinosaur kale in this week's share from the farm, so we decided to have pasta with greens and beans for dinner. Because the kale wilts down considerably, we bumped up the greens with some chard from the garden, which reached harvestable size while we were on vacation. We took ( Read more... )