Just a quick update, there are a bunch of discarded worm eggs in the bin as well as a bunch of new eggs. The yellow ball in the center of the photo is a worm egg.

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Ok, so this is just a quick post to say, we got snow in Atlanta!!

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I don’t know if you missed it or not, but most of the country has been under an immense cold snap for most of the last week. Temps here in Georgia have topped out in the 30’s. This morning with the windchill, it was -5 outside. We NEVER get that cold here in Georgia, yet we’ve now been there for a week.

One of the high points of the week was the posibility of snow to hit our area. As soon as the forecasters were predicting it on Monday, the stores were hit by people stocking up on milk and bread. On top of that, people who shouldn’t be out driving (they have enough problems when it rains) have been out on the roads since this started. People skidding back down hills, out of neighborhoods or driving just fast enough to keep the car moving forward.

Its enough to drive a person insane.

I know many of you above the mason dixon line see the reports of school and business closings and laugh at us silly southerners, but you have to remember, we don’t have the infrastructure in place to keep ALL the roads clear (hell, GADOT is doing good if they can keep the interstate clear). So a half inch of snow or ice is a big deal. Especially when it refreezes as quickly as they get salt and sand on it.

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I received this in an email and it was too good NOT to post…

If George W.. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed, to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan’s holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W.. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent “Austrian language,” would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to “Cinco de Cuatro” in front of the Mexican ambassador, when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word “advice” would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he’s a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush’s administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had created the position for 32 or more  Czars, who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had spent more than all the Presidents combined since George Washington, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can’t think of anything?

Don’t worry. He’s done all this in 10 months — so you’ll have 3 years and 2 months to come up with an answer.

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Its been a while since I did a post about people to follow on twitter so I thought I’d do another one as I’ve come across some worthy of following…

First up is @thebloggess. Simply because her blog posts are awesome and worth reading (I don’t know how Victor has managed to stay alive) and her twitter posts are equally amusing. For instance, she recently had a feud with William Shatner that resulted in her being blocked and then unblocked by him. Fun stuff and its reassuring to know there is someone out there just a little more messed up then you are…

I don’t own an xBox, I own a wii. However, if I did, I’d be listening (reading?) every tweet this next guy tweets. @majornelson works AT XBOX. Even cooler? He often tweets/posts some codes (with one or two characters missing of course) for the games. Plus, he goes to all the cool conventions and has met @feliciaday in PERSON.

Speaking of @feliciaDay she just happens to be the next person you SHOULD be following on twitter. Cute, just a bit nerdy and one of the greatest minds to ever grace youtube and MSN Video, Felicia is one of the internet’s hottest stars at the moment. She’s part of the brains behind Do YOu want to date my avatar and totally worth the follow!

This next one takes tweeting to the edge of the known universe. @NASA posts news, updates, photos and more relating to space travel and other things nasaish. One of the coolest is their photo of the day where you can find some amazing stuff to use as wallpapers on your computers. Plus, how cool is it to say you’re being followed by NASA?

Lastly, this is for those in the Atlanta area. @bradnitzwsb is one of the weathermen on WSB TV. So far, his weather tweets have been spot on. Even cooler? He replies when you send him a message… making the weather interactive (in a way)

I’m always looking for people to follow (unless they’re bots trying to sell me rv insurance, in which case don’t bother) so if you have someone interesting, let me know.

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So today I celebrated another successful trip around the sun. In fact it was the 31st. I had a good lunch with some co-workers at Chili’s. I had tried to keep my birthday a secret at work but those pesky Human resource types like to spoil secrets but it was a good lunch.

Dinner was me and the girls (all four of them) at longhorns. Good company and good food. I had three surprise packages that I got to unwrap while waiting for dinner and that’s the point of this post.

The first thing I unwrapped was a small pack of ShamWow. Personally, this is probably the least favorite thing I received, but Vince does such a good job of selling it that I was intrigued. I mean, what else can you use to pickup a whole spilt bottle of coke (pop for you northerners)?

Second I unwrapped the Burger City Sliders maker. Its pretty cool and can make 5 of the little mini burgers in one go on my stove. Looking forward to making them for the girls.

Last and most certainly the most coveted present of all, Grace has already absconded with it, is the snuggie. Once you get past the fact that its a 20 dollar blanket, its pretty comfy (from the 5 seconds I got to hold it). I’m pretty sure that once I actually get to use it I’ll love it. Imagine rocking out to guitar hero while being snug as a bug. Sounds like fun to me!

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So I saw on twitter this morning that the Blackberry Wordpress app that *EVERYONE* has been waiting for was now in public beta and I had to jump at the chance to grab it.

So I did and while I’m learning the ropes, you have to be patient with me, but so far my first thought are about how absolutely AWESOME this app is!!

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Happy Birthday to Us!! Two years ago today we uploaded our first torrent (slax) to the site and we haven’t stopped since. In case you were wondering, we’re off to a good start this year, in January alone we had over 109,000 unique visitors to the site. That is absolutely AMAZING!! We want to thank everyone who contributes to the site…

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