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Triops longicaudatus

When most families consider getting a pet they usually think of dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, fish, etc. I thought it best to start a little more basic, a little simpler. For one thing, we’re allergic to dogs and cats. Also, we have no experience taking care of things with feathers or scales. And rodents are [...]

In Fun, Hobbies, Pets on 21 January 2006 with 6 comments

Show me the money

If links were dollars…

My blog is worth $11,855.34.How much is your blog worth?

In Blogging, Fun on 26 October 2005 with Comments Off

At the fair

You’ve got to love the state fair. Where else can you get up close to a prize-winning heifer then walk a few steps down the lane to Bob’s Pit BBQ where five men, one wearing a gas mask, are grilling gigantic steaks inside an enormous brick pit? I tell you, this is where it’s at [...]

In Fun, Parenting on 25 September 2005 with Comments Off

WBW13: Like wine for chocolate

So it was my birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with a rich dark chocolate cake, some good wine, and family? The cake recipe came courtesy of Clotilde, host of this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday, and agent provocateur of the theme, wine with chocolate.
But what do I know of pairing wine with food? [...]

In Fun, Wine on 7 September 2005 with 1 comment

40 years ago today

Today in Science History:
Astronaut Gordon Cooper in orbit 100 miles above the Earth aboard Gemini 5 held a conversation with aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter in Sealab II which was 205 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It was was first time an astronaut in space spoke with an aquanaut.
Makes me wonder just how [...]

In Fun, History on 29 August 2005 with Comments Off