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EvilDawg's Rants

by EvilDawg - Vigilante Ranger!!

Rated: GC · Book · Food/Cooking · #1612142

Evildawg's Blog of Useless but Possibly Relevant Crap

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This is just a small window into my chaotic yet lazy life.

Oh, the life of an Information Technology Professional can be so exciting... Not so much, no.

I'm a Fifty-something father of an amazing young man (I can't believe he's 20 now!), Atom and his brother, the Ever-Irish Finnegan (7 almost 8). I am married to my best friend and just wish I would have found her 15 years ago... I am a Geek, a Nerd and a Dork, but normal... I think. I DO collect comic books, on and off, as the money permits. I DO enjoy a good table-top RPG. I DO play MMORPG's and various other PC games. I DO live on the PC on numerous levels, but I think that we all do, to some degree. I was also in two rock bands that played in the Austin, TX area often, but I moved back to Southern California. I AM NOT a cowboy but I do own a farm in the mountains between Mojave and Bakersfield, I'm more of a Southern California Punk, if one were to generalize me.

Not to mention that I AM

Irish

Which some would say explains a lot

Rambling, Ranting, Rating and several other "R" words can be found within these pages... There will also be Venting, Musings, Thoughts and Theories as well. While I cannot guarantee the validity of any of it , I can tell you that the topics shall range from Love to Science to Paranormal Research to Politics to Writing ; no subject is taboo.

Hooked yet?

If you're not hooked in yet, just wait, someone may win a

MILLION DOLLARS!!!!

Not here or by reading this blog, but somewhere in the world someone will win a

MILLION DOLLARS!!!

...at some point... Maybe...

I know, pretty bad, right? And you wonder why I am stuck writing only a blog...

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Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 28, 2021 at 11:13pm
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How are the piggies doing?

I see you say you're more SoCal punk than cowboy. I can forgive you that.

But Irish?

Not so sure. (My McCarthy rootlet speaks out sometimes... you're not an O'Brien are ya?)

~SilverMoon~

Jun 27, 2021 at 1:16am
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Have you driven from.there to Tahoe? Its rely pretty once you get on the highway going east. kind of far away though.

EvilDawg - Vigilante Ranger!!

May 11, 2021 at 1:47pm
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Update: She will still either come home for weekends or we will go there for the weekend. It's right by Tahoe and Truckee so that might not suck...

Steve

~SilverMoon~

Apr 8, 2021 at 1:11am
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Sorry this is ling.

Umm I got cut off somehow. Anywho. We had three rock cornish cross to be raised for meat. We didn't try to treat them like y
oets, but somehow I got attached anyway by just watching them grow Time came and went for them to be butchered, but I didn't have the heart to do it. So I postponed it. Then our farmer friend said if we didnt do it they'd die anyway because they get too heavy to walk around.

One died while out in the rain. Foot so e reason couldn't get into the chicken coop..I was sick a out that. Poor thing. Two lived but again I still had to deal with the problem. I decided and let the farmer take them but he decided to give us some of the meat.

Since my kids knew about this we didn't have chicken for over a month and then I bought some from the store. When it came time to cook I never told them I'd used the chicken wed raised. I ga e to say it was delicious. Even more so than store bought.

But honestly it was like grieving knowing they had to go. We only had one baby rooster thinking he wouldn't be too loud. Haha. Yeah right. Even though we lived in a little country town they still had ordinances about that noise.

We may have gave the rooster away. Our chicken were safe from predators. We used baby crib bed springs and such for the chicken run. With a top on it too..They loved it. Sometimes we let them out in the yard to pick through the grass like they do. then made them go inside the coop for the night.

It was lots of fun and we easily got plenty of good sized eggs out of it. Ea h of those chickens were different all the good ones but miniatures-- buff orpingtona, barred rock, rhode island red. I especially liked the fluffy ones.

,My oldest son was a teen then and he had a smallish chicken that would come over and sit on his knee.

Unfortunately after a few years the owner of the house decided to sell the house. We had to get out. It was esoe islky uwe enpsetting for my oldest son.

Where we had to move was into the city onand so we couldn't have the chickens. We ended up giving them away to the farmers daughter. Who lived not far from the farmer. Farmer had his own chickens so ours could end up pecked On.

Regardless, I'm glad we did get to experience that.

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Lilli 🧿 ☕

Nov 25, 2019 at 8:26am
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Hey, Steve! Welcome back.

eyestar~*

Sep 7, 2012 at 8:49pm
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Oh my gosh!! That is so wonderful!! Congratulations to you both.

You so deserve the Joy!
I love the energy of the red woods. Lucky you!

LJPC - the tortoise

Sep 7, 2012 at 3:47pm
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Congratulations!

That's wonderful news. I hope you and Heather will be very happy.

Brother Nature

Mar 6, 2012 at 11:49pm
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In addition to keeping up on your Rising Star & Vigilante Angle Ranger duties, it might help to write blog posts.
I'll read em, if you write em.

Annette

Nov 24, 2011 at 6:40pm
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Wow. Look at that. You're 11 months older than me. So, 41 feels like more than 40? I'll know next year.

~SilverMoon~

Aug 12, 2011 at 2:18pm
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Did you eat at Pier 39. One of my favorite restaurants is on the left side upstairs as you go on Pier 39.. I'm not sure what it's called now because I think the named changed. Chic's maybe?

It has a great view of the bay. Out the giant plate windows you first see the boats docked there bobbing around , then a lighthouse, and further on is the Golden Gate Bridge (which is lit up at night) , and I believe Alcatraz is in view too (some place I've not been to yet and I live up here).

It's been a while so I kind of forget, but I do remember being their at sunset and it was gorgeous how golden light shimmered across the small waves, which lapped against the sides of the boats..

For one of my oldest son's birthday we went there with his girlfriend, and my other son.

Brings back memories. I can almost hear the cawing of the seagulls hanging around and that sea air on my face. I may have to take a train ride and visit it again soon.I kind of like that strip of shops across the way. You can buy some cheap souveniers (I can never spell that right), a nice leather jacket or a hoodie there fairly cheap too. My son wants a leather jacket, but I think they look bad once they start getting worn out so I'm reluctant to buy him one.

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#69. Nice to be Back!!!
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#68. Update on EvilDawg!
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#67. 3 Years on WdC!!!
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#66. Married and Happy
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#65. It seems I am back....
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#64. News and such
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#62. Soccer, Soccer, Soccer
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#57. The Problem with Reviews...
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#56. Finnegan Ford
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#55. Update 7/18/2011
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#54. Another long interval between posts...
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#53. I'm such a bad blogger...
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#52. 40...
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#49. *Sigh*
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#48. What a week! :D
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#43. Show last night
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#42. Another show tonight...
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#41. Another Video :)
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#40. Last Nights Show :)
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#39. Finally...
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#38. New Song... "Looking"
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#36. Preferred Author...
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#35. *Sigh*
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#34. So proud of my son, Atom.
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#33. Gig Last Night
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#32. New Story... Finally!
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#26. Going to have the house to myself...
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#25. Video from the show :)
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#24. The show went well :)
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#16. Funny
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#15. Answers...
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#13. Life
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