Tag! Splat! I'm It!

Yep, I've tagged again. Ker-splat! Ti got me again, guess I didn't run fast enough, eh?

I always hated that game on the elementary school playground. Because of my dislike of the childhood game of tag, I usually don't pass them along. Butt I do post the tag. I think I'll pass this one along though.

I'm supposed to go to my 8th photo folder, find the 8th photo in it, and tell the story behind the particular photo in question. Fine, I can do that, no worries. I'm also supposed to pass it along to 2^3 folks. I'll pass it along, no worries. Maybe...

I went with my flickr account sets to find the 8th folder. Unfortunately there were only 2 in it and they were both vids. Since it was a vid folder I then went to the 9th folder which was the axshuual 8th photo folder. Did y'all follow that?

This folder was titled, "Me" so naturally I stood a very good chance of being able to make up some kind of crap about the picture that y'all might believe. Or I could tell the truth... Hmmmmmmmmm, decisions, decisions...

Well, for what it's worth, here is the picture:




Oh yeeeeeeeah!

This t-shirt tied for first place in my most coolest pressie of the Christmas just passed.

Here's what it tied with:


I can shoot water over 10 metres with this baby! Great pool toy!

Back to the t-shirt.

I like t-shirts, I pretty much live in them. Well, ok, sometimes I wear shorts too... Although I don't wear them when I sleep. Nude for me! Whoops, I'm starting to digress; back to the shirt.

Quite a few decades ago, whilst I was at Uni, I received a very nice t-shirt. It was from a girl I knew from hanging out and shooting pool with. And the bowling alley. And the pub. Is it any wonder I spent 10 years as an undergrad? Ole Sarah Palin didn't have nothin' on me when it came to goofing around as an undergrad! Although I never did pull a fire alarm in a dorm so she's ahead of me there, but I am one of the ones responsible for dorm floor parties being banned for a few years at ole UAF --so there, SP!

Anyways... this girl --whose name I've totally forgotten-- went to Disneyland for Spring Break. Naturally I asked her, quite suavely mind you, to "Cool! Bring me back a t-shirt!"

She did (yep, always have had a way with the babes) and here is what it was:




It obviously became one of my most favoritists t-shirts EVAH!

Fast-forward to the present, presently. My precious Goofy t-shirt was totally tattered. 25 years of me wearing and sweating in kinda did it in --and believe you me if you knew my sweat you'd be wondering how it lasted that long!

Around October of '09 one of my nice, kind, wonderful, loyal readers asks me if she can send me anything for Christmas. Since they are in SoCal somewhere I figured they'd know where a Disney store is in their neighborhood. Well, not only that but her niece was actually going to Disneyland soon!

A package arrived in late November. Wifey-Poo (the most wonderful woman in the entire world) made me put it under the Christmas tree. There it sat for a month until it's grand unveiling! I kinda had a general idea of what it might be, but dang this is just SOOOO COOL!




So thank you muchly to SV Meerkat, and I promise those DVDs I made for you will be in the post... tomorrow.

Now I get to tag 8 peoples...

How's abouts...

SV Meerkat
La Isla d'Lisa
Two Yaks
Up In Alaska
All About Her
Silicon Valley to Tanana Valley
Crazy in Alaska
Tundra Tantrum

Please don't feel any pressure on this tag, no worries.

Who's Been Tagged? Name This Bird.

One or two of you have been asking if you are "tagged" from my two "commenters tag" posts. Well, yes. Yes you are. I'm not holding anyone to this one though (like I could?) cus it involves a bit of work and everyone is busy with the holiday season.

However, I do want to make a list of the folks who were tagged. You know, just for the heckuva it.

Marie

KC

SV Meerkat

Ishmael

Suzer

Arvay

Fizzgig

Paige

Steve

Cathy

No pressure, y'all.


Here's where you get to come up with a really cool, weird, or bizarre name for this bird. Oh, and there's four pics of it to give you lot's of angles.












So let's hear what you come up with!


