http://flexistentialist.org/blog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:59:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week we got a solid 24 hours of rain, uncommon for this area. In the middle of the storm, I was putting up cages around the tomato plants (which unfortunately are being attacked by flea beetles - hopefully they survive the assault) when I noticed two medium mushrooms peeking ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/06/12/rain-brings-giant-mushrooms/ So let's say you bought boots: nice Doc Martens, a few years ago. They were great boots - worn to the point that the soles were slick and the heels were cracked. But as good, well-used boots go, they are particularly useful in very dirty and heavily worked situations. So ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/06/06/boots-used-all-the-way-up/ It's true...two new mohawks, cut for Memorial Day on our vacation. I wish I had pictures - but alas, didn't think of it. I'll try to track some down from the two new mohawk club members. Suffice it to say; both enjoyed a greater self confidence and attractiveness to others ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/06/03/mohawks-for-memorial-day/ After some cajoling, we both managed to get back to STL for a few days to see friends. Friends who turned out in force! It was a nice present to have friends who let us stay with them and borrow their vehicles (wow, how easy that made it), and of ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/05/07/how-do-you-like-your-space/ My brother and I have a trivia team. We don't play every week, but we try to keep up an appearance, especially because we find it to be fun, the bar it's at is a good bar, with great food & drink specials that night, and the trivia is generally ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/04/23/no-smog-no-barking-dog-breakfast-with-no-hog/ So there is good news and bad news about our new community garden plot. The good news: it is a nice-looking, friendly little garden, and we've already met two other gardeners who were extremely nice and seemed about the same level of experienced-amateur gardener that I might consider myself to ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/03/20/update-on-the-garden/ In the last month or so, Sam and I have explored and embraced three unique new tastes. In my case, I discovered a love for coarse-ground mustard (especially on a soft pretzel) and that Kalamata olives are actually pretty similar to capers, which I already put on a surprising number ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/03/12/new-flavors/ Bananas are so tasty. From the time during my sophomore year when a group of friends and I decided to all eat bananas together at dinner to test a (weak) hypothesis that bananas cause weird dreams, I've seen them as one of the more interesting of fruits. So it follows ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/02/25/disappearing-bananas/ No, I'm not moving. But one of the downsides of Boulder right now has been lack of access to a community garden, and that's about to change. I got the call today that I have a bed in the Fortune Garden, one of the community gardens that I am told ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/02/21/a-new-bed/ It's true. Two weeks ago, Berg finally agreed to do it! He had been thinking about it for quite a while, but needed some friendly and a little liquid encouragement (hey, being in engineering can make you more fashion-conservative). He's quite pleased with the end result, though, as am I. ... http://flexistentialist.org/blog/archives/2008/02/09/guess-who-else-got-a-mohawk/