<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from larc.blog-city.com</title><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 larc.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:02:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from larc.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The NeoCon is dead</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/the_neocon_is_dead.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/the_neocon_is_dead.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fneocon%5Fis%5Fdead</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite Bush&#39;s favorite lollipop, the stimulus check , we here in the US are cutting back, saving more, and generally doing the very things we&#39;ve been told to do all along--save our money, not buy frivolous crap, consume less, buy local, and]]></description><category>bush</category><category>political</category></item><item><title>The Working Ride</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/the_working_ride.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/the_working_ride.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fworking%5Fride</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is the the 17th annual Ride to Work Day .&nbsp; And yes, my peddling two-wheeled friends, they mean you too.&nbsp; But mostly they mean motorcycles.Our motorcycle contingent at work has grown significantly since that day my co-worker had a l]]></description><category>motorcycle</category><category>uppity women</category></item><item><title>Urban Myths</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/urban_myths.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/urban_myths.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=urban%5Fmyths</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I overheard someone lamenting the fact that they were unable to purchase their tomato seedlings because of the salmonella crisis.&nbsp; Apparently the recent discovery that our food chain isn&#39;t foolproof caused a rush on the green]]></description><category>totally random</category></item><item><title>Picking a Peck</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/picking_a_peck.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/picking_a_peck.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=picking%5Fa%5Fpeck</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some may have stayed home this weekend, citing gas prices and rising costs, but most assuredly the people in Washington, NH did not.&nbsp; They drove back and forth constantly on Half Moon Pond, slowing down to take a look at the latest crazy thing t]]></description><category>if you build it</category></item><item><title>Reeking Haddock in the Workplace</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/reeking_haddock_in_the_workplace.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/reeking_haddock_in_the_workplace.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reeking%5Fhaddock%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fworkplace</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Barn Project, coupled with the up and coming Blueberry Vacation, caused me to have to call our financial advisor to move some money around.&nbsp; I hate doing this during the day, especially when my office mate is present.&nbsp; The fact is that]]></description><category>new job</category></item><item><title>This Old House</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/this_old_house.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/this_old_house.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fold%5Fhouse</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The barn, aka the garage, aka the shed, or whatever you&#39;d choose to call it, which extends as a kind of funky, antique add-on to our old, old house, has been in disrepair for some years.&nbsp; We&#39;ve not ignored it, exactly, but it&#39;s not t]]></description></item><item><title>Picking Rocks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/picking_rocks.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/picking_rocks.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=picking%5Frocks</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a few weeks time, I&#39;ll be on vacation.&nbsp; We&#39;re not going anywhere exotic or doing anything especially recreational, but we are renting an excavator , so it will still be fun for me.&nbsp; If all goes well, by the end of that week we&#3]]></description><category>if you build it</category></item><item><title>Earth Day, my BirthDay</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/earth_day_my_birthday.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/earth_day_my_birthday.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=earth%5Fday%5Fmy%5Fbirthday</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my 34th birthday.&nbsp; Imagine that.I&#39;ve always enjoyed my birthdays, playing it up a bit so people know to congratulate me or even give me a present (I love presents), but this year, what with the Bundle o&#39; Joy turning the Big]]></description></item><item><title>Sugar in the blood</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/sugar_in_the_blood.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/sugar_in_the_blood.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sugar%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fblood</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s kind of like fly-fishing, in a way.Our hand pump broke.&nbsp; So our no-electricity-all-hand-powered operation (save for the propane used to finish the syrup and to light the house at night) became even more hand-powered; armed with a kitche]]></description><category>maple</category></item><item><title>For the love of sap</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/for_the_love_of_sap.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/for_the_love_of_sap.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=for%5Fthe%5Flove%5Fof%5Fsap</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In anticipation of the weather, I took the week off.&nbsp; In past years, the last week in March has been the ideal&nbsp; sugaring time, mixing the below freezing nighttime temperatures with the above freezing daytime temperatures which bring out the]]></description><category>maple</category><category>weather</category></item><item><title>I&apos;m too techy for my car</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/im_too_techy_for_my_car.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/im_too_techy_for_my_car.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=im%5Ftoo%5Ftechy%5Ffor%5Fmy%5Fcar</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last year, we bought a Prius.&nbsp; We were both taken by the idea of saving gas on our long commutes, and since because of where I live both public transportation and pedal power  are unfeasible, the alternative is working from home (which I do occa]]></description><category>new job</category></item><item><title>Marching on</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/marching_on.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/marching_on.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marching%5Fon</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We drilled holes into trees yesterday evening.&nbsp; The sap is running.Winter, however, is far from over.&nbsp; Even hardened New Englanders like my mother are longing for bare ground, and the archivists all claim that this is the most snow we&#39;v]]></description></item><item><title>The Pothole Chronicles</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/the_pothole_chronicles.