No, I didn’t kill him. I did remember how inconvenient the old “run as close to owner as possible without getting caught” game can be.
His punishment: the cold shoulder from me for ten minutes. He hates that, especially when Roxy gets attention.
Standing in the yard with a leash in my hand (Killing a Doggie)
November 12, 2008Say hello to Roxy and Jet
November 4, 2008
Roxy is the little gal further from the camera; Jet is the big boy closer.
Separated at birth?
September 20, 2008
Google Chrome
September 2, 2008I’m trying Google Chrome out now. So far, not bad. I’ve had a little odd behavior in text areas, and when I loaded bigscary to write this post, all of my tabs and windows froze until the site loaded. If I understand the “every tab a process” model, this shouldn’t be happening, but it happens with some frequency.
Other than that, I’m just having the usual “where the hell is the button that does this” issues that always occur when moving from one application to a competing one. So far, I am not noticing any stark differences in performance between Chrome and Firefox 3. I’ve used it with GMail and Maps. I’ll take a gander at Google Docs later on.
C'mon, folks…
September 2, 2008Just leave Bristol Palin the hell alone.
Yeah, schadenfreude is fun, and heaven knows right-wingers seem to have lots of trouble living up to the standards they so want to impose upon us all, but this is a seventeen-year-old we’re talking about here.
Hammer Sarah Palin for her right-wing social views all you want. Hell, I’ll help.
Just let the girl go.
Bigger and Russianer
August 28, 2008Hahaha
August 7, 2008
Hops Update
July 22, 2008They’re chugging along. Three bines (Cascade, Sterling, and Willamette) appear to be flowering. If the Japanese beetles don’t do too much damage, the others should be well-established next year.
Note that the poles in these photos are about 6 1/2 feet high.
Puterbaugh Farms blog
July 17, 2008Puterbaugh Farms has recently started a blog about the hop-growing business. It’s very interesting if you grow hops, with photos of the bines, what powdery mildew looks like, and how to tell that your burrs are turning into cones.
I bought from Hops Direct last year, and was mostly pleased. The experience was a bit rocky due to the shortage-induced chaos, but they made things right rather quickly once the problem was noticed.
Overheard at home after watching The Iron Giant
June 30, 2008Mr. Man:
Can we watch Dave and Becky now?
Daddy:
I don’t care what we watch as long as Daddy doesn’t have to struggle not to bawl.
