Happy "Save A Spider Day"

Today is the day that celebrates one of the creatures that gives me the creeps more than any other.  It's “National Save A Spider Day”.  Now I don't know who came up with the idea to have such a day, but I hope they don't start making greeting cards with spiders on them to commemorate the occasion.  Well on second thought, maybe I do.  I have quite a few photos of spiders that I could sell to the card companies.  Here is one of a Golden Orb Weaver that I took in Costa Rica.  Nice looking specimen, don’t you think.

Connected to the World

Here I am working on my blog while listening to Radio Beijing China at 13.780 MHz on the Shortwave 21 meter band.  They broadcast to the world in English twice a day.  It's fascinating to listen to different perspectives and news programs from around the world.  They mention the USA quite frequently, and not always in a positive way.

Dinner and Tea in no time.

No this is not a still to make moonshine, although you may be able to rig one up using this neat little cooker.  It is called a Kelly Kettle (made in Ireland) and it is an ingenious double walled boiler designed to boil water very quickly.  While it is boiling the water you can also cook your dinner in the top pan at the same time.  The only wood that is required fits in the small bottom fire pan.  Very cool design.  I think it will make the perfect survival tool for purifying water and for cooking.  It burns any combustible material other than flammable liquids like gasoline etc.  I plan to cook my lunch with it today to see how it works.

Where ever your tracks lead you in life, make sure you stop a while to ponder the wonder of it all.

A Very Significant Day

Today is a very momentous day.  It marks the beginning of a national tradition, that almost every child and child at heart, like me, always enjoys.  Even our newest grandson, who is not yet 2 years old, almost instinctively knows the tradition and how to perform it perfectly.  You have probably guessed it by now...twisting the top off of an Oreo cookie before you devour it.  

Well if you didn't already know, today is the 100th anniversary of Oreo cookies.  Now that my friends is an important day.  Perhaps it should even be considered as our next National Holiday.

Oh...it's also Super Tuesday, but that pales in comparison to the significance of the 100th birthday of Oreo cookies.  Nothing any politician could say or do would be even half as interesting. 


Now if you will excuse me...by breakfast awaits.

Fish Study

Preston and I went ice fishing the other day to help the Colorado Division of Wildlife conduct a fish disease study.  Most of the fish we caught were Greenback Cutthroat Trout and they had to be transported alive.  It was an interesting fun day and we were glad to help out. 

Come on Let's Go!

Sometimes when your buggy is just not going fast enough a guy just has to get out, go around back, and help push.  It sure beats just sitting in there complaining.