A while back I joined a site that offers discounted products from Amazon, in exchange for reviewing the product. I think I’m up to fifty-ish orders, lots of them freebies and lots more just $1-$2. I spent a bit more, though, to try to get a working laptop desk. And holy mama mia was it…
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Five Gallons of Cheese Puffs
This may be the most bizarre week I’ve lived in a while. I’m trying to juggle a WHOLE lot of stuff right now, dealing with insane deadlines. Considering I’m technically unemployed, it’s ironic that I’m working my ass off. Fun, huh? Last weekend we did our normal yard sale run, plus a little extra. Saturday…
Doin’ The Two Step
The saying goes, “One step forward and two steps back.” In the case of our server project, it’s been, “One step back followed by several giant steps forward.” Our original plan was to partner with an existing greenhouse on agricultural land. Problem is that you can’t put anything non-agricultural on land zoned agricultural, hence a…
The Wow Signal
Mankind has been tracking celestial bodies ever since the inception of civilization, and countless epochs before we as a species committed our history to any kind of written or illustrated form. A few years back, our technology found what’s been dubbed “the wow signal”, an anomalous burst of energy we’ve never been able to replicate….
A Ghost of a Chance
It never rains but it pours, then flash floods, then REALLY floods, then mudslides for good measure, then hurricanes and earthquakes and… well, you get the idea. Mind you, none of this is really bad stuff and I know people who would almost kill for this kind of opportunity. It’s just increasingly overwhelming. Since, you…