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/the_pothole_chronicles.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fpothole%5Fchronicles</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of New England&#39;s distinguishing features this time of year, aside from mile-high mounds of crusty, dirty snow mounding up above our heads as we drive down the road, is the disheveled state of our roads.&nbsp; Mostly this is due to our insiste]]></description></item><item><title>Home Fires Burning.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/home_fires_burning.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/home_fires_burning.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Ffires%5Fburning</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The first Primary in the Nation is long over, but all is not love and peace in the LARC household; for though we are both Democrats, dedicated to overthrowing the evil tyranny of the conservative far right, we cannot agree on a candidate.&nbsp; And a]]></description></item><item><title>Too Little Information</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/too_little_information.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/too_little_information.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=too%5Flittle%5Finformation</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part of the job of the Help Desk is to gather as much information as possible on a problem, then, if the problem can&#39;t be solved by the first level, send it on to the appropriate person.&nbsp; That&#39;s how it would work in a perfect world, anyw]]></description><category>new job</category></item><item><title>Friends</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/friends.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/friends.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friends</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The weekend flew by, as weekends will do.&nbsp; This weekend flew even faster since we went down to the Cape to visit one of Lionel&#39;s old friends, a person he hadn&#39;t seen for five years and I&#39;d only met once five years ago and that at our]]></description><category>tomboy</category></item><item><title>Aftermath</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/aftermath_2.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/aftermath_2.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=aftermath%5F2</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And now they&#39;re gone.Hillary Clinton&#39;s &quot;unexpected&quot; win in New Hampshire will keep the news media talking for a week, either about how she managed to pull it off or, in a few quiet voices, about how they managed to get it so wrong.&]]></description><category>political</category></item><item><title>I do declare</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/i_do_declare.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/i_do_declare.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fdo%5Fdeclare</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today all political eyes are on New Hampshire.&nbsp; And in particular, those eyes are watching the every move of that which the media calls the &quot;independent voter&quot;, which implies we may sway left or right with the political breeze, and whi]]></description><category>political</category></item><item><title>Primarily and then some</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/primarily_and_then_some.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/primarily_and_then_some.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=primarily%5Fand%5Fthen%5Fsome</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now that Iowa&#39;s bizarre caucus game is over, we here in the Granite State are ready, willing and able to tell the rest of the nation how to vote in their primaries.&nbsp; And the candidates are ready, willing and able to tell us who to vote for.&]]></description><category>political</category></item><item><title>In the year 2525</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/in_the_year_2525.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/in_the_year_2525.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fthe%5Fyear%5F2525</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heartfelt apologies to my fans; my wit has been dull of late.&nbsp; I acknowledge this fact humbly and beg your pardon.&nbsp; I&#39;m not sure why the well has run so dry recently.Part of it is that my favorite thing to spit at, the Bush Administrati]]></description></item><item><title>Out with the Old</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/out_with_the_old.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/out_with_the_old.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=out%5Fwith%5Fthe%5Fold</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today is the last day of 2007, and it is promising to be an interesting one.&nbsp; First of all, it&#39;s snowing, which I still maintain isn&#39;t all that fascinating, but what is interesting about this fact is that our tractor, which is what we us]]></description></item><item><title>Taking my toy and going home.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/taking_my_toy_and_going_home.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/taking_my_toy_and_going_home.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=taking%5Fmy%5Ftoy%5Fand%5Fgoing%5Fhome</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I took my alien insect Swarm to work yesterday, proving incontrovertibly that there is a kid in all of us.&nbsp; Spotting it on my desk yesterday morning the Network Administrator grabbed the control and asked if he could just spin the rotors a littl]]></description></item><item><title>X-Mas at the LARCSES</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/xmas_at_the_larcses.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/xmas_at_the_larcses.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=xmas%5Fat%5Fthe%5Flarcses</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was determined to have a nice Christmas at our house this year, the first Christmas for the Bundle.I hunted us up a Christmas tree and we decorated it, we bought presents, we bought food.&nbsp; Then we all got sick with the Super Baby Alien Cold an]]></description></item><item><title>News of the Obvious</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/news_of_the_obvious.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/news_of_the_obvious.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=news%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fobvious</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So it snowed again yesterday, and while it is annoying to have to drive in the stuff, it still isn&#39;t really newsworthy, except that apparently it is .&nbsp; Moreover, it is causing all sorts of unprecedented problems  here in the Granite State.&n]]></description></item><item><title>Another dollar</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larc.blog-city.com/another_dollar.htm</guid><link>http://larc.blog-city.com/another_dollar.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://larc.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fdollar</comments><dc:creator>Larc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now that I&#39;ve whiled most of the week away, I think maybe I&#39;ll go to work.I haven&#39;t tried to use my voice yet this morning, but the last three days it hasn&#39;t actually worked.&nbsp; Lionel thought perhaps I was whispering to save my vo]]></description></item></channel></rss>