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A New Look!

greetings and salutations! Well, made some changes to the format here. I had been using the “Quick Blog” software that Godaddy has available, and, while it is an excellent and easy option for getting online fast, it did have some … Continue reading

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Still a beekeeper (sort of)

Greetings and Salutations…. Although my attention has wandered over the past few months, I still DO have active hives on the property, and, thought I would mention the reminder of them I got the other day. Mid-week or so, while … Continue reading

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Good Customer Service is NOT dead!

Greetings and Salutations…. Just wanted to send along a big “thumbs up” to the Scott Gross company. If you need pretty much anything related to cutting metal apart or welding it back together they are a great resource. I needed … Continue reading

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Where would YOU put a Museum of Western Art?

Greetings and Salutations. I just visited the Booth Museum of Western art, located, in all places, Cartersville, Georgia. I will say that it is quite a large building, and, not at all what I would have expected to find in … Continue reading

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The Daily Show Comes Through!

Greetings and Salutations. Well, along with providing some of the best news coverage of important events in today’s world, this fake news show has provided us with images from the rally….I hope it sticks around for a while. http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/photos/ Enjoy…and … Continue reading

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200,000 or more rally! Did Fear or Sanity Win?

Greetings and Salutations; In case you may not know (perhaps from sleeping under a rock for the past month, considering the amount of publicity about it), comedians John Stewart and Steven Colbert held a rally on the Mall in Washington … Continue reading

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Windows 7 – MORE headaches

Greetings and Salutations…. Well, my meditation for today focuses on Windows 7, and what a joy it is proving to be. While I am sure that MANY systems are happily ticking away with this version of the OS on them, … Continue reading

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Pride and Prejudice

Greetings and Salutations…. Kind of an interesting article posted on the Net: Read it here… In short, it discusses the rise of mindless prejudice against Islam in the USA in the years since 9/11. Why might this be happening, some … Continue reading

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Watching intelligence go from 3 digits to room temperature

Greetings and Salutations. Well, the current bit of amazing video and transcript of the interview with Franklin Graham is located here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/20/franklin-graham-evangelic_n_689149.html?ref=fb&src=sp Now, there has been a number of comments posted to facebook about this, but, I thought I would … Continue reading

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Copyright violations – Theft or annoyance?

Greetings and Salutations…. The question arose on Slashdot.org as to whether there was any validity to the RIAA’s claim that piracy really hurts the recording industry, and included a request for folks to quote chapter and verse proving this. I … Continue reading

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Hardware Pains!

Greetings and Salutations… It has been a challenging couple of weeks here, and one of the more annoying ones has been with the aircard we connect to the Internet with. It is a UMW190 from Verizon, and is the latest … Continue reading

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The struggle between rationality and emotion…

Greetings and Salutations…. From a famine to a feast, it seems. I ran across an interesting article about an Anglican reverend who has banned a Tai Chi class from meeting in the basement of his church because he feels that … Continue reading

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Not Dead Yet…

Greetings and Salutations. I am sorry to say that struggling with H1N1 and the aftermath has eroded away my energy for posting, or, for that matter, getting out of bed. However, the good news is that, after six months or … Continue reading

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Winter Is Upon Us!

Greetings and Salutations… It has been far too long, but, the Fall zipped by so quickly. The hives had a burst of enthusiasm for the fall flowers and such, and, now are pretty much packed in for the Winter. I … Continue reading

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The year buzzes by!

Greetings and Salutations…. Here we are, half way through November already, and rapidly sliding down towards the start of a new year. Sometimes it is shocking how quickly time passes! Overall, the hives are doing fairly well, I am pleased … Continue reading

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In the Middle of a LONG weekend

Yesterday (Thursday), turned into a very long day. I had to drive to Atlanta, but, had a couple of pressing things to do first. Since living things get precedence, the first task of the day was to cook up another … Continue reading

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August Is Upon Us

Time is still flying by. I have continued to feed the new hive, and, put some candy into another hive that is a tad weak. I hope to make it through the entire winter without losing any of the hives. … Continue reading

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Hitting the Lull

Well, there seems to be a little relaxation in the world of the bees for the past week or so. The Spring blooms have all gone away, and, the mid-Summer garden flowers are fading away. I stopped by the apiary … Continue reading

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Saving Another Swarm

It has been a hectic summer, so far, with many things diverting my attention from the bees. However, yesterday evening I completed extracting a fairly good sized swarm that had taken up residence in the foundation of a house out … Continue reading

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Life is FULL of surprises.

I managed to check the hives today, and, found that four of them are going great guns. Lots of bees, and, quite a bit of cheerful humming going on. I did not pop the lids, though…as I was losing the … Continue reading

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