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Tough SOB
I've walked around with a bruise all the way through my leg, pulled out a branch that went into my hand to the bone, and ran a project while walking around with pneumonia. I dressed my dad's foot wounds after surgery, where the opening was the size of a small tamarind. I can enjoy both Journey, and the ribbing I get for enjoying Journey. Hey, I ( Read more... ) -
Home from vacation
sapphireone, Mr. Froggie Pants and I met garrity, space_mice, WW & MM for camping on beautiful Higgins Lake this week. Just as an aside, that was probably the most tag and / or abbreviation heavy sentence I've ever written on LJ. It was the relaxing vacation I've had in years ( Read more... ) -
That vision thang
My glasses are gone. Gone far way, gone ahead. Sorry Anne, I'll stop now. I'm not sure, but I think Mr. Froggie Pants flushed them. They were well past due on replacement (I tend to buy very good frames, and keep them too long. This pair came to me in 2003, during my titanium phase. Of course, my computer still is titanium ( Read more... ) -
A day in the life
7:45 - Start getting phone calls (4) on site issues - respond and resolve ( Read more... ) -
RIP - Edmonds Tinee Rocket
Today, after My Froggie Pants and I flew his my and his rocket, once each. My Tinee went up, and went down somewhere. Out there. In the middle of a small woods ( Read more... ) -
We don't want rocketeers here
So Mr. Froggie Pants and I were flying rockets today. We got off one launch of the Edmonds Tinee, using an A3-4T Engine (A decent, but very small engine). The rocket went nicely up in the air, ejecting the engine exactly as it should, and gliding down over many circles. Beautiful flights all around ( Read more... ) -
Rocket Season
A friend of mine, who's sick right now, was cheered by a recent phone call ( Read more... ) -
We are a biking family
We received my MiL's old bike for sapphireone a few weeks ago, with the understanding that it might need some work. Indeed, it appeared so, with double flats and a rim that seemed bent out of shape ( Read more... ) -
Fallible
In an interview, I would answer the hero question "I have two heroes I've never met - Jimmy Carter and Phil Bolger. I remember back in 1980 when the pundits said that people wouldn't be able to remember Mr. Carter because of his ineffectiveness. What so deeply moves me about Mr. Carter is what he's done after the high-point of his life. Between ( Read more... ) -
Pulled Pork - Open Invitation, and other Santana Songs from before "Smooth"
So on Monday, I'll be smoking the heck out of some pork shoulder for Pulled Pork. If you can read this, know me or sapphireone, you're invited. Please RSVP here or privately.
House open at 1:00 with pork out at 2:00. It will be 8 to 12 hours in the smoker by then.
Please bring a dish or drink. sapphireone and I will have some stuff, plus a good bunch of stringy ( Read more... )