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A thirty something tomboy gets a present from the stork: ...."We've also discovered that she will bring whatever is in her hands to her mouth. ...Mostly there's nothing in arm's reach to swallow, except mom's hair, which has been falling out in droves (another neat pregnancy trick). Do babies get hairballs?"....   

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July 2009



The New Management Fad: A Furlough

Sunday, 26 July 2009 7:56 A GMT-05
Just in time for the Chicken Fest Weekend, my company announced they would need to put all employees on a one-day-a-week furlough, resulting in a 20 percent reduction in pay.  Their reasoning was democratic; that they could not lay off the 15 pe

End Game

Monday, 20 July 2009 10:05 P GMT-05
This morning, as I began the process of feeding, watering and unleashing the chickens from their nightly captivity, I heard one of them crow in protest--Cockadoodle do!--a first hint of sexual maturity from our meat chickens.  The end is near.Th

The Thousand Dollar Chicken

Sunday, 12 July 2009 7:25 A GMT-05
On Monday or Tuesday of last week I went to close the door of the chicken coop in the pouring rain (so what else is new?) and found one chicken sitting stubbornly outside the coop.  I picked her up and placed her in the coop.  The next day

Sunny, sunny days

Sunday, 5 July 2009 7:53 A GMT-05
The sun peeped out of its hidey hole on Friday morning, around 9:30am, after first giving us a repeat of the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that; a cold, dreary, thick fog, followed by a torrential downpour.  Our house h