Hollytoned Peter’s big tree and the shrubs today, also put down SuperPhosphate around the rhodies, azaleas and the peony.
Let’s hope I haven’t killed them with kindness.
The nasty wind and cold are doing a job on my poor pansies. I’m going to leave them next to the house until things improve….
Note from Bob
My 9-year-old grandson, Bob, comes from a family where it is expected that children will have a firm command of written English.
That’s what happens, I guess, when your Dad writes for a living and your Mom was a newspaper reporter in a former life.
Figured out VPN…
File ->Import Connection
Open .rcf (VPN connection policy file)
Doh.
RTFM.
DMA next?
Pretty Good Deal
I heard something on the news yesterday about the British monarchy that might change my opinion about their reputation as “parasites” on the put-upon working classes.
Going Wireless
I’d like to make my home completely wireless, but to tell you the truth, anything to do with networking gives me head cramp.
For example, one of my really good customers has been working with me for months on connecting to their VPN. I can’t figure it out for the life of me.
A couple of years ago, I bought an iBook and an Airport wireless router, and love them both dearly.
Then, earlier this year, after months of indecision, I bought an Inspiron 5160 laptop with a wireless card, and have grown to love it, too.
Flash, Bloody Flash
My web designer buddies love Flash, and I trust them to know what they’re talking about from a technical perspective.
But as a website user, I hate the Flash-driven ads that distract from news stories and research articles.
In fact, it was the recent spate of ugly American Airlines ads that finally motivated me to de-install Flash, once and for all.
Royal Wedding
Add another to the many things I don’t understand about people: why did the newspapers and TV networks in the US find it necessary to savage yesterday’s wedding of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall?
Gardener’s Diary
Young James came for an overnight last night, and we had a great time. He got in a lot of outdoor activity with the little boy next door while I mulched the gardens – put down only 9 cubic feet, but that was enough to cover everything respectably.
On the other hand….
My last post about public schools and one public school teacher in particular generated some thought-provoking comments, so maybe some less strident afterwords are in order.
Kindergarten Assignment
Yesterday, one of my neighbors showed me her son’s kindergarten assignment: he was asked to draw a picture of his family, and to write the names under each picture.
I wondered about the purpose of this little exercise. Is the point of it to “out” children with same-sex parents? To solidify latent bigotry against the children of single mothers? To see if tell-tale names like “Shaun” and “Moira” entitle kids with ethnically neutral last names some special privilege? Or the reverse, to see if there’s a “Moishe” attached somewhere to a “Brown”?