Tales from FAR Manor

Um. Well, now Snippet is not at FAR Manor, at least tonight. A kidney ailment turned out to be a urinary tract infection (I thought only gu...

Mrs. Fetched is reading in bed, and I can’t sleep with the light on. Snippet is supposed to leave tomorrow. It looks like it won’t happen, a...

If you're broke and got too much to do… I can relate. That’s why Weekend Cinema brings you short free videos! Today’s selection is quite...

I was going to post this last night, but got tied up on a proposal for work. Weekend Cinema will come tomorrow. I hope to have a new FAR Fut...

There are some compensations to living at FAR Manor. One is the explosion of color we get, usually around April Fool’s Day. This year, with ...

A couple more pix I had kicking around on my cellphone. The Boy and I got tagged to help carry a 16' extension ladder up to the roof of ...

You are just NOT going to believe this one !!! (h/t Steve McHenry, on Techcomm)

After the little episode on vacation, in which Snippet back-talked to Mrs. Fetched, she (with my full support) decided that Snippet was to b...

This runs pretty long, but there’s not a good breaking point. The back porch area of the condo we stayed at, accessible only through the gue...

Keychain drives are a god-send, aren’t they? Monday, September 2, 2013 (11:52 p.m.) War is Hell To describe Mrs. Fetched as “peeved” would b...

Solar was kind enough to invite me to his autocross club meet today. We mostly arranged things the week before, then firmed up the details ...

As I often do on vacation, I will type up posts as they happen then post them when I can, back-dating them to the proper day. If you come to...

I hope I can find a chance to post next week. Hold on to your water bottles… Monday, September 2, 2013 (1:40 p.m.) Battle Lines The hike do...

…this has been Daughter Dearest: She and Mrs. Fetched leave tonight for a long weekend at the aforementioned tourist trap/wallet cleaner. To...

When I finished this episode, it ran nearly 1800 words. That’s a short story, but a heck of a long blog post! So I split it in two, and I’ll...

It’s that time of year again. Planet Georgia, being one of the original 13 colonies, has a long history of environmental abuse. The old-grow...

Short one this time. I'll make up for it with a two-fer next week… Sunday, August 11, 2013 Here We Go Again! Remember these guys ? They’...

More sproing! — these are trees at a nearby church. There are similar trees in a traffic island on the way to work; I was going to grab a s...

A rant I wrote back in August and never got around to posting There aren’t too many ways to get on my nerves, but one thing is almost certai...

Not many opportunities for rest at FAR Manor, especially on weekends. The light fixture in Mrs. Fetched’s closet croaked last week, and she’...