Monthly Archives: June 2011

Virginia State Car Inspections

Here in Virginia we have to have our vehicles inspected once a year. It is a pain the rear, but I can understand the reasoning behind this mandatory law. If your vehicle isn’t able to pass this state inspection then you are putting yourself and everyone else that is on the roads with you are are in danger as well and that just isn’t cool. So I believe that for $16 a year it is well worth the time and money that [...]

Just a Bit Out of My League

Tomorrow is Father’s Day so my sister just shot me an email inviting me to come over to her place for dinner with her family. Since both of our parents have passed Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are a real drag around the farm, so it will be nice to get away for the day and spend time with her, her hubby and the 3 kids. The bad news is that she wants me to stop and pick up a [...]

Too Bad That Youth Is Wasted On The Young!

I’m so glad that we are being able to enjoy some nice weather days and evenings for a change. After weeks of dealing with the temperature being in the high 90′s and the 100′s, these past couple of days in the 80′s are just awesome. As I’m getting older it is becoming harder to deal with such extreme weather, but at least we are not dealing with tornadoes, hurricanes and all the other extreme weather that seems to be devastating [...]

GREEN Rubber Mulch – The Way To Go Folks

What can I say? When I think of mulch, rubber is the last thing that comes to my mind. But apparently there is a new fangled type of mulch that is being manufactured out of old tires by a company called Rubberecycle. This is the same company that provided the White House with the playground that the Obama’s daughters and their lucky play mates get to play on. I’m assuming that when a new president moves into the White House [...]

That’s a BIG Burger!

This burger is the biggest grilled ground beef on a bun that I have ever seen. I can just imagine going to a restaurant and ordering “the biggest burger you can make,” and then having the server walk up to my table with THIS! I would definitely need a doggie bag with this order!