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New Sirui Tripod

Written by on February 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I recently upgraded my tripod to something more substantial:

The tripod is made by Sirui. It’s their N-2204 model which is a carbon fiber compact travel tripod. It has a Sirui K-20x Ball Head. I spoke a little about this in a post last month. Based on all the research I did the Sirui tripod seemed like the best fit for me. I haven’t had a chance to use the tripod much yet but I have really enjoyed using it the little that I have. I plan on doing a more in-depth review after I’ve had a bit more time to use it so stay tuned for that.

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Cat Toys

Written by on February 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I was at the local PetSmart today buying some bird seed and litter when I realized that I hadn’t gotten Oscar and Felix a new toy in a while:

As you can see, the choices are almost overwhelming. This was just one 4ft section of the “Cat Toys” aisle. It’s truly amazing how many playthings are created and marketed to us cat owners.

After staring at this for a while I ended up not buying anything because I realized, at the end of the day, cats are pretty much permanent 2-year olds. That means that they’ll have more fun with the box that the toy came in than with the toy itself.

I went home and tossed a wad of newspaper at Oscar and Felix and sure enough, they kept themselves busy batting it around for quite a while.

Wohoo!, more money for beer ;-)

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Meat And Three

Written by on February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Today Pam and I ate lunch at a classic southern cafeteria:

Matthews Cafeteria is located in Tucker, GA. It’s been featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. It’s only about 3 or four miles from Pam’s office and since I had the day off I decided we needed to go and get some classic southern food. And for most people that means “meat and three”.

We got there just before Noon and the line wasn’t very long at all. Many days people are wrapped around the building. I guess the holiday affected the usual lunch crowd. Within 5 minutes we were making our way through the line. I was really hoping to get some Fried Chicken but it wasn’t being served today so  I went for the next best thing, fried Chicken Livers! :-) I hadn’t had good fried Chicken Livers in a long time so I decided to give them a try. For the “three” part of the meal (usually meaning two vegetables and a starch) I decided to get some collard/turnip greens, northern beans and a salad. Pam got the Salisbury Steak, greens and green beans and a salad. We each got a small Iced Tea as well. The grand total was $18.00, not bad for two tasty lunches.

The food was very, very good. Everything was fresh and the flavors were right on point. The Chicken Livers had a nice, crispy outer coating and were done just right. The beans and greens were buttery and had a nice hint of bacon in them. Pam’s Salisbury Steak was super-tender and the green beans excellent as well. We left nicely full, but not stuffed.

If you are ever near tucker, GA and want to try some traditinal Southern food, definitely stop at Matthews Cafeteria!

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Whats The Weather Forecast

Written by on February 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Both Pam and I are what you could call ‘weather geeks”:

We both love to track the weather and see what has happened over time as far as precipitation, temperature, etc. is concerned and the weather Channel is on our favorite channel list. We’ve had this Davis Vantage Pro weather station for over 5 years and lately it’s been giving sporadic readings. As you can see, it’s a little beat-up and faded. I went through the task of replacing the base station a month or two ago and that helped for a while. Now the outdoor sensing station is acting up and not transmitting. My guess is that something is wrong with the transmitter portion of the unit. I’ll be contacting the manufacturer for some guidance but I bet we’ll have to replace the unit. Fortunately Davis (the maker of the unit) is a very customer service oriented company so my hope is that we can exchange this one for a new one at something close to cost.

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