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If you build it, they will come. Oh, and you must post…three
So the foam didn’t work. It sloughed off the cache like well cooked meat off the bone. Perhaps it didn’t have enough time to cure. The can did say 24 hours, but what with the nine inches of rain we … Continue reading
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If you build it, they will come. Oh, and you must post…too
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If you build it, they will come. Oh, and you must post…
I found an instructional PowerPoint deck a few years ago, for building a tree-stump geocache. Shortly after that, I lost interest in geocaching (most likely because of a wicked WoW addiction.) I’ve decided to finish that little sucker. Here’s a … Continue reading
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Geocaching
Lately I’ve returned to geocaching. My legs and arms are criss-crossed with red streaks and swollen dots where the biters have left me a little something. And I’m doing more searching then finding. My eTrex Vista treats me like a … Continue reading
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Juxtaposition
Went to a wedding this weekend, held at a museum. Very classy, I got to spend some time browsing the exhibits. When I look at the items behind the glass, I find myself wondering where they have been; whose hands … Continue reading
For whom do you write?
Sometimes I think of things I’d like to write about, then think “Nah, nobody wants to hear it.” And then it occurs to me that what I write is for me. Odd, then, that I only write on a blog … Continue reading
Camouflage
The back door popped open while I was making our Sunday waffles. “Daddy, daddy, come quick!” “I’m a little busy here sweetheart…” “Daddy, just come outside!” She showed me a stick. Except it wasn’t a stick. It was a bird-poop … Continue reading
Five Years Old
As I was going over what needed to be done that weekend, I wasn’t planning on spending any more money on computer hardware. Lemme see: Scrape paint off cement, fill in gaps with Great Stuff, fix hole in wall, mow, … Continue reading
Wobbility Ass Table III
I decided against the branches for table legs. Too hard to implement, not strong enough. I used pressure-treated posts instead. They are mostly straight. I notched the ends to fit in the slots. Not all that easy as you can’t … Continue reading
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She ain’t heavy
It must have been my youngest brother’s wedding that summer. I don’t often make it back home for the family reunion – a week-long event held that first week in July. My baby was just over a year old; I … Continue reading
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