Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Cell Phone Donation

    Do you have an old Cell Phone gathering dust in some corner of the garage because you didn't want to throw it away after you upgraded but never could figure out what to do with it? Consider donating it to The Wireless Foundation's "Donate a Phone" programs: DONATE A PHONE program recycles used wireless phones… Continue reading

  • Bowl of Fruit

    We have a favorite restaurant we go to most often; it's a diner-style place with really good food. The vegetables are fresh (not frozen); the steaks are as tender as in a "steak restaurant". The service is fun. And they do a terrific bowl of fruit. In fact, many times the question isn't "what do… Continue reading

  • A pottle of milk

    One of the great unknown words in English (one of our favorites, at least) is pottle. A pottle is a liquid measure equal to 2.0 quarts – that is, half a gallon. So when you buy a half-gallon of milk, you've actually bought a pottle of milk. I like the sound of that. Time to… Continue reading

  • The Sixth of May

    I wrote this in 9th grade. It won honorable mention in a local poetry contest. The Sixth of May On a beautiful morning, the sixth of May With the sunshine glowing, a wonderful day, With a breeze through the trees,        And a wind in the bog, Over the hill, with a kite,        Came… Continue reading

  • Chickadees

    We have an adorable little flock of chickadees that come to the sunflower seed feeder on the back porch. They are so cute and tiny; they make the finches look big! They also take baths in the bird bath, sitting right in the water and ducking under and splashing and generally having a merry time.… Continue reading

  • Hug Your Cat Day

    EFURRY Day should be Hug Your Cat Day! <a Hug Your Cat Today! If you don't have a cat, hug a friend's cat! Or, hug a friend who has a cat… Continue reading

  • This Raven has fur

    We are pleased to introduce Ravenclaw (aka Raven), the newest member of our furry tribe. Raven was a rescue kitty; now he has a home. He's our token moggie 🙂 Raven is settling in as best he can, given that our vet has nevertheless requested/required that he stay in quarantine for 2 weeks, to be… Continue reading

  • Volume Control #2

    Earlier this month, I wrote My sweetie is not only an all-around great guy :-), he's also smart and electrically talented. Well, he did it again 🙂 Continue reading

  • Grey squirrel – up close and purrsonal!

    The grey squirrel has been back a few times; I'm making sure I refill the feeder with sunflower seeds. But today, as I sat on the screenporch finishing my lunch, he came right up to the windows and sat on the outside windowsill. This was made all the more enjoyable by the fact that Bebop… Continue reading

  • 50 years of the Double Helix

    On April 25, 1953, James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announced the structure of DNA in the journal, Nature. Unlike many scientific papers, this one had a simple title: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. Fifty years has gone by; a lot has changed. Today we have sequenced the human genome. In April 2003… Continue reading