Tales from FAR Manor

Contents Everyone dispersed to their afternoon pursuits, leaving Charles, Tina, and Johnny at one table to discuss livestock, Cody and Kel...

Updated September 2017 , February 2022, December 2022 . Changes are preserved at archive.org . During one of the many winter storms to hit ...

I was surprised to find G-5 already moving, carrying sipper mugs, as I woke out of cryo. He handed me a mug. “Up and at ’em, sleepyhead,” ...

Contents Sunday, February 12, 2012 “Frankly, I’m a little worried about Cody,” said Tina, standing in Rita’s clinic with Charles, Tim, Sa...

I’m trying not to get my hopes up, they’ve been dashed so many times before, but right now it looks good… While I was having a mostly peac...

I think I got the idea for this one last summer, from an off-the-cuff silly comment on Twitter. Zombie Wrangler “Have a good day, Paul.”...

It’s Virtual Monday at FAR Manor, having come off a 3-day weekend. Mrs. Fetched has been working on a video (for a — wait for it — poultry c...

Contents Friday, February 10, 2012 “Endure.” The single word reverberated around him. Cody turned: there stood Delphinia in the pre-da...

Bottom line up top: Amazon rocks, State Farm sucks. As I wrote earlier, my Kindle screen went Tango Uniform early this month, a couple we...

“Vik, would you come here a minute?” Vikram Pinto dreaded hearing that — it usually meant his wife was puzzled by one more thing he knew not...

One thing you can say about the snow: it gave me the opportunity to get all the extra people at FAR Manor together in one shot! From left...

Contents Tuesday, February 7, 2012 “ You leave him alone! ” Caitlin’s shout rang across the Laurel Room. Everyone turned to see the litt...

The forecast has Winter #3 bringing us 4–6 inches of snow tomorrow night and Monday. This forecast triggered a much easier prediction: wides...

I knew he was already onboard, but it was still jarring to see G-5 in the pilot seat, one foot on the copilot’s armrest and the other on the...

OK, that’s enough of that. The “new” Blogger editor was sitting and spinning so I gave up and went back to the old one. So it’s after midnig...

Contents Monday, January 30, 2012 “Have you looked outside yet?” Cody stood in the door, giving Tim a bleary look. He shook his head a...

As Mason approaches 16 months, he’s hitting what I’ve always thought of as the “fun age.” For the next few months, he’ll be a constant sourc...

But first, Andi asked me to get a shot of Mason and me out in the snow. Daughter Dearest took the shot, I fixed the tilt in Photoslobber. ...

Contents From the diary of Ben Cho, winter–spring 2012 Things seemed to get a little better (except for Cody) after the bashers — maybe ...