/blog/SpinCycle/?pid=f2397 Hmm, let's try the water again shall we? /blog/7843/post_120650.html?pid=f2397&m= Take a look at this small tree, a weeping cherry:[image]Planted late last summer, the tree has had precious little time to even root in. Yet, it bears blossoms. It's small, scraggly, and certainly not Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:41:25 -0800 /blog/7843/post_120650.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_120601.html?pid=f2397&m= [image] Well hello there, umm, Mr Brown Shoes! How about that local sports team? Now that you've read my non-descriptive opener line, I'll do my typical brain dump. Feel free to depart the train early Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:41:25 -0800 /blog/7843/post_120601.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_120542.html?pid=f2397&m= Remember the old “I was a Teenage (fill-in-the-blank-monster)” movies? Well, I do because I'm middle-aged. Now, one might ask, where the heck is he going with this? I'll tell ya where – straight Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:49:37 -0800 /blog/7843/post_120542.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119561.html?pid=f2397&m= One thing that can be said about human beings is that we are resourceful creatures. When confronted with a problem, we puzzle with our puzzler until we either find a solution, or give up and tell ever Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:41:41 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119561.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119551.html?pid=f2397&m= Remember when we were kids just starting out in school? In art class, we were given those pesky blunt-nosed scissors that couldn't cut anything. You know the ones, the functional equivalent to trainin Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:22:45 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119551.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119471.html?pid=f2397&m= For those of you who have been following my “Bathroom of Sisyphus” project, you know I've been knee-deep in remodeling during my spare time. If you took a peek now, one would swear a flock of woo Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:33:41 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119471.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119407.html?pid=f2397&m= With the holiday season in full swing, one thinks about interacting with those around us who are special. Many of us share gifts as a way of expressing the fact we think about another. For some, the a Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:16:14 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119407.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119335.html?pid=f2397&m= Is there a time when what you think is the right thing to do is the wrong course of action? And why should a person feel uncomfortable taking what they believe is the morally correct course of action? Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:35:56 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119335.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119253.html?pid=f2397&m= Ever notice how one's body has a mind of its own at times? Mine certainly does. In ways, it reminds me of an ancient dinosaur. When I was a kid, the authors of some books theorized the bigger fellas l Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:10:52 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119253.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_119139.html?pid=f2397&m= Every night as the moon rises, the sound of cursing can be heard echoing from the darkest corner of my house. As I swear and grumble from within those shadows of a seriously dated 60's style bathroom Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:00:34 -0800 /blog/7843/post_119139.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_118574.html?pid=f2397&m= Don't ya just love life? For some of us, when we were young everything was crystal clear. We knew it all and there wasn't a thing that didn't make sense. Our wits were quick, our senses were razor sha Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:45:36 -0800 /blog/7843/post_118574.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_118360.html?pid=f2397&m= There's a war being waged on the hill - a war against entropy! Let's take a look at Hamburger Helper Hill:[image]Less than six months ago, an unused greenhouse sat idle on this spot. Not having suffic Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:48:58 -0800 /blog/7843/post_118360.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_118259.html?pid=f2397&m= I've heard of people having sponge baths, birds giving themselves dust baths, and even guys taking cold showers before, but this is a new one on me. [image]It's a shower... a shower of sparks that is! Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:36:33 -0800 /blog/7843/post_118259.html?pid=f2397&m= /blog/7843/post_118027.html?pid=f2397&m= When it comes to things that burn brightly, it ain't just the sun that puts out some serious heat as I discovered once again last night. Call it what you like, yardbird is one of the more delicious th Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:05:03 -0800 /blog/7843/post_118027.html?pid=f2397&m=