Joe.

QotD: It's Christmas Day!

2007-12-25T18:25:10Z

How are you spending Christmas Day? At the moment, I'm letting My Lovely Wife take a much-deserved catnap with one of our dogs (dognap?). We started the day by going to the home of one of my brothers for a HUGE country breakfast with most of our...

Send to a friend

I don't give a damn what Gwen Stefani does

2007-12-25T17:45:20Z

Really, HP. Don't you think there's enough wrong in the world without you trying to convince impressionable Americans that they should give a flying fart what you say Gwen "I wish I'd been born an anime character" Stefani does with your products? ...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Sorghum's finished

2007-10-29T15:21:03Z

Well, almost. We still have to clean everything and put it all away, but the milling and cooking is finished. Two friends from Lawrenceburg, Ky., came by Saturday and documented our making, so here's a link to a short video clip from them: http:/...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

QotD: Drivin' & Talkin'

2007-08-23T19:09:02Z

Should driving while talking on a cell phone be outlawed? Submitted by Soup. I don't know whether it should be outlawed -- generally, I'm for fewer laws, not more -- but driving talkers (or talking drivers, which seems more appropriate becaus...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Been a bit ...

2007-08-23T19:04:21Z

Sorry for my absence (absinth?), but I've been busier than that proverbial one-legged man in the ol' ass-kicking contest. Our summer garden is about finished, which means it's time to plant turnips, kale, spinach, collards, mustard and maybe oats...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Sorgo rising

2007-06-12T06:54:58Z

The sorghum cane is up, although we already need to till and cultivate and spray for weeds and vines -- including poison ivy. Aww, poop. But, hey, the Dale cane seed has germinated into discernable rows (not too straight, although Casey's were st...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Rain, glorious rain!

2007-06-05T03:44:58Z

Not much time, but we received our first significant rainfall in weeks today, and only three days after I planted 2 acres of sorghum cane. Woohoo! Our gardens and crops are gonna love it! Wheeeeee! (More later.)

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Technical difficulties, please stand by!

2007-05-02T02:00:59Z

We've moved to Kentucky, but we're still trying to get settled (and get DSL, which should be installed in a week or so). Being without Web access seriously cramps one's writing, so be patient. We should be back online within a couple of weeks, wi...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Me, my brother, a rock and the World's Fair

2007-04-03T15:55:18Z

When I was 9 years old, my parents had planned a quick summer vacation to Knoxville, Tenn., for the World's Fair. (This is the same World's Fair made even more famous by "The Simpsons" -- once when Homer fires up a "Knoxville World's Fair" cigar i...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

"I don't need to be forgiven"

2007-03-26T19:50:51Z

We saw The Who (or at least Pete and Roger, with some help from Ringo's boy Zak and noted Brit bassist Pino Palladino) in concert last night. Great show, at least to my biased eyes and ears. So much good music, plus some applicable and entertainin...

Read and post comments | Send to a friend