What does it mean to be adopted?

A first grade teacher was discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had different colored hair than the other family members. One of the teacher’s students suggested that he was adopted.

A little girl said, “I know all about adoption. I was adopted.”

“What does it mean to be adopted?” asked another child.

“It means,” said the girl, “that you grew in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy.”

Jeep Photos - before and after

Before:

After:

How to work with “stupid” people

How to work with “stupid” people

Eats Shoots and Leaves

Strawberries. So close to ready!

Radishes peeking through.

Three sisters plot with squash and pole beans just coming up.

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 "To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Saying “NO” to fitting in.

» Saying “NO” to fitting in Early Retirement Extreme: — by Jacob Lund Fisker

Libertarianism, Property Rights and Self-Ownership — Crooked Timber

Libertarianism, Property Rights and Self-Ownership — Crooked Timber

Spring part 2

Lots of things growing around here this year.

Corn just coming up in my Three Sisters bed. 

 Blackberries with flowers almost ready to bloom.

And just a few onions. I'll plant lots in the fall but I never have much luck with spring onions for some reason.

ClubOrlov: Bullets from the Drug War

I don't agree with all of this but there's no denying it's not a "Mexico" problem as some insist. Americans want drugs and will pay. Therefore one way or the other drugs will find their way here. Hopefully people will want to legalize them before the feds use the "war on drugs" to completely strip citizens of all their constitutional protections in exchange for "safety".

ClubOrlov: Bullets from the Drug War

Spring! and Strawberries

Dominique Browning - What I Lost When I Lost My Job - NYTimes.com

This nails exactly the types of alienation and identity loss I felt when I stayed home for a year with my kids.

Dominique Browning - What I Lost When I Lost My Job - NYTimes.com

Art of GTD, Zone by Zone: Dad, you know what I love about my phone?

Even tho I work with tech all day I am still a digital immigrant.....

Art of GTD, Zone by Zone: Dad, you know what I love about my phone?

How to Get the Most Out of Your Money: Rocks, Pebbles, & Sand | Personal Finance Ninja

How to Get the Most Out of Your Money: Rocks, Pebbles, & Sand | Personal Finance Ninja

Clever Log Cabin

Clever Concealment: Wood Facade Makes Modern Log Cabin | WebEcoist

The cult of busy « Scott Berkun

So so true. Busy is an emotional state.

The cult of busy « Scott Berkun

The Cult - Wild Flower

Monthly Cult Fix.

YouTube - The Cult - Wild Flower

CCIE Written Passed

I finally passed my written exam and now need to start the long process of getting ready for the lab portion. It took about 3 months total of which the last 6 weeks have been hard study. I expect the lab to take about 6-12 months according to what life throws at me this year. Oh and the $5000 I'll end up spending for the privilege of taking it!

Complicated costs. Simple saves. | Crawling Road

Complicated costs. Simple saves. | Crawling Road

The death of the work ethic

Sometimes I just want to move to Galt's Gulch after a week of listening to moocher and looter political theories at work 'til my head wants to explode.

I guess I'll just try to create my own little gulch until that time.....

In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell

In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell