Archives: March 2011

Luke’s Joint

by Nathan
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Published on: March 27, 2011

Anyone out there like bacon? How about chocolate? Cheesecake? If you answered YES!!! to all three, you need to try the bacon-walnut cheesecake at Luke’s Joint in Arcata. I’ve seen Luke’s on the Plaza for a while now, but haven’t gone in, thinking it was just another barbeque place. While yes, they do serve awesome barbeque, they are anything but “just another” barbeque place. The food is delicious, and I am going back to my take-home slice of cheesecake. Goodbye.

p.s. — don’t forget to take me with you if you go!

Another Mouth To Feed

by Nathan
Categories: Livestock, Photography, Soay
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Published on: March 24, 2011

They just keep popping out . . . (more…)

Wii!!!!!!!

by Nathan
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Published on: March 24, 2011

Ummm . . . should my dog REALLY be playing Wii when I’m working? (more…)

The Latest in Lambs

by Nathan
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Published on: March 22, 2011

This past week brought us two new lambs, one from Bonnie-Bell and one from Vally. The first is a tiny little ram lamb, seen in the following pictures with some other nosy little lamb (whose name, or at least lineage, I’d tell you if I could remember it at the moment). For now, we are calling him Patrick Cabbage. (more…)

Another Lamb!!???

by Nathan
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Published on: March 21, 2011

Another lamb popped out today. As with the last, I need to get pictures up. Life keeps getting in the way of posting cuteness . . .

Lamb Video Part 1

by Nathan
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Published on: March 19, 2011

I promised some lamb videos a few days (weeks?) ago, and never followed through. Here it is, finally. I want to edit it down a bit, but that requires too much effort for a sunny Saturday morning where I still have to finish stretching and walk to the beach. Enjoy. Or not. (more…)

More Spam

by Nathan
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Published on: March 18, 2011

The spammers are hard at work, trying to get me to post their links. At least a few go through the effort to try to sound relevant to the subject. For my post yesterday, I got the following: “happy st patricks day! Wear green, eat four leaf clovers, and prance around sprinkling lucky charms on people.” Thanks, random spammer who has been trying to get me to link to a site selling laptop batteries!

Happy Nuclear St. Patrick’s Day!

by Nathan
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Published on: March 17, 2011

I am almost 2 hours late starting, but the corned beef is now cooking. Potatoes, carrots and cabbage will come later. Maybe our impending radioactive cloud will cause the beer to glow green and we will be ultra-authentic! There’s no cooking quite like nuclear cooking.

Ohgodwereallgonnadie!!1!

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Published on: March 16, 2011
Starfish at low tide

Starfish at low tide says "Relax, dummy!"

When I was growing up, General Electric claimed “We Bring Good Things To Life.” Sometime in the last decade or so, they must have accepted that this is not always so, as now they offer “imagination at work.” So, does providing a risky containment field count as “imagination at work” or as “bring(ing) good things to life”? Either way, I would have thought that forty years would be enough time for GE to focus a little less on imagination and a little more on reality. And to maybe consider that risking bringing an end to lives, good or otherwise, might not be such a good thing. (pssst! There’s a NAUGHTY WORD later in this post (although in all fairness, it is balanced out by being attached to a picture of kittens), so don’t click on the continue link if you are offended by NAUGHTY WORDS!!!!!!!1!!!ONE!!!ELEVENTY!!! (more…)

Mr. Technology

by Nathan
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Published on: March 15, 2011

Mr. Technology here, battling my router manufacturer, upgrading old machines, converting operating systems, and wishing for fewer blackouts. My router technology outdated ten years ago, and while my neighbors are probably too stoned to figure out how to hack my network, it was time to upgrade. (more…)

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