The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
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I have to start this post with a disclaimer. I was raised to be respectful for and appreciative of nature. I was boy scout and loved camping, and my grandfather was a farmer. However, I’m coming to hate these Live Oak trees we have here in Tampa. They are not all that lush and green; the leaves never seem to rot; and they drop stuff the entire year.
Read moreEver since Elvis died in 1977, tribute artists have been filling the void. These men, women, and children walk the
Read moreIt wound up being a far more active weekend that I had hoped for. I took Friday off and got
Read moreI’ve always heard the wives tell that you count the seconds between seeing a lightening flash and the sound of the thunder to figure out how far away it is. Living here in Florida, we get lots of both. So is it true or an old wives tale?
Read moreThe only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. –Arthur C. Clarke
Read moreAnd I actually have been away. Of course being away no longer means leaving your web access behind, but work and work related travel has just been a bear the past few weeks. Lots of things due on short time schedules, and I’ve been traveling as well. Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, then Chicago again Monday after being told Friday to be there, and that precluded a trip to Boston.
Read moreThe price of success is perseverance. The price of failure comes cheaper. –Anonymous
Read moreI guess it’s looking as if I’ve abandoned the blog. You couldn’t be so lucky.
Read moreWhen bees need a new queen, special “queen cells” are made in the hive. Zoo.org describes these cells as extensions of the wax and shaped like a peanut. Young worker bees secrete a special food called “royal jelly,” and place it in the queen cells as food for the special larvae.
Read moreWhen we think of a person saying “that’s all she wrote,” we usually picture someone who’s disappointed for some reason.
Read moreKidz World explains that beans contain sugars the human body simply cannot digest. Once these sugars (called oligosaccharides) reach a person’s lower intestines, “the bacteria go berserk, start feasting, and make loads of gas.” Before you know it — toxic fumes.
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