BTW, I've lost a cat... His Lord and Mighty Highness, Lord and Master of All He Surveys, Prince Bagheera. Sadly, he's turned into a black, furry, throw rug that ends up in the oddest of places...

Oi! What else is a bloke supposed to do when it's 96 F in the shade?

I, of course, spent the arvo in the pool... pictures coming soon!

But how's about a teaser for tomorrow? Hmmmmmm, dave goes outside at 6 am to feed da boids. dave then strips out of his robe and swims buffly in the pool. A half an hour later, dave exits pool and puts on shorts that have been sitting outside overnight from the previous night's skinny-dipping. What did dave find hanging out in the shorts (not a spider, btw)? Stay tuned!

A Tagging We Will Go...

And here's where I finish up the Commenter's Tag. This is the one where I answer a specific question about the blog of each of the last ten commenter's. Keep in mind, there's a good chance I'll be at times thoughtful, and at other times, way off topic, and there just might be some snarkiness thrown in for good measure.

But first, how about some pics from down under? What's that you say...? NO? Harumph, too bad cus you're gonna git em. If you don't like the pics you can just scroll past them.

Firstly, how about a pic of a couple of Pacific Black Ducks have a bath in the pool?




This cockatoo has badazz landing skillz:




Naturally, the sheila is much more graceful:




I think they put this up for the tourists...




Here's what His High and Mighty Highness, Lord and Master of All He Surveys, Prince Bagheera has to say about the whole situation:





And now for my answers to question about each of the last ten commenters!

1. What's your favorite post from #3's blog?

SV Meerkat has a great blog. Do I have a favourite post? Nope. Why not? Well, Jim and Heather are retired and living on a 49 foot sailboat in Baja and they have lots of posts about cruising the islands, drinking wine, eating fresh fish, and partying in La Paz. Hmmmmm, can't think a favourite post; they are all great!



2. Has #10 taken any pictures that moved you?

Cathy up in Kotzebue takes great pics. I love her dog pics and the mushing pics. As far as inspiring... One of her latest has inspired me: I need to learn to take great sunset pics.


3. Does #6 reply to comments on his or her blog?

Yes, Arvay does. Well, except when she's not busy kicking serious butt in post-graduate physics and engineering classes. In fact, many of her comment reply are better than her posts. This one is a good example. *snort, giggle*



4. Which part of blogland is #2 from?

Ole KC is actually in my hometown of Squarebanks, Alaska. Right smack dab in the middle of the Interior of nowhere! Well, I'm not sure if he's from there or not, but that's certainly where he is now.



5. If you could give one piece of advice to #7, what would it be?

This would be fozzywog in Ohio. Don't let your manfriend go!!! He sounds like a great bloke.



6. Have you ever tried something from #9's blog?

Yes, yes I have. However, we will never, ever, ever talk about skinny dipping in the Bering Sea in wintertime ever again. BTW, if you want great pics of life on the Aleutian Chain, go visit Alaska Steve's blog.



7. Has #1 blogged something that inspired you?

Marie has inspired me to make fermented fish. No, just don't ask... She has also inspired me not to take anything around South Oz for granted!



8. How often do you comment on #4's blog?

Often enough (and snarkily enough) that I think Fishmeal wants to come down here to beat the crap out of me. Or buy me a beer, hard to tell which.



9. Do you wait for #8 to post excitedly?

Waaaaaah! The one blog I don't have a chance to read enough... Ummmmm, hmmmm, that's some awfully weird syntax for this question. Shouldn't it be, "Do you wait excitedly for #8 to post?" Oh, what do I know. What I do know is that Paige seems to be a very nice lady and I need to read her blog more often.



10. How did #5's blog change your life?

I think that Suzer's blog has inspired me to get a bit more connected with folks around the world. As there is a great many cool people out there and it's nice to get to know a few of them.



Whoops, I just ended a post on a serious note! Definitely haven't had enough beer this morning...

Watching Me Swim Naked!

Ha! I knew that'd git ya to read this post. Now the big question is WHO is watching me swim naked?

Aliens!

