http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress Live from Jalapeno Hill Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:46:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (explicit lyrics) http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/284 State of the pantry: 9 pints sweet and sour pickles 4 quarts hot dill pickles 20 quarts tomato sauce 3 quarts + 15 pints corn and tomato soup 16 half-pints+ 1 pint salsa 2 4-oz of hot peppers (mostly jalapenos, some hot cherry, some habanero) 2 pints + 2 quarts ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/281 You know what day it is! Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/274 We've been working our way through the archives of the Austin, TX cable access show The Atheist Experience lately. Great stuff and often hilarious. It must be maddening to hear the same questions every week for years: 1) do you believe in any higher power (god/ghosts/angels/jesus), 2) what do ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/272 http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/269 It falls quickly for guinea keets. (meanwhile Blanco/a gets cuter). The incredible bearded women: Guess what? Another canning weekend. My mom and I did 14 quarts of spaghetti sauce. With any luck we'll get that much more from her garden, then maybe we'll buy tomatoes locally to do salsa. http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/265 This is our new rooster, Negra Modelo (or Sr. Modelo, or Macey). He is an Ameraucana, born earlier this year. We got him from the Klossners. He spends a lot of time stalking hens, grabbing them by the tail and then quickly jumping on them before Red comes ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/263 The little birds made it into the new coop first. See that triangle at the top? They managed to fly up there and escape to the main coop two nights in a row (8 feet up). Today I put some mesh up there, for their own protection. We had ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/260 NASA wants your pee. Seriously? Urine, for Orion? And it's part of the constellation program? (This works on a number of levels...the old NASA pee joke as heard in 'Apollo 13', and the fact that 'Orion' comes from the greek word for 'urine'). http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/259 The keet didn't make it. Oh well, 5 chicks and 5 keets left. No, I do *not* need a pillow thankyouverymuch. When it hatchez I callz it 'Titleist'. http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/258 This little dudette didn't make it. She never really ate properly and petered out on Friday night. One of the keets isn't looking so good, either; is eating ok but having a great deal of trouble at the other end. It spends a lot of time under the heat lamp. The ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/257 all arrived OK, although we think one of the Ameraucanas might not make it (she is not digesting food well). Also, it's really weird going to the post office and picking up live animals. That image link goes to the gallery where there are like a hojilion new pictures, ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/256 co-ed naked monopolacrosse closet lambada shik shik mcfreshman hungry hungry hippoes in the government frosted cross puffs gwar (whatever happened to eddie munster? I'm lookin' at him!) hairball's unsuaveness nid, the mailbox chinchilla is this in color or black and white? (duck for the '3d effect') whooooosh http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/255 Finished painting. Now if only we could find someone who does blown-in foam insulation and who would actually call back. None of the interior work can start til we get that done. Unfortunately, we lost Squeak last Friday to unknown causes. She had been under the weather for a few weeks; ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/254 We went to see the new Indiana Jones movie last night. I think I would've been happier if they'd gone out with Last Crusade. I should've known when I first listened to the soundtrack earlier in the day; lots of nostalgia there, but I didn't feel as if there was ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/253 The Spore folks reconsidered after a lot of bad press and complaints. So, our pre-orders are back on! The new John Williams score for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is out. How can an 80's kid possibly resist? Not to mention a Richard Cheese-ified version of the Indiana ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/252 News came out this week that EA intends to release spore for the PC with DRM that needs to checkin with the mothership every 10 or so days in order to stay operational. (it will work again once you re-connect no matter how long it's been). This isn't the kind ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/251 Coop II work continues. I feel queasy thinking about all the inside work that has to be done before we can get chickens in (insulation, wallboard, plastic sheeting, nestboxes, chicken dooors...) We're hoping for more Ameraucanas and some pied Guineas this year. Icky starts chemotherapy this week. He'll be on Chlorambucil ... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/250 102 years old ;p... -pee http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/249 ...sniffles... http://erkkila.org/lib/wordpress/archives/248