Photography

Instant Review: EMG

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I unrecommend this product and/or service! Unless, of course, you enjoy being shocked and poked with pins.

Alsotoo, the doctor laughed at me for writing on my left hand, and then he turned around and marked up my right arm. WTF?

Alsoplustoo, the nerves in my right arm are Just Fine. So, again, I wasted time and money finding out what the hell is not wrong with me. I’m starting to think I may be losing what’s left of my mind, or at the very least, that I would have been better off not bothering to go to the doctor in the first place.

Crankypantsing, Pets

The Search Is On

I’ve been trawling for a cat or kitten. I swore I wouldn’t, but I can’t help myself. There was a litter posted to Freecycle this morning. I emailed the woman, to ask how old they were. Five and a half weeks. FIVE AND A HALF WEEKS! That is way too young.

I replied, trying to be as tactful as possible, telling her that they shouldn’t be separated from their mamma until they’re at least 8 weeks old, and preferably 10-12 weeks old.

Sometimes, I just want to smack people upside the head. There are six kittens in the litter, which means that six people are going to end up with cats that weren’t properly socialized by their mother and littermates. That’s a recipe for disaster, or at the very least a giant pain in the ass.

Photography

Skin and Light

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Onion Skin

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Party Lantern

These are both inverted lens macro shots. You just take the lens off your camera, turn it around, et voila, instant macro! It’s fiddly and unforgiving of even tiny movements, but it’s fun to play with.

The top one is much crisper than the bottom one, but I like both of them.

Photography

Brown Sugar and Farina

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Brown Sugar

I hate having rolled up, partially used bags of food in the cupboard, so I store things like brown sugar and hot cereal in canning jars. It’s much tidier, and you can easily see what you have and how much is left.

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Farina

I write directly on the glass with a Sharpie, including any cooking directions or proportions.

Pets

The Search Is On

I’ve been trawling for a cat or kitten. I swore I wouldn’t, but I can’t help myself. There was a litter posted to Freecycle this morning. I emailed the woman, to ask how old they were. Five and a half weeks. FIVE AND A HALF WEEKS! That is way too young.

I replied, trying to be as tactful as possible, telling her that they shouldn’t be separated from their mamma until they’re at least 8 weeks old, and preferably 10-12 weeks old.

Sometimes, I just want to smack people upside the head. There are six kittens in the litter, which means that six people are going to end up with cats that weren’t properly socialized by their mother and littermates. That’s a recipe for disaster, or at the very least a giant pain in the ass.

My Garden, Pets, Photography

Seedlings

My little veggie garden is sprouting! The pepper is a little bigger, because it was a seedling I got from a coworker. I’ve also got a large container of peppers I’ve sprouted from seed, but they’re only now starting to peek out of the dirt.

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Pepper

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Tomato

And, because I just can’t get enough of it, another gratuitous Wild Columbine shot.

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I also got canna bulbs and some more primrose plants from another coworker. I put them the ground when I got home from work. I’m not holding my breath for the primroses, because they were awfully sad looking. The cannas were starting to grow shoots, though, so I think they’ll be in good shape. Assuming the grounds crew don’t mow them down again this year, that is. And if the primroses don’t make it, I’ve got some in another bed from last year, and they’re thriving. I can just move some of them around, if I ever get anything remotely like a garden plan.

Speaking of plans, with the help of some imaginary friends in the Kibology group, I think I know what I’m going to do with Pandora’s grave. Someone suggested putting a box on top of it, as a marker, which I thought was both funny and appropriate. And then someone else suggested planting catnip on her grave. I don’t want to do that, because catnip can be invasive. But! Some catnip planted in a box would be Perfection. Now, all I have to do is find an appropriate, and appropriately sized, box-like planter.