From high above the Earth inside their orbiting stealth platform in geosynchronous orbit over South Oz, aliens have taken high quality photos of my pool! I swim in the pool frequently... orphanly (oftenly) --big shout out to Gilbert and Sullivan-- and in the mornings it can even be nakedly.

Will I show up in any of these photos? Hmmmmm, YOU be the judge:





Yup, Aliens!

But enough about me, how are you? Oh, sorry to hear that, bummer about that barium enema you had to go through...

Shifting gears:

I've been tagged! Yes, the nice lady who runs The Ester Republic up in Ester, Alaska has tagged me. Since she did hers in two parts, I'm also going to do mine in two parts. After I finish the second part then I'll tag the ten folks who deserve it.

And Deirdre, you and your hubby have a standing invite to visit.


Ok, here's the deal: I list the last ten commenters on my blog, say a bit about each of their blogs, and then (in part two) I answer a question about each one. Piece o' pie! Easy as cake!

But I'm changing the rules a bit though. See when Deirdre (can I call you DeeDee?) listed mine she gave both my blogs urls. That means I get to pick from the previous ten on both my blogs! There's a bit of crossover, but the most recent 10 commenters betwixt both my blogs are here.

Oh wait, some birdie pictures for those of you who only come here for the birds (cus that's what kind of brain I've been told I have).










Well trained bugga, eh?



I am also going to get in so much trouble with my synopsis of each blog...

Ok, here's the last ten commenters on my blog(s):

Marie up in Sweden. Marie is from South Oz, and went in pretty much the opposite direction as I did at about the same time! Perhaps she heard I was coming down here and decided to bug out while she had the chance? She's got really cool Swedish type stuff on her blog and she'll be quite happy to send you a can (tin) of the great Northern Swedish delicacy of surströmming.


Geneflow. This is KC up in Squarebanks, my hometown. He's a wildlife biologist and has forgotten more about antlered animals than I've ever known. He likes beer so he's gotta be doing something right. Anyone who makes his own snares while watching Red Green and drinking beer is a fair dinkum bloke! And he's good at identifying Aussie critters.


SV Meerkat. The catamaran Meerkat is a beautiful 49 foot vessel that calls the port town of La Paz in Baja her home. She loves sailing around the islands and her rigging makes great nesting places for birds. She does have to put up with the two winos who have been hanging out belowdecks for a few years. However, since they graciously scrub her bottom, clean the bird crap off the deck, and keep her in good trim she has told me she'll put up with those two for a while longer.



Ishmael Melville. Well, heck. Is there anything I can say about this guy that y'all don't already know? And yes, that includes all the drunken debauchery down at Tony's! Not only have I learned so much about Alaskan bloggers from Ish, but I also really really REALLY appreciate it that not only is he a good sport about my joking with him, but that he has not flown down here to beat the crap out of me --yet.



Suzer's Expat Adventures. She's been to more places on this here planet than I can count! And she decided that Adelaide, South Oz is the place to settle! Although we've never met, I'm sure we'd get along. Especially since there's a picture on her blog with her holding a 1.5 litre bottle of Jim Beam with a big ole smile on her face.



Silicon Valley to Tanana Valley. Arvay is my long lost food twin. She found my blog via my Peanut Butter Cheesecake with Hot Fudge Sauce recipe *drool*. She's recently moved to Squarebanks and is working on her PHD from good ole UAF. She's also much smarter than me (don't laugh!!!!). You should read about some of her skijoring adventures with her dogs... especially about the one when she was squatted down in the snow to go wee-wee and the dogs run around behind her and... well, just read it.




Fizzgig. Fozzywig. Fizzygiggle. Fozzlewozzlewigwam. Something like that. She hangs out somewhere in Ohio and blogs about the fact she's madly in love with her boytoy. Fortunately for him, he reciprocates :) I need to make more funny comments on her blog cus she just gives out so much great blog fodder! Oh, and congrats on losing the 52 lbs, good on ya mate. And she likes vodka, whiskey, rum, tequila, wine, etc. Sorry guys, she's taken.




