Confucius says “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Our fat society continues to live wastefully and pollute the earth. Seems that we are beginning to pay the price in ways we never thought possible.
As an example, bees are disappearing all over the country - those tiny, under-appreciated pollinators of the U.S.’s immense agricultural bounty, which was once thought to be inexhaustible. I find [...]
I’m now packed and ready to get on the plane this evening. We’ve checked out and are waiting for our driver. Will arrive home tomorrow night (Friday).
Besides all of the work we’ve accomplished, of course, I’ve also had many adventures during this trip to Nigeria. Today we had half a day free, so the [...]
I made it to Lagos last night (Tuesday evening, Nigeria time zone) after a very long but immensely pleasant couple of flights with my co-workers Vivian and Nicole. We flew on Lufthansa this time, and I think their business class is even better than KLM’s. The seats were high-tech and very comfortable - even had [...]
House numbers!
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Clinton taught me how to use the electric drill. After putting up the house numbers, I installed three curtain rods and two curtain tie-back brackets. Then I made my first attempt with the caulking gun: I caulked the frames of the back deck doors to prevent water from damaging the sub-floor. [...]
Revive the cleaning power of your dishwasher
You’ll need: rubber gloves, small crescent wrench, two liters of white vinegar, scouring pad, dish soap
Put on rubber gloves, and open the dishwasher.
Slide out and remove the bottom dishwasher rack. Remove the upside-down basket-looking thing from the bottom of the dishwasher; to do this, you will most likely need [...]
Woke up not feeling so great again. Sore throat, low fever, congestion, headache and very, very tired. After Clinton went to work, I fell asleep again until noon. It’s kind of lonely being sick. No one around except for the dog and cat. I tried reading, and actually started the first few chapters of three [...]
Woke up this morning all congested and with a bad sore throat, so I stayed home from work. Spent the day doing low-energy type stuff. I think I’ll go to back to bed at 6:00 tonight with the help of my blue-green friend, Nyquil.
This afternoon I did make it out of the house, however. Took [...]