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Sometime tomorrow...
The clip of Daniel Radcliffe on Conan O'Brien will be up on YouTube. You must watch. The boy is HILARIOUS! Also, watch him blush when O'Brien starts talking about his eyes. -
Links for the week
- Inhabitat's Top 5 Tiniest Prefab Homes - Some of these are cute. I still love the Tiny Tumbleweed.
- Political cartoon - "America is the freest nation on earth! Sort of."
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Child labor laws
I'm paying my kids $.05 per weed to pull up the Lamb's Quarters and Goldenrod in my back yard. The Lamb's Quarters are up against the garage and the Goldenrod can be run over by the lawn mower, but it just bends down and springs back up almost as tall as ever. Both plants get taller than my kids. I've decided to leave the Goldenrod "weeds" that are ( Read more... ) -
Grrr.
Dear Neighborhood Child,
You are lucky I'm a nice person. If I weren't, the bike you left In. My. Driveway. would be on eBay right now. Instead, it's right where you left it, waiting for you to come back.
Your Remarkably Generous Neighbor,
Me
P.S. If the pizza delivery guy runs over it with his car, it's your on damned fault, and I'm totally laughing ( Read more... ) -
Shake and smoothie mix (boring research)
I tried Nutiva Organic HempShake. It wasn't too bad--blended nicely with the rice milk. However, it's mostly just protein, not a whole lot of nutritive value. Went online today to see what other powders I could find that were dairy- and soy- free. Since most mixes are based on whey or soy protein, I was surprised that I actually found a couple that ( Read more... ) -
In unrelated news...
My computer is threatening to die on me. Specifically, I think one of my two 40 gig harddrives is about to bite the dust. Anyone have any brilliant, cheap (or free!) ideas for backing up all my crap before that happens? -
Lots of pictures from my yard.
A few identified. More that are not. ( Cut for photos. Click thumbnails for larger versions. ) -
Mosquito research...
I've seen lots of snake oil remedies for repelling mosquitoes, so I thought I should document some of the research I've found. These studies are in no particular order.
- Repelling properties of some plant materials on the tick Ixodes ricinus L."The most pronounced effects were observed for the oils of citronella,cloves and lily of the valley. They ( Read more... )