Paige Jennifer. Well I do believe I have Ishmael to thank. See, Paige is a regular commenter of Ish's blog so it's no surprise she wandered down here. She's a writer --and a darned good one at that. I'm hiding in the corner now cus I haven't been around to her blog enough to know whether I can be snarky or not... *sniffle*



A Sense of Place. Alaska Steve hangs out in the thriving metropolis of Unalaska, Alaska. It's a "town" on the Aleutians... Bristol Bay... Year round hurricane force winds... Blowing snow... Uphill both ways! And he rides his motorcycle around the islands to take great pics! And I'm so jealous cus he gets King Crab fresh off the boats!




Tundra Tantrum. You want to know what life is like above the Arctic Circle in a very barren place? Where the folks are more friendly than anyone you've ever met? Cathy has not only some great tales from the frozen north, but some even better photos. Next summer I'm gonna go up there and steal her camera that I'm jealous of. BTW, Cathy; please take lots of dog mushing pics this season. Ta.



Stay tuned for part two.

Tagged Again

... and this time I'll finish it :)

Suzer tagged me with a 6 random things about me thingy doohickey (as opposed to a regular hickey!). 

But first, let me put up a birdie pic for those of you needing your daily (HA) fix:

See? They really do hang out in trees after all.

On with the show: 6 random things about me!

          1) I spent a lot of summer weekends in Seward, Alaska. Why was I there? Sailing! My parents had a sailboat and I also crewed on some of the race boats (I was a great foredeck dude). I also windsurfed in Turnagain Arm. I used to play with a dingy (AMF Force 5, basically a copy of the Laser) and always wanted to take it down to Seward. One year when I came back from college for the summer (to work) I found out my parents sold the dingy. Shit!

I haven't sailed at all down here in Oz and have only been out on the water twice (inflatable kayak). This obviously does not include me lounging around in our pool :)

          2) I used to bowl. Tenpin US bowling. My first 200+ was scored when I was 13. At age of 14 I had beat my dad's high score of 254 (I had a 255). At age 16 I bowled 22 strikes in a row (turkey in the tenth frame of game one, 12 more for a perfect 300, and 7 to start the third game); I do remember that monday night quite well as the bowling alley was jam packed, and a large crowd had stopped bowling 10 lanes on either side to watch. The next day I rolled a 299 (solid 8 pin left on last ball --the shot was too perfect!). The next day in league I only averaged 185... shit. Used to use a Columbia Yellow Dot Bleeder (this was before the era of urethane lanes and balls).

754 was my best 3 game set; 1423 was my best 6 game set.

I used to ride my bike (old schwinn ten-speed) to the bowling alley while carrying my bowling bag with 2 balls, shoes, towels, etc. My bike handling skills got pretty good.

7 years ago I went bowling for the first time in seven years. Shot in the 140's. Sigh.

I don't have any of my old bowling trophies.

         3) Rubik's Cube. Best time was 1 min 25 sec. I never cheated by reading books to get the algorithms for it; used only the ones I reasoned out myself. In Physics class in high school I'd do the homework assignment in class and then play with the ole cube for the next 30 mins while the teach lectured about how to do the assignment (he and I got along great). I did pay attention in calculus in high school cus that stuff is just so darned fascinating.

When the 4 layered Rubik's Revenge came out, I figured it out quite quickly. Just adapted my own algorithms to it. Got to where I could do it 4 mins 15 secs. Got bored so I started solving the four layered one with various designs --really cool looking ones too. Got bored with that, so I started to do the last 20 or so moves with my eyes closed. Then moved up to the last 40 moves; then did the last forty moves behind my back. This was a GREAT party trick at college! Imagine, 10 drunk college blokes (me too) betting me shots of Everclear whether or not I could do it. I never lost, but after a while took pity on their inebriated slobbering selves and took a shot if I took too long to solve it behind my back.

I had fun in college.

