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Gardening at Night
I tilled up an area in our backyard this past weekend in anticipation of planting some seeds for our very own vegetable garden. We’re planning on planting tomatoes (yes, I know they are a fruit), cucumbers, green peppers, and maybe some squash. I know Monica wants to experiment with carrots too, but I’m not sure…
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Can’t Believe the Suckage
Boy, my NCAA tournament bracket is really taking a beating. Tons of big upsets this year, but my final four are still alive (although Wake Forest is about to lose in double overtime). If I ever win a pool, I think it will be a sign of the end times. And the Hokies got smoked…
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NIT-rific
I’m sitting here listening to the VT-Temple NIT game on the computer since it’s only on ESPNU; we don’t get that channel (yet). It’s the second half and the Hokies are up by seven in Blacksburg. Man, it sure brings back memories of the last second Tech win over New Mexico State in 1995. Storming…
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Typical Weekend
Pretty busy weekend for us as we started out having dinner with family to celebrate my uncle’s birthday on Friday night. We went to Frankie’s, a local rib place. I love me some good BBQ. Then on Saturday, I got up early to meet my Dad at our house to do some yard work. We…
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Phone Blogging
I finally added a moblog to the site. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile, but I never got around to it until now. I decided it was a good time to learn perl so I wrote a script to periodically check an email address for an email from my phone, get that…
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Weather Flip-Flop
It was 70 degrees on Monday. It was 24 degrees this morning. What’s up with that?
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Turtles and Sharks and Horseshoe Crabs, Oh My
We went to the Virginia Marine Science Museum today with our friend Laura who is visiting us for the weekend. We saw lots of turtles, sharks, various fish, and other sea life. We even got to touch some sting rays and a horseshoe crab. Nothing like some good ol’ fashioned museum fun, with some learnin’…
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Doggie Flu
Remember what I said about Jack being a perfectly healthy dog? Well, that wasn’t exactly true this morning. For a couple of days, he has seemed lethargic, and it all came to a head this morning when he didn’t want to eat his favorite dish in the whole world, rice. All he wanted to do…
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No weather like snow weather
We’re due for some nasty weather tonight and tomorrow. Of course, by nasty weather, I mean lots of rain and wind. If we were still up in Northern Virginia, that would mean at least ten inches of snow and lots of crazy drivers. Don’t get me wrong, I dig the occasional snowfall, especially if it’s…
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Senior Citizen
Monica took Jack to the vet today for his annual check-up, and it turns out there is something wrong with him. He’s now classified as a “senior”. So now he can get us discounts on early-bird specials and matinee movies, but unfortunately he wears his pants way too high and tells the same stories over…