“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.” – Voltaire
Monday, September 25, 2006
Fingernails
You are going to think this is weird, but one of the many advantages of living in New Jersey over Colorado is that I have much stronger fingernails. I don’t know why, but they grow thicker and stronger so I don’t break them as easily. I’m sure this is an even bigger deal to women, but I used to have such wimpy nails they would bend and break easily, often tearing a cuticle and causing pain. Now, they grow like talons and I have to get out the scissors to trim them.
Posted under: New Jersey • by Rick on 09/25/2006 at 07:58 PM
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Friday, August 04, 2006
I Need to Write
I need to get back to updating my blog. Lynne has done such a great job with her blog that she has kept you up-to-date with what is going on in our lives. But, so much is happening and there are so many observations we need to capture, that I promise to start writing again. My articles may overlap with hers, so read both and get two perspectives. Ideas are:
Ellis Island Observations
Sopranos
The Cicadas and their Song
The Bird, maybe a Perrigrin Falcon?
The Weird Mushroom in the Back Yard
What I’ve Learned about Maintaining Pool
And so much more!
Posted under: New Jersey • by Rick on 08/04/2006 at 07:54 PM
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Saturday, June 24, 2006
Life’s a Bear
Check out Lynne’s blog site. There is now a slideshow available about our recent bear visit. As well as Lynne’s blog entry describing the whole experience!
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 06/24/2006 at 06:22 PM
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Monday, May 29, 2006
Weather Station is Up-And-Running in NJ
Today, I got the weather station mounted, the server computer running, and the webcam working. So, you can now view the current weather and an image of our back yard on the weather site. (Just click on “Personal Weather Station” to the right, or go to http://www.rickandlynne.com/weather/index.html . All the data should now be accurate for our location in NJ, including temperature, humidity, sun rise/set, etc. However, because of where the station is mounted, it will not accurately reflect wind—but it will be representative of what the wind is like on the back deck looking down over the pool!
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • Site Announcements • by Rick on 05/29/2006 at 12:45 PM
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Daisy is a “Registered” Dog
We are now mostly settled in our home in New Jersey, but that is a topic for another posting. This past Sunday, we left the dogs alone in the house for about 8 hours while we drove Lynne’s mother to her home in Upstate New York. She had been with us a week, helping us unpack and get settled in. When we got home, the dogs were excited, of course. And, we noticed that Daisy was running around with a heater register attached to her neck.
Before we left Fort Collins we got each dog a new name tag with our NJ phone number on it and attached each bone-shaped tag to their collars. Apparently, Daisy laid down with her head on a floor-mounted heater register near the front door at some point, and when she stood up, the bone-shaped tag got caught in the register. She pulled it out of the floor and was walking around with it attached to her collar. We don’t know if this happened in the excitement of our homecoming, or if she had been like that for hours. It was pretty silly looking.
Posted under: New Jersey • by Rick on 05/01/2006 at 04:49 AM
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