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Just a few of the many reasons why we shouldn’t be allowed to interact with nature

Amy — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:41:21 +0000

As if the bird photography, squirrel in a rubbermaid, mysterious circumstances of Franklin’s disappearance (as well as the subsequent kidnapping and release of Frankie) and bat catching outfits aren’t enough, here are ten more reasons why my family shouldn’t be allowed to interact with nature.

Reason #1:” Snakey” the First… [keep reading]

Nantahala Chainsaw Massacre (or Why my husband’s a jerk)

Amy — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:30:21 +0000

At one point Steve took to hiding the saw. But I am not to be deterred...

How I went from being a FB admin to “an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation.”

Amy — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:41:31 +0000

Main Entry: 3rogue Function: adjective Date: 1872 1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable 2 : corrupt, dishonest 3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior

Birds Really Really Like It When You Take Their Picture. Except when they don’t.

Amy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:15:40 +0000

It is one of the great disappointments of my adult life that I didn't capture the bird coming at me on film, but here's what I imagine it would have looked like, had I not been so deft at dodging it and saving my life while not falling off the ladder at the same time. (click title to read more)

Just Another Monday

Amy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:10:48 +0000

Most people go to work on Monday and drink their coffee and do their JOB. I just captured a squirrel using a string attached to a stick that was holding up a clear rubbermaid baited with an apple core and a banana peel with peanut butter spread on it. Click to read more and watch the video of it.

Why People Shouldn’t Give Me Tickets to Things

Amy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:21:43 +0000

...At the time I was pretty sure this was Lou Holtz. Looking at it now I see that it is not all all him. But they both wear glasses, so you can see where the confusion might come from... click to read what else I was looking at instead of the game.

Nailed It!

Amy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:03 +0000

Now that my family has all of these terrible vices like "eating food" and "paying the electric bill" it's time for me to work again with some frequency. For the past few years it's been people who already know me who have have entrusted their children to me, so if I say something like vagina fart they're just like oh ha ha ha, that's just Amy and it in no way makes me want to pay her less in fact, I think I'll give her a raise and buy her a doughnut... click to read more

I’m pretty sure I’m going to be asked to leave any second now

Amy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:04:32 +0000

Seeing as how I do not actually go to school here, and therefore have no right to use said library or nap chairs, I try to fit in when I come to the business school so I don't get kicked out. Here are a couple of reasons why I'm not fooling anyone. 1. Instead of a brief case or a Coach bag, I am carrying a backpack with my name on the front of it. It smells vaguely of cat pee.

Three French hens, two turtledoves, and a bunch of *%$@ in our Christmas tree

Amy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:33:22 +0000

At first glance, this looks like a typical, dead-because-no-one-has-watered-it-since-Christmas-day, mid-January Christmas tree. But the youngest has been singing, “Decorating the tree, decorating the tree, Addison is the greatest at decorating the tree!” and prancing about with strange objects, so let us take a closer look.

In other… [keep reading]

Cornbread and Moonshine

Amy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:35:17 +0000

My neighborhood has started a new tradition of cooking things off. It’s no longer good enough to just get together for a hot dogs and beers, like normal neighbors do, we have make a contest of it. The whole cook-off thing started over the summer with ribs, which are the only exception to my half-assed… [keep reading]