Happy Birthday, Abbzug!
(one day late, but that's how I roll)
Hope it was great!
Everyone, let's just continue to join Abbzug in a week-long birthday glass of wine...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Birthday Toast to Abbzug
Happy Birthday, Abbzug!
(one day late, but that's how I roll)
Hope it was great!
Everyone, let's just continue to join Abbzug in a week-long birthday glass of wine...
Sunday, September 27, 2009
is america great or what?
September 27, 2009
The Net Gun
The Net-2000 Shooting Net Rod uses compressed air to launch a 52 square foot net at criminals, friends, or animals. The net can travels approximately 50 feet, so you can be a safe distance away out of stabbing range anyway and still use the device. They sell for $419, but the net can be reinserted into the device and fired repeatedly, so it's got lots of replay value.
This is probably safer than a Taser Device, but more bulky to carry.
See the You-Tube Video below.....
YouTube Video: Non Lethal Weapon :net gun, CatchingNet, security net launcher (the net gun)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monkey Face Spider revisited
Last weekend, we had the pleasure of visiting Abbzug and Leopold in their natural habitat. While we proclaimed our interest in visiting them and their newly remodeled home "on our way to a conference" the next day, our hosts were suspicious. Within the first half hour, our astute hosts accused us of having an ulterior motive: a glimpse of the famous, rare "monkey faced spider" (See WTF blog entry, Aug 22). Apparently, the Professor and Ginger are even smarter than they might first appear. In any event, after touring the house (excellent craftsmanship and even more beautiful than pictured in the Woodford Project blog), we proceeded to a tour of the grounds where we managed to snap a picture of the afore-mentioned spider with a telephoto lens. This high tech equipment revealed the reason for the nickname. Double click the photo, and you will understand why this phenomenon was truly worth the 2 hour (or in our case 4 hour) trip.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Fun story on NPR today!!!
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=113055346&m=113062224
September 22, 2009 - TERRY GROSS, host:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.
When the economy was on the verge of collapse in 2008, my guest, Matt Latimer, was one of the president's speechwriters, assigned to write a speech for Bush announcing his plan to deal with the crisis. It was, as you can imagine, one of Latimer's toughest assignments.
Matt Latimer dreamed of writing speeches for an American president, but when he got that chance with President Bush, it left him cynical and disillusioned. Latimer has written a memoir called "Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor."
It tells a story of how the son of two liberal schoolteachers became a conservative, worked on Capitol Hill, served three years as the chief speechwriter for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and went on to become the deputy director of speechwriting for President Bush. Several quotes from the book have already made news.
September 22, 2009 - TERRY GROSS, host:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.
When the economy was on the verge of collapse in 2008, my guest, Matt Latimer, was one of the president's speechwriters, assigned to write a speech for Bush announcing his plan to deal with the crisis. It was, as you can imagine, one of Latimer's toughest assignments.
Matt Latimer dreamed of writing speeches for an American president, but when he got that chance with President Bush, it left him cynical and disillusioned. Latimer has written a memoir called "Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor."
It tells a story of how the son of two liberal schoolteachers became a conservative, worked on Capitol Hill, served three years as the chief speechwriter for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and went on to become the deputy director of speechwriting for President Bush. Several quotes from the book have already made news.
chicharrones de harina
Chicharrones de Harina
We picked up Chicharrones de Harina at the latin grocery store the other day on the way to Ft. Collins. We called team Ft. Collins to find out exactly what we were buying while at the store (no one spoke English at the grocery store) but the combination of my mobile virgin constant phone static and my inability to read spanish words proved to be a barrier. I have googled them now and find they are made with rendered pork fat and flour apparently. Plou and I have both enjoyed them.....I with Valentina Salsa Picannte Mexican hot sauce extra hot (have you tried the sauce? very good!) and she plain. Have any of yall tried this food ? Just wondering.
We picked up Chicharrones de Harina at the latin grocery store the other day on the way to Ft. Collins. We called team Ft. Collins to find out exactly what we were buying while at the store (no one spoke English at the grocery store) but the combination of my mobile virgin constant phone static and my inability to read spanish words proved to be a barrier. I have googled them now and find they are made with rendered pork fat and flour apparently. Plou and I have both enjoyed them.....I with Valentina Salsa Picannte Mexican hot sauce extra hot (have you tried the sauce? very good!) and she plain. Have any of yall tried this food ? Just wondering.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
learned what it looks like .........
to see a very tall man sleeping on a sorry ass blow up bed that deflates halfway down and he puts pillows under the sorry ass blow up bed to try and sleep............and would probably be better off sleeping on the floor.
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