          4) I never, ever, ever envisioned myself leaving Alaska. The Interior, specifically. Well, except to go down to the Kenai for some sailing. That is, until, I met The Most Wonderful Woman In The Entire World. She even tried to go through an early part of a Fairbanks winter. -25 was not her cup of tea, so what would she do when it started to get cold? Needless to say, we decided it'd be easier for me to get used to an Aussie summer than for her to get used to a Fairbanks winter. We were right! I've also turned into a bit of a wuss these last 8 years down here. Hell, I don't even jump in the pool if the water temp is below 65 F (90 F is niceer) and I think I may even have to change out of shorts and sandals this winter. Can you imagine me in a cabin in the Goldstream Valley in the winter with no running water, no gas heat, and this weird crystallized water all over the ground? No, me neither.

          5) Another thing I learned in college was how to shoot pool. I got very good. There were only 2 guys in Fairbanks that could beat me regularly in 8 ball, and no one that could regularly beat me in straight pool (14-1 continuous). I dislike 9 ball as I feel it's a "bangers" game. I also love snooker and billiards. Snooker will teach you about position (leave) and billiards will teach you about any kind of spin you can think of. Combine them both into my favorite game of straight pool. My pool cue is a McDermott. It's not one of the custom made ones, but it is custom balanced to 19 3/4 ounces. It's fairly plain compared to all these new "over the top" ones. As much as I would have liked a Meucci, this one fits me to a T. It was pretty pricey 22 years ago, don't even want to think how much it'd cost nowadays. Dang, need to go find that sucker and fondle it :)

EDIT: My best run at straight pool was 52 balls in a row and my pool cue is worth more than one of my bikes (I have nice bikes).

A friend of mine in one of the pool leagues in Fairbanks wanted me to join his team and travel to the US National 8-Ball Championships in Las Vegas. I turned him down... Which brings me to the next random thing about me;

         6) I fence. All 3 weapons. I'm very good. I taught at a Uni Phys Ed Dept for 6 years. Won a State Championship in Epee. Our Epee team from Alaska got 8th nationally when I traveled with them. High-speed chess is what I liken it to. My early training was in foil and sabre, but I like epee the best: no weird rules, target is the entire body (head to foot) and whoever hits first gets the point. Gotta love it! I've beaten a former US Olympian (he's the nicest guy in the world) and trained a few JO's. One of the fencers from Anchorage always called me "Sir", even when I wasn't Directing (Refereeing) a bout. I finally asked him why and he said it's a sign of respect from him to me --this from a guy who had won many sabre titles and competed on the US National circuit. 

My strength in fencing? I'm athletic, I think, I analyze, and I figure a way through a defense or offense; all done in fractions of seconds. Yep: high speed chess with no board and no constraints on moves :)

There! Six random things about me! And I'll have you know I had to really dig deep into the ole memory well for them! Well hell! You asked! I'm done bragging now... I shall now take my old, fat, lazy body off into a corner and go contemplate dinner for tomorrow night while feeding the birds. 

Speaking of which, would you believe me if I told you I actually planned this next pic? No, I wouldn't believe me either, especially as I know I'm lying:

That's the shadow of a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo about to land on a cross beam of my balcony of which I'm standing under whilst clicking the little button on the camera that makes the shutter go click.

Tagged again

Warning: Serious Sarcasm Below! No one gets to take offence!

Ack! I've been tagged... again!

I can just imagine some poor, unsuspecting bear coming slowly and sluggishly out of it's den in the spring; getting all ready to find some grub. Then suddenly: Bang goes the biologists tranquilizer gun and down he goes (at least he'll get a little extra hibernation time). I can just imagine his thoughts as he was going under... "On not again! The last time those jerks did this I came to with a big ugly collar that blinked, filed nails, shots for who knows what disease, a bright pink tag in my ear (damn did the guys down at the river give a hard time for THAT!), some kinda radio backpack, and I SWEAR one of those perverts shoved a probe somewhere while I was out of it! Well, at least they cleaned my teeth..." Thud! Snore.

Sheesh, I still hafta finish the last tag: seven weird things about me. I think I'm up to 4 or 5 so if any of you can thing of anything else about me that's weird just feel free to leave a comment about it.

