Okay, I am going to describe a music video I saw once. If you recognise it and can tell me what the song or the band is, please tell me ( Read more... )

A Fatimah Lucienda sent me an e-mail with this headline:

Increase your SALARY with this :- Get yourself Degree/Bacheelor/MasteerMBA/PhDD certificate tbqtrf q6

Rachel says I should go for it; get my PhDD so I can be a Drr.

Daphne uploaded the latest photos. She gets to be the official photographer because she has the better camera and a better eye for shots than I do ;)

Check it out; we're gonna have tomatoes soon:


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Look at that. Daphne and I took an empty patch of dirt and turned it into something nice.


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Daphne and I harvested our first crop last night.


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Some of you may remember that last year, I wrote a post mentioning that I made a 25 dollar micro-loan through Kiva to a Tajik girl named Maftuna. She's 19 years old and supports her family by selling snacks and cigarettes at a bus terminal.


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Daphne and I made the most elaborate feast the other day ( Read more... )

This is what I'm growing in my plot this summer:

Peas
Beans
Radishes
Parsley
Mustard
Chard
Orach
Yellow zucchini
Tomatoes
Tomatillos
Eggplant
Broccoli
Onions
Marigolds

And I still have to plant the basil and dill, and MAYBE make space for a pepper plant.

It's entirely possible that I've overplanted, just slightly. We'll see.

My friend Katherine is in Kentucky for the week, so while she's away, Daphne and I have a visitor.


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There's no such thing as a free lunch, but you can get juice and cookies in exchange for two cups of blood ( Read more... )