Wednesday, August 22

Tuesday, August 21

Uncle


Built during Dora episodes this baby should provide some entertainment. I forgot to tell Ry to cover both boards with chalk and/ or wipe it with a damp rag to remove green dust from the chalk board paint.

fantasy update

shiretowners held off pimp's e's this past week to move up into 6th place with 2 weeks to play. this week against tai-pan, next week against pimp again...

Monday, August 20

Ant Puck Luck


Well I put the whole box out and came home ten days later to find little piles of dead ants. A day later I saw some ten ants. I think there are so many ants that I will never kill them all. Perhaps these pucks only work for two weeks.

Third bottle


Guess i am not so clean. This is my third bottle of dish soap since I came to Taiwan. The price of a gallon of soap has risen from 39 to a whooping 59 nt.

cicada molting

you know those cicada shells you find on the streets and in the parks?

here's how it goes down, time lapse of a cicada molting

"tree crickets"

some species of cicada can live 2 to 5 years, others even 13 to 17 years.

all about cicadas.

Sunday, August 19

Ugly Bug



Wife says these things make a loud noise and die in seven days.

smoke and mirrors

cyril takayama cigarette magic

Kevlar Art Station


One of three I built before my vacation. This one weighs in at a hefty 23 pounds, has two magnetic chalkboards, and a storage area. The magnets will hold paper in place while the child uses crayons.

I know a guy...


There is this guy I met many times, who could have told me the geckos cup size, and where she wanted to .... I only got one shot from a meter out and then the male grabbed his clothes and left.

Wednesday, August 15

ruminant revenge

lions take down baby buffalo,

battle crocodile for the spoils,

buffalo herd rescues baby buffalo,

battle at kruger national park in s.a.

Monday, August 13

f b u

shiretowners salvaged a tie with the camels this past week in fantasy baseball action but fell out of 5th place to 7th. hard charging taipan and pimp's e's each demolished their opponents (bread and dwayne) effectively climbing back into contention.

thanks guys.

it's a log jam for the final two playoff spots as we take on pimp for the first time all season and taipan takes on the rainiers.

all four teams are within 5 percentage points of each other.

should be an interesting week.

hope pimp's really enjoying the lake country these next couple of weeks.

Monday, August 6

f b u

it had to happen sooner or later. rye's shiretowners took on the chin this past week in fantasy baseball action losing to the newcastle guzzlers 9-6, effectively ending my june-july unbeaten streak.

we remain in 5th place for the time being with no less than 5 teams within striking distance this week.

squaring off against the 2nd ranked camels tomorrow...

Getttin' ready


Will be up at 5am to catch a train. I am going to Orchid Island and a bunch of other places. Finally going to scuba dive in Taiwan. Hopefully the approaching typhoon will not give me grief.

Sunday, August 5

Cut-offs


Erections and tofu farts got the better of most of my shorts. For a 100nt I had my shabby pants converted, and they fit perfectly.
I say "NO to having the crotch of my shorts rip out again!" I say "No" to the old seamstress winking before fixing another pair of tattered shorts. So maybe it is my ass-crack plumber butt that stresses my seams. I say it is better than a two toothed seamstress stressing my dreams.

Somebody's been two for a week


Her new skills are turning door handles successfully and more frequently using the potty.

Fun with rich kids



Amusement park, these kids did not walk by a vending machine or ice water seller without stopping. The water log ride was fun. I had to wear a raincoat to set an example for the kids.

2 buses, 4 kids per room, 6000 per room= 7th and 8th floor of the hotel. By 9:30 all the kids were asleep. Not a single can of beer, or 7-11 for miles around. The pool and other facilities also closed at 10 pm. Well at least there was no traffic buzz, highways, or chicken farms.

Friday, August 3

or this one will probably get you fired - film can cannon

kevlar the science teacher

i don't see much of kevlar these days - he pops by once a week for a beer and to pick up building materials for his next project - but i do know he's been teaching elementary school again, including science class. he was telling me about his waterwheel experiment the other day but i think this would be way cooler.

create a lemon battery kevlar!