Franklin was back – and happy to have a little nibble for breakfast. I ate my bagel and gave him treats and pets for breakkies.
speaking of critters – BHK master list of things for us to…
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9661 – Thursday
Newton and Pyewacket were especially resistant to my heading out this morning. Good Snuggle and nap weather.
No Franklin – also due to rainy day.
Came home, dinner of pigs in blankets, and mac & cheese. The boys were happy to see me.
BHK got goodies for the garden and the yard! So far, she’s picked up Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, sugar peas, tulips, radishes, spinach and something else that doesn’t leap immediately to mind. Broccoli will be coming later.
I’m glad BHK has such sharp cooking cred – I’m still not sure how I feel about baby stinkhead sprouts, but I’m sure she’ll make ’em great. (I also used to dislike zucchini, so what do I know?)
Some fires to put out at work, went quickly enough.
BHK fell asleep next to me while watching last restaurant standing. Making an early night of it again – maybe we’ll catch the office tomorrow.
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kottke pointed me to this re: Some answers to the disappearing honeybee problem
In an article for Scientific American, two scientists who are working on the causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) say that they and other researchers have made some progress in determining what’s killing all of those bees.
The growing consensus among researchers is that multiple factors such as poor nutrition and exposure to pesticides can interact to weaken colonies and make them susceptible to a virus-mediated collapse. In the case of our experiments in greenhouses, the stress of being confined to a relatively small space could have been enough to make colonies succumb to IAPV and die with CCD-like symptoms.
It’s like AIDS for bees…the lowered immunity doesn’t kill directly but makes the bees more susceptible to other illness. One the techniques researchers used in investigating CDD is metagenomics. Instead of singling out an organism for analysis, they essentially mixed together a bunch of genetic material found in the bees (including any bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc.) and sliced it up into small pieces that were individually deciphered. They went through those pieces one by one and assigned them to known organisms until they ran across something unusual.
The CSI-style investigation greatly expanded our general knowledge of honeybees. First, it showed that all samples (CCD and healthy) had eight different bacteria that had been described in two previous studies from other parts of the world. These findings strongly suggest that those bacteria may be symbionts, perhaps serving an essential role in bee biology such as aiding in digestion. We also found two nosema species, two other fungi and several bee viruses. But one bee virus stood out, as it had never been identified in the U.S.: the Israeli acute paralysis virus, or IAPV.
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1 year ago – midweek, hummus is the new salsa, john adams card, cute -yet destructive animals, lego plastic man, work
2 years ago – Pictures from lookout point drive, cold/ back issues with bhk and me
3 years ago – made a couple of bucks, Hero dial, tree zoo, ladybug, shin splints, quizzes
4 years ago – danny visit, moskau, balloon wizard doodle, slugbaby snowsuits, Jarvis Sow Bung System Model VC -for the cutting out of sow bungs, Caffeine contents per serving, coconut bonk, taser rick Sanchez, famous homosexual quiz, Jesus-scented candles, finger-wendy’s
5 years ago – Newtie-reaper, policy almanac, GP&K coming to town, Parkland cops bad, cargo ship aground, wandering piccies
6 years ago – Sickies, schoolhouse rock, bro dating
7 years ago – hydrant, alton brown, Halle Barry Freakout, weird emma, annoying cabbie, aa, tcup, Disney/Dali
8 years ago – plh, grumpy at boss, maple cologne, slackerjack, treats
lapcam: working on lappie while waiting to meet BHK and Adam for dinner!
9659 – Tuesday: Again slow to rise this morning – I need to hit the sack earlier during the week.–I brought som.. http://tinyurl.com/dlrwxp
9660 – wednesday: Franklin was back – and happy to have a little nibble for breakfast. I ate my bagel and gave h.. http://tinyurl.com/d8857d
James Morrison – You Give Me Something
9659 – Tuesday
Again slow to rise this morning – I need to hit the sack earlier during the week.
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I brought some snacks for Franklin, but he was nowhere to be found this morning.
9660 – wednesday
Franklin was back – and happy to have a little nibble for breakfast. I ate my bagel and gave him treats and pets for breakkies.
speaking of critters – BHK master list of things for us to adopt –
- duck
- llama
- alpaca
- puggle
- griffon (spunky one)
- pig
- baby otter (preferably 2 )
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Comcast came back – apparently they didn’t complete the disconnect from the "walled garden". Fortunately, BHK was savvy enough to tell them that our equipment wasn’t bad – told them to get one off the truck, and test – failed, and that led them to call and fix earlier.
They reset the router though – I’m going to have to rename and reset some security. (not crazy about having it called "linksys" or "default" when "mr meaty" or "salmagundia" will do better.
Let’s see how well this stays together.
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Fooling around near the bus stop, while waiting for BHK to come get me – it’s pretty gray outside for springtime, yet, and plenty cool.
After work tonight, BHK picked me up, an we went to Pizza Hut with Adam. Brought him back his hoodie and power cable left behind the other night he slept over, as well as some little treats picked up for him at 7-11 (chips, gummis, soda)
Adam is still not interested in getting BHK a Llama via his rental company, and we were all too tired to do candlepin bowling.
Dropped him off, saw a cd/video game exchange place… swung in for a moment – not a bad collection of stuff, and the prices look right. I’ll be back.
We got home, and now are heading to bed… early, but both of us are bushed!
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1 year ago – gentle day, sammich issues, why not be a freelance writer, dead bill buckley, Hillary fib, political flip flops, I was Santa, Hoss slow, I suck at chess, voice post – stuff seen at bus stop (w/doodle), ducks witness a thief.
