Everyone Farts
Even the cat, while she’s curled up next to me on the couch while I’m trying to read myself into sleepiness at night. And here I thought dog farts smelled bad. Further evidence of a lack of intelligent design in… Continue Reading
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Cure Allergies With A Laser — Or Not
As many of you either recall from reading these pages, or from knowing me, I suffer from allergies. I medicate using OTC drugs and I’ve sought treatment on multiple occasions. Most recently, I was disappointed at the small amount of… Continue Reading
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Bark In The Park
We took the dogs out to a dog festival this afternoon. Much fun was had, although the dogs got overstimulated quickly and they did not behave as well as I would have liked. Sassafras got excited about dog cookies and… Continue Reading
Invasion Of The Mealworms
We’ve seen dozens of creepy little tan-colored worm looking things in the house. Our best guess is that they are mealworms. We have no idea how they got in the house. The pets, of course, are all oblivious to them.… Continue Reading
Old World Wisconsin: German Farm
This is the first of two farms of German settlers that we toured. Although this family lacked for money, they were prosperous enough to send their son back to the old country to find a wife (apparently, he struck out… Continue Reading
Images of Wisconsin: Racine Farm
Further to my earlier post about the corn maze near Racine, here are some still pictures from that same stop-off on our last day in the midwest. Same pig, llamas, goats, and corn maze, but if you don’t care to… Continue Reading
Images of Wisconsin: Geese Grazing Near Culver’s Frozen Custard In Waukesha
The Wife thought I was crazy to bother taking pictures of geese; it seemed so ordinary to her. But they were so cute! And in California we just don’t have geese and other large fowl grazing around public parks. I… Continue Reading
Corn Maze
One of the fun things The Wife and I did on our last day in Wisconsin was to stop off and get gas on our way in to O’Hare. We’d noticed gas prices varying wildly on the side of I-94,… Continue Reading
Five More Boogers
The commercial cloning of pets is now a reality. An American woman received five puppies cloned from her late, beloved pit bull Booger. She paid $50,000 for the cloned puppies. As you can see, she is incredibly happy and yes,… Continue Reading