Self-Portrait

I am sick of this stupid neck brace and it has only been one week.

Rockin' the Dad Life

Drug Induced Dreams

He had the poor cat buried in the kitty litter box. 

I saw him.  

He had kitty poop and litter spread all over his body and the poor kitty was struggling to get away.  

I saw him.  

I yelled, but he wouldn't stop, so I started smacking him on the head.  

Then I woke up.  

No more morphine, vicodine, or codeine for me.

Spotlight On The Arts

-Chad Frye, a school chum of Daisy wrote:

I’ve noticed a certain sense of entitlement amongst people in America. They have to be first.
click here to read more and see great pics.

Old Man Comes Home from Hospital

http://daisyhomeschoolblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-difference-day-or-two-can-make.html

Homemade Catapult

A little scrap wood, a dowel, pipe cap, string, some screws and a donated bicycle inner tube.

The sides are attached with wood glue and four screws for each side.  On the arm, the cup is attached with two washers and a small bolt so it can be replaced with something lighter if need be.

The rubber strap attached to the dowel limits the forward motion. 

The rubber strap is tied in place.  The two screws on the base and  on the base of the firing arm have a small bit of soaker hose on them to protect the rubber strap. The rubber strap is in place and almost ready for firing.

The string is here to end the forward motion.  It has some knots in it for adjusting the launch arc.

Here is Dragonfly launching a Ping Pong ball.  Ping Pong balls do not break windows.  Eggs add excitement to the event as we found out later.

Anterior Cervical Discectomy?

Surgery:

                                
No pain:

Vertebrae Fusion will commence Wednesday morning sometime.  I have been prepping  myself  by watching the following video.

"Cervical surgery can be intimidating. This video animation explains how an Anterior Cervical Discectomy is performed and how the spine will heal from surgery."