The Archives

Things Worth Remembering

The three habits that lead to success are: Patience, Application, and Vision.

Take care: The person who will tell others' faults to you - will tell yours to others.

It is always better to be underestimated.

There are three things that are better than riches: Health, Freedom, and Honor.

Think swiftly, speak softly, act wisely.

"The world is neither Scottish, English, nor Irish, neither French, Dutch, nor Chinese, but human, and each nation is only the partial development of a universal humanity." - James Grant on founding the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, 1862

All from: The Book of Celtic Wisdom

I don’t know what all this trouble is about, but I’m sure it must be your fault.

C-3PO:   “I would much rather have gone with Master Luke than stay here with you. I don’t know what all this trouble is about, but I’m sure it must be your fault.”
          [R2 beeps an angry response]
C-3PO:   “You watch your language!”
          Star Wars IV: A New Hope

 

I love planting veggies from seed. But OMG! Why do they have to go and get so needy right away? I have about 25 pea plants outside, maybe more. I don’t know; I got a little slap happy putting them into the ground. Suddenly they’re all: “water me” and “stake me” and “take care of me”. I’m about ready to punch Gregor Mendel right in the face. You’d think that along with all that time doing hybridization experiments, he could have made a few that weren’t so helpless.

May 11th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: daily living | 12 comments - (Comments are closed) | Share the love:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Digg
  • email

Use your aggressive feelings, boy.

“Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.” - The Emperor, Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi

 

Several years back I had a great idea, “Let’s plant some ivy where those nasty old shrubs used to be.” I should have known better. I knew, even before I put the first of the 48 plugs into the ground, how invasive English Ivy is. Yet I planted it right next to the house in an area about 6 feet by 12 feet anyway. What can I say; I’m an idiot. I figured I had several years, before they became a problem. Nope. It took about 5 months to fill in and that living, green mass has been a pain ever since.

With the exterior of the house redone last fall, it had become a serious concern. So thanks to the squishing and crushing of the guys walking all over it for four weeks straight, a large chunk of the ivy had died back (temporarily). We decided this morning that it was time to start yanking it out. It took all three of us several hours, but by-golly that area is cleared out, dug out – to ferret out the (quite impressive) root system – and raked over.

Now I just have to figure out what to put in there instead.

May 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: ad infinitum | 8 comments - (Comments are closed) | Share the love:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Digg
  • email