- Gotta admire those beetles
From a biological standpoint, beetles are pretty amazing creatures.For one thing, there are a kazillion different kinds – at least 400,000 described species, with by some estimates another 3 million waiting to be classified and named.Beetles are th…
- 2 days ago 28 Mar 23, 3:29am -
- Technical help
Dear readers, if anyone is a tech type, I could use some help.Each week I do a full backup of my computer. This includes a full backup of this blog. On Blogger, the option to back up is found in the "Settings" file.However for the past couple of mont…
- 2 days ago 27 Mar 23, 4:33pm -
- Cluttercore?
I stumbled across an article a few months ago about a concept called "cluttercore." The article was entitled "Cluttercore Is the Trend Many Parents Need Right Now." The subheadline read, "Think you should get rid of all the stuff in your home? The tr…
- 6 days ago 23 Mar 23, 2:29pm -
- Care and feeding of septic systems
A reader posted the following comment:"Off topic comment/request: We are moving in 3 weeks to our new-to-us rural house/cabin. Neither my husband nor I have ever before lived in a home with a septic system. I've watched YT videos and read a wide v…
- 9 days ago 20 Mar 23, 1:44pm -
- Surest sign of spring
Along with the rest of the country, we've been feeling restless and cooped up. Spring is on its way, and at this stage we get a lot of "teaser" weather: beautiful one day, cold and rainy another, usually with bursts of snow for good measure.But the s…
- 10 days ago 19 Mar 23, 9:20pm -
- Pretty twinkling lights
The outside lighting on our new (to us) home is, well, sub-par, especially on the back porch. For whatever reason, whoever built the porch installed this massive oversized lamp in the rafters wired to an inside switch.I mean, look at this monster! No…
- 12 days ago 18 Mar 23, 1:00am -
- Itsy bitsy spider
I was doing dishes the other day when I noticed a black spot on our white kitchen cabinets. Closer inspection showed it to be a jumping spider.I scooped it up with a cup and put it outside, but then had the notion to try out my camera's macro-zoom fe…
- 14 days ago 15 Mar 23, 10:36pm -
- Bank failure
I've been following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank with great concern. Not because we have any money in that bank, but because it may trigger a cascade of other bank failures.Do any of you have an account with SVB? If so, let us know what's goin…
- 18 days ago 11 Mar 23, 8:19pm -
- Financial strategies
This morning I read a finance piece entitled "A Nation's Heavily Indebted Consumers Face a Painful Margin Call." The article focused on the Canadian economy, and opened with the following paragraph:"At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with his jo…
- 21 days ago 8 Mar 23, 2:47pm -
- Bwahaha – sure, Jeff
Spam emails can be so funny! Consider one I got this morning from "Jeff White," formatted exactly as received:DEAREST ONEAm MR. White of the Claims Department with a bank here in London, United Kingdom. I wish to notify you that you are clear tocla…
- 23 days ago 6 Mar 23, 2:37pm -