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Mad Scientist Invents New Sausage?

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Sausage Lunatic Ahi Tuna Breakfast Sausage
Okay…I’m not really mad, just crazy about sausage making. At least, as imbued with it as I can be after my first two endeavors. The first was a nice cabbage pork sausage from a recipe modified from my new favorite cookbook: “Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing” by Rytek Kutas. The one main lack in that book, and everywhere online for that matter, is anything about fish sausage. I’ve corrected that glaring omission with my second endeavor – new recipe for what I call the Sausage Lunatic Ahi Tuna Breakfast Sausage. Any other adventurous folks out there who want to have at it? Let me know if you need any pointers. [Read more…]

Our Beloved Little Elsa, 2013-2018

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Elsa
Our sweet, gentle little girl took her final breath just after midnight on May 1st. We buried her, wrapped in her favorite pink blanket, in a beautiful place on a sunny, forested hill. Although she is no longer here physically, Elsa’s loving spirit remains deep in my heart, where I will treasure it for the rest of my life. [Read more…]

My Anti-Intervention Birthday

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Is this the opposite of an intervention? If an intervention is designed to get folks off the sauce, then my friends and family apparently did just the opposite. Somehow – I have no idea how – those closest to me see me as a boozer. This is a selection of the liquid gifts that I received for my 70th birthday. Personally, I think these beverages have anti-aging effects. I am certain that they will boost my longevity. Or just preserve me better. [Read more…]

Thoughts on Veterans Day 2017

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veterans day 2017
Just thinking about and appreciating all the veterans in my family today: grandfather, father, daughter, uncle, nephew. And classmates from the 1960s. And friends. And fellow Rotarians. And fellow Toastmasters. And former colleagues. The list is extensive. Today is a great day for celebrating them and their contributions to society. [Read more…]

New Neighborhood Weed for Depressed Mice

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Damianita daisy (Chysactinia mexicana) is all over my new neighborhood. It hadn’t yet made it into my old neighborhood, just 7 miles away in Tempe, AZ, so it was new to me. Once I saw it, I had to find out its name. First off, it is obviously a DYC (aka, Damn Yellow Composite – fellow botanists, you know what I mean). Thousands of these kinds of species dot the landscape, making it a bit of a challenge to nail down the correct identification. Now that I know what it is, C. mexicana turns out to be a pretty cool plant, especially if you are a sad little mouse. [Read more…]

GASP! Pill Bugs Are Not Really BUGS!

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If I’d paid more attention in my first zoology course at Shasta Junior College, this wouldn’t have come as such a shocker to me. Ever since I was kid, I called certain cute little bugs ‘roly-polies’ – since they roll up when threatened.

Today it finally hit me that my trip to the Children’s Science Center in St. Louis last year scarred my psyche beyond repair (unless the marijuana initiative passes in Arizona today – you know what I mean) based on the actual truth about pill bugs.

I just buried it in denial until now. [Read more…]

For Golfers Who Don’t Yet Have Everything

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potty-golf-set
Still looking for that edge over your weekly golf buddies? In the immortal words of Paul Hornung, “Practice, practice, practice.”

No sense in waiting any longer for one of these game changers, since Groupon has a deal on them now. Supplies are probably limited: Link here.

Of course, you could probably find a used set on Ebay or Craigslist. Imagine that! Used restroom equipment!

Only for the very frugal.

Battling with Russian Hackers

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russian hacker women
Yay! I won! (I think. Maybe. Sort of. We’ll see.) It was a spine-chilling experience to get an email from The Mighty Google that my websites – all 14 blogs, plus my Rotary club blog – got blacklisted due to all the malware and malicious code on them. You never, ever, ever want to piss off The Mighty Google. [Read more…]