This tag is a kinda 5 thingy thing where you link back to a post about one of the five subjects. I can see the sense of this; folks get to find out about you without having to go trawling through the archives (lazy bastards), that's my job, whee!

Now, if you go to Cathy's blog where she did this and tagged people you'll notice that my name doesn't appear on her five tags. Does this mean I'm psychic? Does it mean I know she'll tag next year and that I know cus I can time travel? Does it mean she can't count?

No. She cheated. She only tagged me in my comments and not also on her blog! Which means I gotta do this WITHOUT getting the added benefit of being prominantly mentioned on such a really cool, wonderful, thoughtful blog. 'Course, after that little bit of brown nosing maybe she'll go fix that *cough, cough, ahem*.

I know get the laborious task of going all through my archives (wee-hoo) and finding ones that'll fit the five categories. Now, I can tell you none of the five will be serious as I don't think I've ever done serious post here.

So, here's the categories:

Link one must be a post about family. Ummmmm, does the cat count?

Link two must be a post about friends. Oooooo, this one'll take some digging...

Link three must be a post about yourself. Sheeeeyit! They all are! I love me and this blog is all about me! Hmmmmm, only one?

Link four must be a post about something you love. Ahhhhh, just go check that label called "food".

Link five can be a post about anything you choose. Bwahaaaaahaaaa! Giggle, snicker...

Alright, them's the categories. So I'd better go start trawling. Now, where's that net? Y'all hold on for a few hours and I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere!


I'm back. Is anyone still here? I'm ready! Hello... lo...o... Echo... echo... ho... Ah, there you are. How was that trip to the bathroom? I hope everything came out alright and it appears you didn't fall in.

Here we go:

I've decided that you will be getting more than one post link. See, I don't follow directions well and back in the dark ages I was much funnier than I am now so I'd thought you all would like to read funny stuff without having to go trawling. Thhbbtbtbhht!


Link one must be a post about family.

At first I thought about linking to the creek climbing day, but then I thought I'd do a recent family one and that involves His Royal Highness Prince Bagheera. Otherwise known as The Fanged Terror.

See? Three links in one! Aren't you lucky?


Link two must be a post about friends.

Well.... hmmmmm... how's about a couple of stories of me cycling with some mates back in Alaska? Amazingly enough, I met both of them cus they were fencing students of mine!

First is me and Rich playing dead on the Parks Highway.

And second is my and Dan doing some seriously ugly spring riding.


Link three must be a post about yourself.

Well now... THAT certainly opens the floodgates! Hmmm... let me think (this'll take a while)...

How's about this one and this one? Yeah, those'll do!


Link four must be a post about something you love.

Well now... all you gotta do is just go over to my "food" label and you'll find out about what I love: FOOD! I also really love being a smartass. Heck, I'd much rather be called a smartass than a dumbass any day! Wouldn't you? Well, you in the back, maybe not...

Now, my smartassedness doesn't take the form of cutting, insulting remarks that you see on US sitcoms. No, mine are designed to get a good laugh, even if it's at my expense. I also have this really cool ability (besides being able to see in the dark) to think these little gems up on the spur of the moment! See, here's an example.


Link five can be a post about anything you choose.

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA!!!!! Free rein! I can post anything! Oh, wait... it's my blog and I can do that anyways, shit.

Let's see... this one is pretty good. And some of you might get a kick out of this one. I think this one says a lot about me.



There's much much more dave goodness in the archives. So if you've made it this far then you are either really bored at work or you're up very late.

Here's the part where I'm supposed to tag five others... Hmmmm, I'll get back to you on that. Have a nice evening!

Underwear

I just remembered I was tagged a while back with the ole Seven Weird Things About Me. I just realised that I never finished it. I *think* I got to 5, or maybe four... Oh, just click on the "tag" label and you'll find out.

I thought I'd add another weird thing about me... Underwear, or lack thereof.


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... and now you know why I don't wear underwear. I hope this clears up that unfortunate misunderstanding on the bus the other day.

