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Miscellaneous Part 5
My daughter turned 23 Wednesday! Rigby and Lucy are her dogs! They are named after Beatle songs! My wife got me this watch for Father's day! Why didn't the kids get something? Oh, they cooked! My son is moving out of… -
Freeware Favorites
Everybody likes free stuff, right? Today's post is about Donkey's Freeware Favorites for Windows! There are lots of them. Unlike Cyndelee, I am not bi-techual. I am stuck in Windows-land. So anyway, here are some of my f… -
Clocks
I am surrounded by clocks! We have one like this one in the kitchen. Tick! Tock! I am surrounded by clocks! My mom has one like this one. Tick! Tock! I am surrounded by clocks! We have one like this in the family room… -
Civics
How do you followup Chocolate Cheesecake and being adopted! I just can think of anything to compete with all that! Often, my thoughts turn to things political, but this seems to be an all to common obsession these day… -
Chocolate Cheesecake
Cheesecake on Wikipedia From Wikipedia: Cheesecake is one of the most common desserts in the world and perhaps one of the oldest involving dairy other than milk. The first recorded mention of cheesecake was during the … -
Stones
I spent yesterday morning at the after hours clinic with my brother who was apparently busy passing kidney stones! That sure is a noisy procedure! You say it feels like kidney stones? A kidney stone. These things make … -
The Donkey Week in Review - June 18, 2006
Its SATURDAY again! I can't even remember what happened this week. It started with the Donkey Poetry Party on Sunday night! Music Turned Human and Spazmom40 decided my site needed a little excitement on Sunday, so they t… -
Miscellaneous Part 4
Its a miscellaneous Friday - I feel like a coke! My first car looked a lot like this! I crashed into a lot of things in my car! I broke the basement window a couple of times! I never meant to, the brakes just didn't… -
Flashlights
I was out wandering around the Internet again, and I found a picture of the flashlight I had about the time I had the Duck Dream I described yesterday! This was great for reading comic books under the covers after the… -
The Duck Dream
When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I had an extremely vivid dream one night. I only had the dream once, but it was so vivid, that I could not distinguish the dream from reality. The dream was as follows. I was asleep in… -
Tire Swing
Long ago, in my grandfather's back yard, there was a tremendous old elm tree - much larger than the tree pictured above. The limbs of the tree hung over his large two story house with an attic. Every morning the tree wa… -
Corn Bread
Cornbread on Wikipedia A typical contemporary northern U.S. cornbread (referred to in the South as "Yankee Cornbread") recipe contains half wheat flour, half cornmeal, milk, eggs, sugar, leavening agent and salt, res… -
Who is in Charge?
Do you ever wonder how things would be different where you work or play if you were in charge? Could you do a better job than the people currently running the place? Or would you totally muck things up? What kind of a j… -
The Donkey Week in Review - June 11, 2006
Its SATURDAY again! I need to think of something to do to refresh myself - I am getting stale as an old graham cracker! Oh! There was a thunderstorm this morning in Austin - knocked the power out for a bit. So I decided … -
Miscellaneous Part 3
I can't think of anything today, so I am just swiping from everybody else! Apologies if I missed you! Purple Carrots? The Magna Carta was sealed yesterday in 1215! (Is that the one the freed the donkeys?) Somebody's… -
Donkey Crossing
Today's topic is Donkey hybrids! So! What happens when you cross a Donkey with... Mule on Wikipedia In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Compare hinny – the offspr… -
The Unknown People - Part 1
Well I got bored last night so I turned on the old Donkey TV and instead of finding Spazzzz or Fran Mar-C, there was an old episode of Superman form the 1950's! Like all old Superman episodes from the 50's, it start… -
Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo on Wikipedia From the wikipedia article: The yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally-sized discs of plastic, wood, or metal, connected with an axle, around which string is wound. There is a slip knot at the free… -
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies on Wikipedia From the wikipedia article: The chocolate-chip cookie, also known as the Toll House Cookie, was accidentally developed by Ruth Graves Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn near Whit… -
Lucy and Rigby
Lucy - Ignoring Me Lucy and Rigby are my daughter's dogs. Well, they pretend to be dogs. Our cat is bigger than both of the dogs put together! Lucy is top dog. My daughter is allergic to most animal dander - except for … -
The Donkey Week in Review - June 4, 2006
Its SATURDAY again! It was another crazy week after 4 or 5 days of company! The week finished up with another Donkey Contest. Music Turned Human asked me to complete a "W" survey. Generally, I never do more than 5 questi… -
Contest Results 3
How Old is Donkey's Junk? Side Light 1911 Typewriter 1916 Half Dollar 1944 Car 1953 TV 1959 Camera 1964 See yesterday's post for the contest questions: Donkey Contest 3 So the answer to Questio… -
Donkey Contest 3
How old is Donkey's Junk? Walking Liberty Half Dollar Model T Side Light Kodak Fiesta Camera RCA "Portable" TV Chervolet Sedan Underwood No. 3 Typewriter So here is the contest: Question 1 - Name the items in corre… -
Miscellaneous Part 2
Another Wednesday! Another day for miscellaneous stuff! 6/6/6 has come and gone! Nothing happened! See! Its a good thing I gave up superstitions! They were giving me bad luck! Music Turned Human has another sister on … -
Superstitions
Are you superstitious? Superstition on Wikipedia Superstition is the irrational belief that future events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having a causal relationship. Is Friday the 13th unlucky? Do … -
Strawberries
Strawberry on Wikipedia From the wikipedia article: The strawberry is an accessory fruit; that is, the fleshy part is derived not from the ovaries (which are the "seeds", actually achenes) but from the peg at the botto… -
Company Visiting - Day 4
Some of our company likes to stay up late. Some of our company likes to get up early and do things! Don't get me wrong - I like all the company - there is just never time to do everything - including persue your re… -
The Donkey Week in Review - May 28, 2006
Its SATURDAY - I made it through this crazy week after the holiday! This entry could also be titled "Company Visiting - Day Three"! At work, this was a short week with too much to do. At home, there was company! On Xan… -
Company Visiting - Day Two
Who are these people? They say they are my relatives! All the out of town relatives and in town relatives converge at my house! I got up early to blog and someone is sleeping in the room with my blogging computer! S… -
Company Visiting - Day One
Relatives are visiting - I don't know how long they will be here - and won't have time to post much while they are here! I bought a new lawn mower last weekend. The old lawnmower's appointment came up! Oh, excitement! T…
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