The Modern Amish

“Dad, do we have an unused plunger anywhere?”  I can honestly say that I never expected to hear those words from my 15 year old daughter.  Let alone first thing in the morning.  But since it was out there I bit.  “Why?” And the rest of the conversation made perfect sense.  My daughter plays the [...]

it wouldn’t be a big deal if he was spotted with a boot on his foot.  He’d always wear boots.
we’d get to see Pat Patriot with one of those cool beards.  
supermodels in bonnets & long-sleeved black dresses.
a curious number of children born in his community would look like him.
his chinstrap would have to be [...]

This blog has been neglected lately.  Most of the reasons would bore you so I won’t insult your intelligence by going into them.  But there is one that I feel the need to tackle.  The server that hosts this blog started having some performance issues a couple of weeks ago that have stopped in the [...]

It’s Friday, that means another helpful farming tip for all you folks who have stumbled in here by accident.  Today’s helpful tip is in regards to poultry farming.  It’s courtesy of ChickenRancher.com. 

Cleaning is probably the easiest way to avoid sick chickens. Over-cleaning is not necessary because the birds need to have access to droppings to maintain [...]

For all you worm farmers or potential worm farmers out there, today’s farming tip is for you.  Courtesy of Worm Farming, a helpful tip on feeding your worms.

Not all vegetables or food scraps make good food for your worms either. Strong foods like onion, garlic, and hot peppers are not as readily welcomed. If the [...]

So I finally got the call.  My 20 year reunion.  The flood of memories was about to begin flowing out of the long forgotten spaces of my mind.  And the voice on the phone brought back a pretty good stream of them herself.
To protect the not so innocent (you never fooled anyone) I’ll just refer [...]

Today’s farming tip is for all you duck breeders out there.

If possible, the drakes should be one month older than the female ducks. This is to ensure that the males are ready for mating during the breeding season.

Thanks to Pinoy-Negosyo-Techs for the tip.  Now get out there & make your ducks lucky ducks.  Happy farming.

‘Some woman called for you.’ my wife said with just a hint of annoyance in her voice.  Not the type of thing you want to hear usually.  Especially right after church when it seems like you may have to repent of something toot sweet.  Was I in trouble?  Who could this ‘woman’ be?  Will I [...]

Windows Vista would only be available to buy at an auction in rural Washington.
no blue screen of death because the Amish build things that work right.
would have been too honest to steal DOS from IBM.
a Gates quilt on every bed.
would push Smuckers to the brink of bankruptcy then give them a hand staying afloat.
his wardrobe [...]

So the allegation has been made that Tom Cruise is not the father of Suri.  That indeed, she is the daughter of the late L. Ron Hubbard.  I’ll leave all the inane chatter on the social ramifications of this for TomKat to others who have lesser minds & no lives.  But as for me, here [...]