Restaurant Review: La Dolce Vita

Yesterday, we went to a local restaurant I have always wanted to go to. It’s a little Italian joint right down the street. From the outside, it appears to be just your standard run of the mill joint. Inside, however, is a different story. First, the negatives:
Negatives
As far as atmosphere goes, I was somewhat disappointed. [...]

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Courtney and I have very different opinions about air conditioning. Personally, I like being cool, but I also hate paying for the costs associated with air conditioning both on a financial and environmental level. Courtney on the other hand sometimes seems ready to burn the Amazon in favor of cool air (not really; she is [...]

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Dave’s Gardening Corner: Slugs & Earwigs

I discovered recently that my failed marigolds died as a result of either an invasion of slugs, earwigs, or both. In all likelihood, it was both. As such, it’s time to figure out how to get rid of them.
Slugs
Slugs are pretty much a world-wide problem and can be found in any garden. They come in [...]

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Dave’s Gardening Corner: Marigold Update

Courtney and I decided the other day that we should try again with the marigolds. Before planting, I did a bit of research to try and figure out what might have gone wrong. I’ve been looking closely at the leaves, and I noticed that the leaves appear eaten, not dried out as I originally thought. [...]

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Flossing the Teeth of a Toddler

Last night, we bought Katherine some beef jerky. It was just one of your standard Slim Jim kind of things, and she enjoyed it thoroughly. Later that evening, however, she kept digging at her teeth, and I figured that some of the jerky had become lodged in her teeth. Being Mr. Solve-Everything, I grabbed my [...]

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Harry the Horcrux

I’m re-reading all the HP books in anticipation of the release of both the fifth film and the final book. This time through, I hit upon on interesting idea that has convinced me of two things:

Harry is indeed the final horcrux.
Harry will not die.

My thoughts come straight out of book 2, so if you have [...]

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Freelance Technical Writing

I have always wanted to freelance my technical writing. It’s a good fit for me for many reasons, but the biggest is probably the simple fact that I find that kind of constant change exciting and interesting. Recently, I had the opportunity to make that change.
I was contacted by a local corporation that serves as [...]

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Dave’s Gardening Corner: A Confession

After my last post on marigolds, I decided I needed to admit something. I once wrote that there is no such thing as a black thumb in gardening; it’s really just a matter of doing it right. And while I may believe that, I have to confess that marigolds have always had my number.
I’m still [...]

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Dave’s Gardening Corner: Marigolds

Yesterday saw my very first marigolds ever. Normally I do petunias, but since the tulips are done and we have petunias on the porch, I figured we’d do marigolds.
Marigolds are a wonderful plant for the black-thumbs out there. They do very well on their own provided that you get them established, and they will establish [...]

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It Wasn’t Zillow This Time

About a month ago, someone made an offer on our house using Zillow’s Make Me Move feature. After a month, we have yet to hear anything back, so my guess is that it’s a no go. I know the family was looking at several homes in the area, and we weren’t all that interested in [...]

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