August 30, 2004

fun poolside

Nice sandwich.

August 29, 2004

fun slumber

Nice party.

August 28, 2004

fun swinging

Nice rope.

August 27, 2004

fun fishing

Nice lifejacket.

August 26, 2004

fun times ahead

My brother and crew are here from Oregon via Six Flags Great America....hey!

August 25, 2004

opussums eat

Last night an opossum nosed around the yard. Opossums eat almost anything so the unphotographed dead chipmunk in the yard will be gone tomorrow.

August 24, 2004

buying bananas

Sentry Foods has bananas on sale for 28 cents per pound with a posted limit of four pounds. The non-sale price per pound is 49 cents. You try to buy more than four pounds of bananas. What happens? (See comments for answer.)

August 23, 2004

can't quite run

I've been applying heat.

We're almost out of earthworms.

August 22, 2004

on the vine

Hey, sad tomato plant, why are you so sad?

August 21, 2004

dump day

I took no photos at the recycling center today. Someone secretly used my camera to photograph this 9-foot tall sunflower.

August 20, 2004

oatmeal chocolate chip

Today was cookie day.

My stupid ankle is improving.

August 19, 2004

if the electoral college is so great why didn't we impose it on iraq?

The lazy media usually reports national poll numbers for the presidential election. As you know, the winner won't be decided by who wins the popular vote. Current electoral vote projection (including slightly leaning states): Kerry 316, Bush 211.

August 18, 2004

go for the gold

Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

That's what's working for my ankle, just like people say.

August 17, 2004

squirrel gotta eat

Depredation

August 16, 2004

August 15, 2004

the quilting nun

Hello, nun.

August 14, 2004

another nice smile

Hello, butterfly.

August 13, 2004

transaction blocked

I tried to place a bid on eBay but got a "transaction blocked" message due to "discrepancies" in my profile. The info in my profile is correct. I emailed eBay and was told that they know about this "bug" and they are "working on it."

A new account with the same profile works just fine.

August 12, 2004

wasp sting remedy

You can treat a wasp sting with ice followed by a salve of meat tenderizer and water held in place by a bandage. It worked for me.

August 11, 2004

August 10, 2004

cool and cloudy

For the first time in almost three weeks, it was mowing day. Bonuses included trimming, sweeping and seeding.

August 09, 2004

sugar high

With five stops and favoring Target over Wal-Mart, today was an errand day.

Raccoons enjoy root beer.

August 08, 2004

loneliness or predation?

The previously mentioned painted turtle seems to have moved on or to have passed on.

August 07, 2004

overcast fun

Today was a beach day.

August 06, 2004

where's my slice?

I hadn't been to a driving range in over ten years. Today my dad and I went with two of my nephews (1, 2). They hit most of the balls. It was very fun, of course.

August 05, 2004

cub update

The cubs are growing. They now eat sunflower seeds before corn. They used to eat corn first.

August 04, 2004

instead

I didn't get a photo of the doe with three fawns that visited so....hello, toad.

August 03, 2004

more poults

A turkey hen with four poults has allied with the two hens who have six poults and one poult. Hello, turkeys.

August 02, 2004

bugs i have known

The Association for Computing Machinery now has free online books for members. I'm reading Bug Patterns in Java. There does not seem to be online errata.

August 01, 2004

who rules the pool?

Hot day. Swimming. Fun.