This puts the hurt on my eyeballs...   It's one of the most remarkable optical illusions I've ever seen.  That “spiral” you see at...

Paradise ponders: dogs, Tesla, good eats, and rock man edition...   Got my Tesla Model X serviced without incident.  My couple of near-trivi...

First scheduled maintenance ... for my Tesla Model X!  We've put 12,500 miles on it since the end of December, and that's the trigg...

Paradise ponders: wooden stirrup, leaky pipes, and stair rails edition...   This morning my brother Scott came by, looking for a bit of help...

We're back on line ... with our full gbps bandwidth.  The way that the line was damaged means it can only be repaired by burying a new ...

Screeching halt!   That's what happened to our Internet on Saturday morning.  Not until this morning did I figure out what the cause wa...

Paradise ponders: plumbing and wildlife edition...   Yesterday and this morning I was fully engaged in finishing the plumbing work that I...

Paradise ponders: coding, service, leaks, rain, and kittens edition...   We had something like a half inch of rain yesterday morning.  Natur...

Paradise ponders: beautiful sunrise edition...   I woke up at 5 am this morning, had a cup of tea, fed the (happy and excited!) dogs, then...

Paradise ponders: mysterious fuses, fishy conduit, and lobster roll edition...   Yesterday I installed about 20' of 1/2" PVC condui...

Paradise ponders: fuses, filling stations, and irrigation systems edition...   This morning my brother Scott (who lives about 20 miles from ...

A shocking encounter...   I had my cage well and truly rattled this morning.  As I was walking out of our local UPS storefront (where I had ...

Paradise ponders: rodeo and project progress edition...   Debbie and I are headed down to Ogden this evening, to go to the rodeo that's...

Paradise ponders: rock, ignorant Americans, leaky tires, and plumbing errors edition...   Yesterday evening I got a call from Randy B., the ...

Disgusted, I am...   So the Republicans have a majority in both the House and the Senate, the President is a Republican.  During the 2016, b...

Paradise ponders: missing parts, hospice, and unexpected rain edition...   I spent most of yesterday working, again, on the plumbing for my ...

Paradise ponders: wistful puppies and plumbing edition...   Shortly after dawn this morning I caught our two field spaniel puppies (Mako a...

Paradise ponders: new-mown hay, albacore poke, pump plumbing, and tiny battery edition...   I just finished eating an awesome meal of homema...

The morning spam...   Oh, look what just showed up in my inbox!  An email from someone I never heard of, promising me a payment if only I wi...

Paradise ponders: paper wasps, broken weed whacker, slashing kitties, and beautiful sunrise edition...   Debbie spotted the paper wasp nes...