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I have to admit to being a bit caught up in the “Barack in Berlin” Obamamania. It simply made me very hopeful and exceptionally proud to be an American when I saw him speaking. It has less to do with his politics than it does with his attitude, with his approach to problems, and with [...]

I tried to go the kind vegetarian route. I asked my mole nicely to leave. I gave the cats time to chase him away. I sprayed the yard with castor oil so Mortimer Mole would find is just unpleasant enough to relocate. I moved on to time-release pellets that I spread in a controlled manner [...]

To some this may be an oxymoron, or contain some logical inconsistencies, but we took a mini-road trip to Jefferson City yesterday and it was pretty cool. I had wanted to visit Runge Conservation Center for quite a while. The Springfield Conservation Center opened when I lived there, and we used to head there before [...]

So much useless technology, and so many inane web sites, but today I’m thankful for my current favorite corner of the web: Columbia Freecycle. I have never been one to hoard things (except small pieces of electronica and random household scraps for future low-budget repairs), but I also don’t like to throw perfectly good items [...]

Okay, here’s my one and only gas prices entry. More than anything else, I’m tired of gas price complaints. It has turned into the new “How’s the weather?” Every time I open the paper or watch the news I read some dreadful tale of a retired couple who sold their home to purchase a $420,000 [...]

A few quick pictures from the San Juan Islands in Washington. After two four-hour boat trips on the Odyssey, we finally took one last chance on the Victoria Clipper–a high-speed catamaran–and got to see our whales. Just like last time we went to see them, they decided to head for deeper water as soon as [...]