Category Archives: Environment

Hurricane Ike’s Path - Track It

Check out this wickedly cool view of the hurricane. Track it’s progress by clicking the image and leaving the web page up in a tab of your browser like I am. Also, please pray for my beloved Texans and the adopted sons/daughters of Texas.

Dead Gator

My first dead gator. Team of three took this 10.5 footer down tonight on a flat boat. I was the one pulling him up from the bottom. Will post a little movie later if I can.

Hurricane Fay Advice

Non-Floridians like myself are generally unprepared for hurricanes the first time. Have no clue what to expect or what to get ready. Well-meaning people try to describe what it is like to live through a hurricane and what preparations need to be made. Short of two emails, these conversations leave me in a fog.
One person managed [...]

Front Row Seat at Life

I love that my daughters have the same persistent curiosity about life that my wife and I have. This afternoon’s birthday party had my daughters nudging the other kids for the front row seat at the backyard, portable petting zoo. They love exploring new things.
Here is the run down:
Donkey
Turtles
Rabbits
Chicks
Ducks
Goat
Sheep
Rooster
Piglets
Time to get back on the waterslide [...]

Swamp Buggy

When mom and dad were over here in West Palm Beach a few weeks back, we went out to the South Florida Shooting Sports gun club where I am a member for some shooting. We took the whole family because Lily just loves to go out and watch me shoot. An incredible storm came up [...]

What is RAGBRAI?

“What is RAGBRAI” is a question worth answering. I will be riding it at the end of next July. Wikipedia says one thing and the RAGBRAI web site says another, but let me give you my version.
It’s buses and buses and buses of people. It’s the craziest costumes you will hopefully ever see. It’s bike [...]

One Bold Take on the Virginia Tech Shootings

We don’t yet know the stories of heroism or bravery which happened today at Virginia Tech during the shootings. We may never know. In that classroom full of kids, there may not have been any brave souls who ventured to take on the lone shooter without a weapon of their own. There may *have* been. [...]

Hover Mower - My kind of work!

Toolmonger.com, which is fast becoming one of my favorite leisure sites, has the Hover Mower review:
The HoverMower floats effortlessly on a cushion of air; Without any wheels it mows in any direction following the contour of the land. It hovers with ease on lake banks, slopes, wet grounds, sand and retaining walls. It cuts and [...]

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