2 years ago – newt, pye, tigger and a spongebob ice pop in the sun pictures, bro drama, hot fuzz preview, springtime cough
3 years ago – porch entry, newtcam pic, consulting work, zeppelin hotels, hornsuit
4 years ago – dr who leaks out, tree, death as a doodle, in the news, tmbg-bloodmobile, missing a brown-eyed girl, squirrel names, pirate vote
5 years ago – playing with icons, palm doodles, magical flesh fearing saw, bro still in the pokey
6 years ago – throat tickle, possible gig, FMM stuff
7 years ago – yahoo kills pop3, Can Asians Think?, llamas!, spring break, Egyptian musk, cat-recognition flap, rice dreams
8 years ago – Green Eggs & Hamlet, moody, China, Sophomore Uses List Context; Cops Interrogate
9658 – Monday
Slow to get up – Aiee monday, indeed. It took me a good hour or two to shake off the morning sleepies.
Made it to work with time to spare, I was welcomed by Franklin-cat – I’m going to get treats…
9659 – Tuesday
Again slow to rise this morning – I need to hit the sack earlier during the week.
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I brought some snacks for Franklin, but he was nowhere to be found this morning.
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Open BVE Train sim! – probably only interesting to me and Larry, dear journal.
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European researchers have discovered that chimpanzees have a built-in mental GPS, keeping ‘a geometric mental map of their home range, moving from point to point in nearly straight lines.’ Using GPS, two primatologists followed 15 chimpanzees for 217 days, and determined that the apes were ‘using a mental map built around geometric coordinates.’ They’re not just identifying landmarks in their surroundings, and in fact, even when swinging through trees, the chimps planned out their route several trees in advance. Here’s the paper in the journal Animal Behavior.
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Comcast was difficult again this evening, but I called and they reset the modem – hopefully it’ll be smooth sailing, now. BHK made tasty pretend chicken and creamy noodles with peas for supper.. until later!
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1 year ago – into the wild, easter basket contents
2 years ago – buzz-cut pic, shoofly pie, arizona pizza, a little sick
3 years ago – funnel clouds, nice gabbing, alligators door-to-door, you go to my head, black and white 2, v for vendetta, musical meme
4 years ago – readablog, banksy, laughing boy audio, pictures, birth chart
5 years ago – condo falls through, lj being bad, GIMP, AIM games, chimp mask, first remarked on how the Roanoke/Lumbee entry is still active, origin poll, Calliope fest
6 years ago – cool chemical reactions, pronunciation query, gael returns , a pic of newt
7 years ago – Happy chats, urban ruins links, some website renewal ideas, old icons
8 years ago – Baron Munchausen, computer needs fixifying, Coconut song, Oscar Picks, Crayola Crayon color time line
9658 – Monday: Slow to get up – Aiee monday, indeed. It took me a good hour or two to shake off the morning slee.. http://tinyurl.com/dgt5k3
9656 – Saturday – : Cable guy came by this morning to evaluate our Internet – he replaced the line from the pole.. http://tinyurl.com/dyvvvr
9658 – Monday
Slow to get up – Aiee monday, indeed. It took me a good hour or two to shake off the morning sleepies.
Made it to work with time to spare, I was welcomed by Franklin-cat – I’m going to get treats for him later.
Batman Brave & the Bold continues to be exceptional – I really liked the recent Joker’s 50’s design is … also "brake, choke, throttle, " my kind of car! comment was perfect.
Speaking of Throttle – Comcast returned – didn’t call BHK to let her know they had come by – seems they had throttled down our connection because they couldn’t figure out how to properly bill us? What? Anyhow, it is back up to speed now. Just as well – Verison’s service isn’t in our area – our only other alternative is satellite-type stuff – Hughes net. That’s the price we pay for living in a rural-ish area, I guess!
Grabbed subs, did $2 worth of scratch-off tickets (and won$2! – broke even), and headed home to watch Hancock tonight – I thought it was pretty enjoyable, all told. I think the thing was to not expect "meteor man – drunk hero" throughout the whole film. I do have to wonder about the other super though… why was Hancock the only person being a hero? Just seeing the movie made me wonder if a Damage Control film was a viable thing – a ton of collateral damage.
I just figured out the cartoon I was whistling the song to earlier (singing to pyewacket and newt) – An Itch in Time – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zA16E-_NY about 1:30 into the video
1 year ago – atw easter, palm doodle, becoming jane, easter island, open source options
2 years ago – saw 300 with BHK and TM, supper at chevy’s
3 years ago – six comments per entry, dark organic secrets, working rocket boots, no ‘e’s, hurricane names, ape & kitty,
4 years ago – superhero idea, prvt brokentoy on pavement, bandwidth pull, eclipse, DOJ presentation, Digicam RIP
5 years ago – Bubba Ho-Tep, Bro info, RI annoying
6 years ago – Season poll, spring rains
7 years ago – Newtie Mer, grabby bunny, text-m’s, Pirate disfigurement poll, clever robber, outside reading sources online
8 years ago – sql, free pulp novels online
9657 – Sunday –
Lazy day today, to make up for yesterday’s jaunt. We had a leisurely morning at home – woke up slowly and got ready to head out for the day.
After BHK got out of the shower, we took another nap……
9655 – Friday
At last!
Springtime… the weekend!
I’d like to take BHK to Annapolis this weekend, do a little walkies and just enjoy each others company. That’s the plan, anyhow!
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BHK got this recently,…