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Today is, besides being Grep’s 12th birthday, also the hatch date for our second set of chickens from last year. Unfortunately, our favorite, Beardo, didn’t quite make it; she got taken, probably by a fox, on Monday the 23rd. :( We were too complacent since all previous attacks had been in the afternoon; this time it was at 7:40 am and all I found was a pile of feathers near the barn. Of course, Pee was out of town so I feel guilty.

We have not had terrific luck with birds. Of 37 we’ve had in the past year or so, we lost 19 to predators (mostly fox/dog/coyote, 1 to hawk), 3 to illness (all guinea fowl), had to kill one rooster for people aggression, and we have 14 left alive. We nearly lost a silkie hen to a hawk the other day, if the silkie roosters hadn’t come along and kicked its ass.

At least we get to watch Ellie the IG this weekend!

I’m on the 13th floor… cue the TZ music.

Greetings from IETF 69, Chicago.

I’d just like to rethank Brian for the Audio CD, and the huge case of the heeby jeebies I have staying at a hotel in this city now…dork..

They’ve done some recent work on the hotel, it’s actually really nice, at least in the renovated areas. Some of the older business fixtures like the mail chutes are still visible, and the work in progress floors let you catch a glimpse of the underbelly. Neat. I’m still of the opinion anyplace downtown should be mandated to have the blues brothers playing 24×7 on a 50″+ screen, but that’s just me.

hut, hut, hut, hut

-pee

Ditto from here ;)

Thanks to Brian for “The Devil in the White City”. I wish my CD player held more disks!

Greetings from Lexington VA.