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Dear People,
Sorry. I didn’t really forget about you yesterday, I just had things to do. Fondly, Marica
Cooler Corn & Cardboard Cookin’ / Let’s Play Redneck
Originally published June 17, 2012; Reformatted Two great ideas for when the lights go out, or when you just want to play like a Redneck. The first, Cooler Corn, comes via an email from Mr. Big Food’s Dad who I think gets more emails each day than Mr. Big Food (who gets a lot). The
Book Cartoon
Hit the link for a photo of T. Boone Picken’s amazing personal library.
Old but Spry
Turned around from the sink and there she was. I think she’s 14 or 15 years old, maybe more.
Y yes it is
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I thought I’d seen it all.
But I was wrong. Aphids on zinnias in a glass on a table in the house. And not only that! Lady bug nymphs eating aphids on zinnias in a glass on a table in the house.
“It’s like living in a cave.”
That sums up how impressed Mr. Big Food is with my superior abilities to block the sun from shining into the house in the morning when it’s 85°F at 10am, and in the late afternoon when the heat index is 100°. A cool 76° inside and the A/C has hardly been running. (It’s been a
Squint
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Cooling your home
Mr. Big sent me an article yesterday with the subject line “the return of the primitive.” He should have said, “the return of the idiocy.” The article, Cool Your Home Without Air Conditioning, was originally published in Popular Science. It is very much like all other PS articles that I happen upon. Its tone is
Goin’ Solar!
If you can’t help yourself
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PL’s TWiPs
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Building Project Calculations | Adjustable Solar Panel Stand
I have never been to the equator, but I’m pretty sure that vehicle is not at a location on the equator. Take that back. A quick spin around the globe and I see there’s a desert in Kenya right about at the equator, but given the stickers are en Español… ? Let us hark back
33%
I laughed out loud. I have a question and someone on the World Wide Web pointed me in the direction of Backwoods Solar. Poking around I discovered this map which aims to help you calculate how big your solar array needs to be. (Not the info I need but interesting.) Do a few calculations and
Classic
via Powerline’s The Week in Pictures Going to be sorting through the books Daughter C & The J-Man left up in the apartment. How many copies of the Iliad and Odyssey do you think are up there?
Cows
When the weather is good, I look at Twitter about twice a week to ensure I have not missed a critical outrage. Last evening was one such time. This cracked me up. See also:
I thought I had ’em all
but I was wrong. I counted up and I have 16 ways to boil water for making a pot or cup of coffee. Only six of them involve electricity. So I thought my bases were covered. But this is just too awesome to not share. From the Hillbilly Housewife
Hands down winner
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