We sure do have a lot of squirrels around here

One of the biggest things that I have noticed about this new house is the number of squirrels.  Our apartment up in Hugo had some squirrels, sure who doesn’t?  But Hugo is over-run by frogs and our development didn’t have any old growth trees so most of the squirrels didn’t hang around.
But in North Saint [...]

Day two of the new house

I’m so tired… so very tired. Goodnight.

Things to do for the new house.

We had our mortgage closing this morning.  So the house is officially ours today, but we don’t get to occupy it until tomorrow at 4pm.  Here is what I have to do today.
To Do List…

Call and schedule a carpet cleaner 486-4886
Call Xcel energy for the Gas 800-824-1688
Call North Saint Paul for utilites 651-747-2400
Call [...]

My entire life’s work destroyed

That’s how you feel when you play Desktop Tower Defense.  You’ve just spent an eternity and thousands of dollars building up your defenses only to have them crushed by some flying creeps. 
Michael Arrington just did a really funny write up of the game over at Tech Crunch.
It’s fun linking to big powerful blogs and [...]

Bungee String by YoYoFargo

I got a pack of Bungee String from YoYoFargo in the mail last week to beta test.  I immediately ripped the package open and stuck a string on my Milk.  The Bungee String is very thick, it’s probably fifty percent thicker than the average type eight string.

As a result of he thickness of the [...]

The Rok by FurphYo

I had the chance to play with The Rok by FurphYo today.  This a yo-yo that needs some work.  There is nothing about The Rok that I like. 
The Rok is an undersized and over-wide “high end” aluminum yo-yo.  It’s available with a coating of anodization or powdercoating, the version that I used was [...]