XM has been pushing their Sci Fi radio station, Sonic Theater, by advertising a radio play for Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game and then just days after I hear the ad on the radio one of Kelly’s favorite web comics makes an Ender’s Game joke.
Becky and I have been talking about selling our house and buying a new one and even though the likelihood is high that we will and our new home wouldn’t allow me to raise chickens, I went to the Boggy Creek Farm Chicken Seminar this past Sunday. The seminar was run by 7 women representing an amazing depth of knowledge on all things chicken. The experience was so wonderful I will probably go again even if I don’t plan on getting city chickens.
Boggy Creek Farm is lush this time of year, presenting a beautiful backdrop to the seminar. What you can’t tell from the picture is the aural feast that accompanied the morning. Hens cackling and birds chirping — you’re missing all that so here’s an audio clip to put you there.
I just noticed on my Kelly Clarkson calendar that I get to celebrate March 30 twice.
Do you think she’s afraid of 3/31? Is she a numerology freak who thinks the reverse of 13 holds more power? Or maybe the printers just made a mistake.
It might be food day here on the ‘porch.
My neighbor cLee turned me onto this website, Dishola, which focus on restaurant reviews from readers including pictures. You can even subscribe to a particular user’s reviews (like mine) ala You Tube.
It’s been a long time since I made real chicken fried chicken — mainly because my wife is a vegetarian, and particularly disturbed by chicken — but I decided to leverage her yoga night into a deep fried opportunity. I called my mom for a refresher course and recruited my neighbor cLee as a waffle chef. The results were actually pretty good. The chicken was crisp and juicy, and the waffles were yummy that night, the next morning for breakfast, and again for leftovers the next night.
If you’re just looking for a wonderful new taste then this new product Becky found at Target should interest you. Flat Earth * Impossibly Good * Baked Fruit Crisps – Peach Mango Paradise are a delicious rice and potato chip with a sweet flavor that is entirely addictive. From the packaging you would initially assume this was some brand of hippie/alternative chip — the kind you find at Whole Foods or your local Food Co-op. There’s even a little story on the back about how some women at Frito Lay rebelled to make a better tasting healthier chip. Upon closer inspection though you will notice the Frito Lay copyright and trademark notices.
(It doesn’t involve eating babies)
(And I apologize for crossposting. I think it’s an interesting idea, and wanted to see what y’all thought)
Executive Summary:
- The cost to take a suburban house “off the grid” or nearly so, is in the neighborhood of $30,000 to $40,000. While not extravagant, it’s a figure that gives most middle-class households pause when compared with a $100-$200/month electric bill.
- To offset this cost, Carbon Credits are used to fund alternative energy installations on existing suburban homes.
- The benefits of taking suburban houses off the grid are numerous – reduces strain on infrastructure, simplifies disaster response, and provides the initial infrastructure for the much touted “Hydrogen Economy”.
- Unlike most solutions proposed to be funded with Carbon Credits, this one is achievable TODAY with off-the-shelf technology, not vaporware.
Despite our complaints about the 2006 competition I decided to produce another entry for the Drafthouse’s 2007 BPM contest. With the help of Becky, CLee, ‘Topher, Tino, Ed, the entirety of central Austin and a few other friends we gave the establishment(s) the finger in honor of the classic punk-a-billy song “Teenage Depression” from Eddie and the Hot Rods.
Follow the link to see our video.
Read more!I’ve been taking crap for this idea all week at work, so if you want to pile on feel free. Christina Aguilera absolutely owned this James Brown tribute at the Oscars.