Trying to take care of my little piece of the planet
I try to be a ’shop locally’ kind of guy, but for some things, I cave. I recently found a great deal on a stereo component that had died a couple of years ago, so I pulled the trigger and ordered it online. They provided a UPS tracking number, and I watched my computer screen [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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I came across this link on BlueNC, a blog devoted to progressive politics in North Carolina. The post is entitled: Breath is Life, and is an excerpt from a new book by Scotty McLennan, a Unitarian Universalist minister. Is is a condensed version of his response to a student who questioned how he could defend [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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As I look down at the clock on my computer screen, it’s straight up midnight. ( Come to think of it, I guess ’straight up’ is pretty meaningless on a digital clock…) I’ve just walked into a quiet house; my wife and all the animals are asleep, as they should be. It’s for times like [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Hopefully you’re unfamiliar with the terminology; but if you’re seriously injured/ill, first you wind up in the ER, then they hopefully transfer you to the ICU, and then (if you make it this far) you get to a ’step down unit’ before then going to a regular room and eventually released to go home. [...]
Posted on November 15th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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A few minutes ago when I checked the rain gauge we’d picked up four inches from Tropical Storm Ida, and we filled the 5000 gallon tanks to overflowing several hours ago, probably about noon. So, last night’s filter tweaking was in plenty of time. As they say, ‘when it rains, it ….’ Well, you know. [...]
Posted on November 11th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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I’ve been anxious about our water supply all summer/fall. We’ve had enough to get along. But we never really had a plentiful supply. I could never seem to get the level above 3000 gallons. If you look at the graph below, you can see how the rainfall during last summer (our first one using our [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
Filed under: Rainwater Collection | 3 Comments »