Once the bag of peanut M&Ms was opened, there was no turning back. Thomas Ballantyne of Bulwark Pest Control was at the table and had given me a t-shirt with this tweet of mine on the front: I am powerless in the vicinity of a bag of peanut M&Ms. — Matt McGee (@mattmcgee) April 18, [...]
Read more →When you order iced tea at a restaurant — as I often do — you never know what you’re going to get. Some teas are really strong, some are really weak, some are served with a glass full of ice and some with a bit less ice. And so, when you start to add sugar, [...]
Read more →Went to the doctor this morning for a checkup. I’m at that age, you know? The age when guys need to have a doctor and need to get all of our parts checked regularly because things start to break about now. Well, I’m generally in excellent shape … BUT … turns out that my cholesterol [...]
Read more →It sure as heck took long enough, but was it ever worth it. We planted tomatoes way back on May 29th, and last night I was finally able to slice into the first one that we picked. How delicious does this look??? It tasted every bit as good as it looks, too — the perfect [...]
Read more →It’s been about six weeks since I planted a small tomato garden in the backyard, and I’m thrilled to report that we have our first two little tomatoes! (see one at the top and another at the bottom of the photo) Spotted these two yesterday on the front plant, which is growing like gangbusters. The [...]
Read more →After the rousing success of last summer’s tomato-growing adventure, we’re back at it again this summer. Something came over me yesterday. After finishing up some work in the front yard, I went around back and dug up a 5×5 section of the lawn in the far corner. (By the way, earth is really heavy when [...]
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