Monthly archives of “October 2009

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Gates

You may have noticed that our little puppy Memphis has grown a bit. At just over 80 lbs, she isn’t done yet, but she’s already bigger than most of her playmates. Before we brought Memphis home, we made some changes to accommodate her. We turned… Read More

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Gran Torino (on DVD)

This film didn’t seem nearly interesting enough to go see on the big screen, but it turned out to be better than I expected when we finally watched it at home on DVD.  I kind of expected a kind of Charles Bronson vigilante-type flick, but… Read More

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Camps

There are two basic types of mushrooms hunters – those who collect mushrooms for dinner and those who collect for pure study. It kind of reminds me of fly fishing, where there are catch and release fly fishermen and there are bank-napping bait plonkers. As… Read More

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The Wrestler (on DVD)

I missed this film first time around, but watched it last night, thanks to Tuffy P who bought a pre-loved copy from the local DVD place. I had heard that Mickey Rourke did a great job, but beyond that knew little about this flick. What… Read More

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Who’s Zooming Who?

As many of you know, yesterday I was on a field trip for the class I’m taking in mushroom identification, Lords of the Dark Earth. It was quite a day. One of the things I’ve been learning is that mushrooms exist in really interesting relationships… Read More

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Landed

Mister Anchovy’s is now 27th St. The Memphis blog and the Southern Ontario Fly Fisher will be integrated here as well. I’m not planning to import any content from those blogs to this one. Basically, I’m taking as little baggage with me as possible. I’ll… Read More