Some folks are born sane, some have to fight to stay that way...

More power Igor, we will bring them to life!
I picked up a couple more cheap strip lights yesterday, so we could start some flats of seeds. It's been a few years since we bothered, but with the relatively warm sunny day spring fever got the best of us...

It's too damn cold today, I'm going to put my head on a pillow and ignore everyone!

Milwaukee has great jazz, and as much as I like Jazz in the park, summer is a ways out yet. This weekend I'm going to go see the Terry Sims band again, surely that will ease the winter blues for a while. I like my jazz to come with a bit of funk, have a bit of an urban edge, and smooth out soulfully. Terry and his boys bring it, so I'll brave the cold to hear it.

They finally have a website Terrysimsband

A convienence store in Huron, SD. One can purchase fuel, ciggies, coffee, whatever...

My Baby graduated from college! I couldn't be happier, or more proud of the Kid.

We moved to the country, goodbye city life! 

No leaves on the trees, must chase the ones on the ground. 

This Chubby guy stopped by for a bite and a bath the other day with a few dozen of his friends. It's the first time I've seen anything in the birdbath, and these birds were enjoying it greatly. It's trick or treat day for a little longer, the candy is almost gone and the kids in costume are few. I could wait a little longer for winter to come. 

On labor day, we squish the tomatos, no mercy was shown. 

Harvest time

Quite a haul! The Kid and I picked 2 bushels of tomatos, and a whole bunch of peppers in about an hour. Tomorrow, salsa and tomato sauce. 

Possibly our last camping trip, since we were rained out AGAIN. Still we had a good day outdoors.



Here I am at Pine Woods campground



Our lovely campsite



Our Stuff


My honey

We set up on tuesday, had dinner and chilled out. Wednesday, we went for a hike, had a nice nap in the afternoon. The crazy neighbor, who just happened to be hiking the Ice Age Trail, stopped by for a beer. 

We dug out the trailer and cleaned it up. We're going camping! 

Words of wisdom

After seeing the work of a new employee, one of the guys remarked.
"He couldn't have done it that stupidly on his own, someone must have taught him to be that stupid."

Busiest band this summer

this is the only band that appears at summerfest more than Pat McCurdy.
Get your summer tour shirts here

An ode to Peoplesoft

An ode to Peoplesoft:

My process is queued,
and I'm rather afraid,
that replenishment won't be completed. 
The cart-count is wrong..
this is taking too long..
now all the steps must be repeated..

Teh other two

Herbie on Vimeo

Silly Kitty!

Peaches on Vimeo

New Recipe

Sometimes I throw a bunch of different things into a pan to see what comes out. Once in a while it's worth writing down so I can make it again.

Starting with a box of high protein penne noodles and a can of chickpeas, I came up with a red pepper pecan pesto to give the bland main bits a kick.

First boil a quarter pound of penne noodles

while that is going, saute an onion in some olive oil
add the rinsed chickpeas in the pan to roast a little

now make the sauce in a blender
1/2 of a 7 ounce jar of roasted red peppers, with some of the juice
1 or 2 cloves garlic
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. catsup
pinch of chipotle powder or smoked paprika
1/4 cup of pecans
salt and pepper

toss everything together and cook on low heat, just long enough to heat the sauce through
squeeze some lemon juice on top and serve

Blonde joke

This could be the best blonde joke ever!