we didn’t plant it in our garden – it just appeared. i assume it came from one of the bird feeders that we fill with black oil sunflower seeds. it’s gigaaaaaaaaantic. it never occurred to me that you could plant the seeds ( duh! ).
i might have to plant more than one on purpose next year.
“The Fermi Paradox: We’re pretty much screwed…” is an highly readable essay on, no surprise the fermi paradox, “Beyond its shocking science fiction component, The Fermi Paradox also leaves me with a deep humbling.”
i mean, really, there’s to much to say about “guardians of the galaxy” on an 11 foot movie screen 15 feet up in the air with odin and his cousins and family ( and candy and popcorn ) . completely iconic summer experience. A++ would ( and will ) do again. i think guardians is now my favorite treehouse theater movie, eclipsing “the incredibles”.
it occurred to me that i never got around to doing a proper review of the projector. and i may never 🙂 it’s a little hard to tell from the picture which was shot with an aging DSLR at high ISO but the picture quality when projecting HDMI is awesome, even when blown up to 11 foot diagonal. suffice to say after a year, we’re really satisfied with digital galaxy dg-737 dreamland HDMI projector. and it’s now $156 which is $20 cheaper than when i bought it and nearly 50% off list price! the cyber acoustics speakers have fallen in price too and are now $33. so for about $200 ( plus the cost of building the screen ) you too can have your own backyard theater ( even if it’s not up in a tree )! highly recommended.
get in mah belly!
because i pretty much never stroll through the candy aisle at my local drug store, until very recently when someone clued me in, i had no idea there was a whole section dedicated to replicating the movie theater candy selection.
i think this is the perfect accompaniment to the treehouse theater experience AND IT’S ALL ON SALE!!
a beef jerky experimentalist who lives on the east coast sent me a sample from his home kitchen. it was supposed to arrive via overnight shipping but ended up taking two days to get to me and the chill packs had long stopped chilling.
normally i’d just take my chances and eat it, but it’s moist which is giving me pause. the jerky feels dehydrated but there’s some sort of sweet and sour/honey/barbecue something or another glaze that’s making me think it could be providing a home for something that will wreak havoc on my gastrointestinal tract.
go for it?
“mmmmm. an ice cold glass of milk with a gooey brownie would be soooooooo tasty right now. waaaaaaiiiiit a minit, the expiration date is in AUGUST OMG IT’S ALMOST THE END OF SUMMER AND THE START OF SCHOOL AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”