Got tagged by the damn sciatica again…and guess what?

Cold weather in house, and I switched to last year’s muffies. Been doing a water-change in the marine tank, so I’m up and down stairs—in the muffies—over about 3 days. Began having the old pain again, finally so bad I took Advil (which I...

Jane's birthday approacheth…

Our local watering hole gives you a free steak on your birthday, so guess where we’re dining come Friday night. 😉 Looking forward to it!

Jane’s birthday approacheth…

Our local watering hole gives you a free steak on your birthday, so guess where we’re dining come Friday night. 😉 Looking forward to it!

Darwin-era tech…

I have always been fascinated by weather. One of my earliest favorite gifts was from my maternal uncle, who for no particular reason gave his 7-year-old niece a barometer…plastic body, barometer, thermometer. I was early on aware of the weather. I was a kid in...

The Diet, revisited.

A study that casts some light on why we diet and can’t lose weight…and also points up why one rodent is not like another. IE, if you’re doing a study, species matters. There’s a second study like this one, which points to a hormonal deficiency...

Got the flu shot.

With ebola going on in the news, if I get a fever, I don’t want me or a doc to have to stop and wonder if it’s ‘just the flu’. And I don’t want to be sitting in a doctor’s waiting room with sick people to get my shot. So I went to...

Jumpstarting a Prius…

A regular car can do it. But Jane’s car was dead too, from the time we knocked the trickle charger off the ledge. It gets better. Round one. Triple-A comes out, hooks up, says Jane’s battery is iffy, but maybe just needs a charge. We get it going. We drag...

some days…

We’ve had mice before in the detached garage. They made a heckuva mess, ate a mattress… Our cats need exercise. Well, so we need to clean up the mess out there and make it kitty-safe. This turned up the fact the Prius’ battery is dead. Mmmm. Well. So...