Tonight I saw a wild mushroom that had grown at the edge of my backyard patio. A mushroom!!! I used to see plenty of wild mushrooms when I lived in the bay area, but I have never seen one in Phoenix in the 12 years I have lived here until now.

This is the actual mushroom after I plucked it out of the ground. It was about 2.5 inches long.

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Friday the 11th the clutch went out on my car after lunch as I headed back to work. I had to have it towed to my mechanic who said he could fix it Monday. Fine, I would only have to take the bus once from work to home and then once more from home to work on Monday. I could get by without a car for one weekend ( Read more... )

I finally got around to trying my concoction. I sauteed 6 tablespoons of red curry paste, a whole u-shaped sausage cut into small pieces, and two chopped green peppers in two cans of coconut milk. I then served some of it over baked potato cut into chunks. It was good, but lacked the sweetness of curry that I get at Thai restaurants. I still ( Read more... )

One of the Red Bird of Paradise plants I planted ten months ago has finally bloomed! One other plant is budding, but the other four haven't budded or bloomed yet.

A basketball court was recently built in the common area next to my house. A few kids are using it, but many kids still play in the street, creating a traffic hazard.

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baryon's Past Lives

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978 BC: A traitor

803 AD: A religious radical

1639 AD: A gangster

'What were you in your past lives?' at QuizGalaxy.com

How did this mortgage ad get past the review process?

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One year ago today, I adopted Shadow. It took a few weeks before she transformed from a hermitic, scared, hiding cat to the friendly, curious, attached cat she is today. When people she doesn't know are around, she is curious, but often scared by them. It seems she is less scared by women she doesn't know and gets used to them quicker, than men ( Read more... )

I recently put up a bird feeder. For several days, no birds came. Then suddenly many birds started coming. My cat Shadow is very entertained by all the birds flocking around the bird feeder. Once she dashed towards the window hoping to catch the birds, but they all flew away and she stopped. This is probably a good thing because she might have ( Read more... )

I was eating lunch today at the Pho Bang Vietnamese Restaurant when I heard somebody's cell phone go off several times. This would be annoying enough, but their ringtone was Joy To The World. Can't people learn how to put turn their damn cell phones off or put them in vibrate mode?