Dazed and Confused

Gee, I wonder just how many times that's been used as a blog post title? Probably waaaaaay too many to count! Note: I'm too lazy to go to google and search on the phrase; if'n any of you would like to then please be my guest. Maybe this'll be up at the top? HA! Doubt it.

Why am I "dazed and confused"? Ummmmmm, it's just a little thing called painkillers so pay it no mind.

Tried using the stationary bike the other day (didn't want to hit the road with my back being like it is) and only lasted 12 mins before calling it a day. HR didn't even hit 120 and I was never breathing hard but my back was sure letting me know. The next day it was calling me several unrepeatable names --well, since my blog is rated R I suppose I could repeat them, but I'm not going to.


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On a personal note, I finally got an email through (I hope) to the old fart (my dad). So perhaps you might see some snide, sarcastic comments popping up irregularly from a grizzled old geezer up in the frozen north. Hmmmmmm, perhaps I should've waited until AFTER the xmas check from him arrives before typing that...


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Number 2 and number 3 on the 7 weird things about yours truly.

#2  I am doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to commerate my 100th post! How many bloggers can say that, eh?

#3 Have you ever been driving down a single lane country road and come up on a car going around or under the speed limit? Of course you have. Now, let's say it's a twisty, turny road that's hard to pass on and the two people in the slower car are obviously sight-seeing and just toodling along without a care in the world. Wouldn't that get you upset? Now, imagine your surprise when the slower car pulls over and lets you pass and gives you a friendly wave!!! Yup, that driver of the slower car would be me! Weird, huh?


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My tomato(e) plants are doing quite well (slurp!!!). Here's the latest numbers:

Total weight of tomatoes harvested (and eaten): 1.430 kg (3.15 pounds)
Total number of tomatoes harvested: 13
Number of tomatoes currently on vines: 72
Number of tomatoes currently ripening on vines: 7

YUM!!!!!!


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Couldn't let you go without giving you a birdie pic. Ummmm, this is what I get for using the auto-focus... Notice how nice and crispy clear the tree in the background is?

Tag! I'm it!

Hey everyone! I've been tagged!!!! Does this mean I've officially arrived in the ole blogosphere? If you're curious, A Girl and Her Dogs tagged me with one that I've seen going around for a while, so it'll be kinda hard for me to find folks I visit who haven't done this one, but I'll try.

It's the Seven Weird Things About Me that's been going around like a bad cold for a couple of months. I've read some really weird things some bloggers have written about themselves, and I'm sure some of it is made up (like eating your own toenail clippings, for example).

Now, mine may not be as weird as some folks, but to me they sorta seem to separate me from most blokes. Oh, I asked my BIL for seven weird thing about me... a couple of mins later after picking himself up off the floor from laughing so hard he said, "What, ONLY seven?" And then he walked away chortling to himself.

I'm going to run my seven weird (or odd) things about myself over seven different posts, and on the seventh post not only will I rest, but by then I'll have scoped out enough bloggers who haven't been tagged with this one so that I can pass it along.

First weird thing about me:

I really like counting my tomatoes. Every morning I'm out there watering them, fertilizing them, and ahhhhh, counting them... I count each one I can see on all the plants. This means that for about five mins I'm hunkered down on the brick pavers peering up the bottoms of the flowers to see which ones have set (oh, I could go to jail for that!). Even if there's only a little tiny microscopic tomato(e) hiding under the skirts of the flower;
it gets counted. Needless to say, I haven't been able to count my tomatoes since I tweaked my back 82 hours ago (but who's counting????) so for today you'll have to see wednesdays count:


Total weight of tomatoes harvested: 930 grams (2.05 pounds)
Total # of tomatoes harvested: 8
# of tomatoes ripening on the vines: 4
Number of tomatoes currently on vines: 65 (probably more like 70, but I ain't bending down to look up the tomatoes' skirts)


Now, what would a post from me be like without a pic of the parrots that hang out in the backyard? I call them the breakfast club. Of course, there's a funny caption to go along with it.


It's WEDGIE time!!!!!