Blog-azic

On my last job with Clearview Networks, I've been sent to midtown Manhattan to install wireless internet at the Sherry Netherlands Hotel. It's a grand hotel, if I've ever seen one: intricate paintings on the walls, vaulted ceilings, chandeliers, and elaborate plastered ornamentation. Beyond the building itself, the service here is four star, and the price is quite high. It has made me a little uneasy to be here - an Ohio boy with holes in his breeches - but I am acclimating. This evening I was looking up something sweet to take home to Susan. I stumbled upon a gourmet chocolate shop last night as I was searching for food after a very long day of travel. I can't decide yet: champagne truffles or swiss chocolates ? I'll plan to take a trip there on Thursday to decide upon a gift. As I sat perusing the web selection, I heard a knock at the door. When I answered a maid greeted me and asked if I'd like the bed turned down. I really had no idea what that mea

Passiflora and compost... my two favorite things, right? Susan and I - mostly I - were vegging out on the downstairs futon, trying to stay cool, enjoying some L&O (Law and Order) and listening to Dre (I'll explain that in a later post). I was content, but Susan wanted to move. So she poked and prodded me until I fell off the futon. Then, she jumped on me and rolled me up stairs as if I were a barrel. On the way up, I grabbed a paint brush, not to paint a picture, but to pollinate! We've been trying to get the passiflora to produce fruit, and have had no luck with just our fingers. Perhaps this paint brush will help. Even better, the bumble bees have finally begun to notice the flowers. The vine is growing out of control! I'm so pleased to see that. This is our first fruit just a few days after pollination. After playing with the passion flower vine for a bit, I quickly switched gears to the compost. I had a couple buckets to empty into our comp