MORE THINGS TO DO IN NC
Read the book, see the movie, climb the mountain but not necessarily in that order. Here's an interesting link w/photos of a Cold Mountain jaunt: http://www.romanticasheville.com/cold_mountain_hiking.htm
Monday, July 24, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
TICKS!
A clean solution...
Why did God give us the beautiful outdoors then populate it with man-eating bears, sneaky snakes, and those awful disease-carrying ticks? Ughhh...those ticks really suck! Well, here's a possible solution for getting them off of you:
This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on it's own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This technique has worked well consistently and frequently, and it's much less traumatic for kids, e.g., than unrooting them with currently known methods.
Sounds good but you need to know where they're on you first. Do you think the tick is smothered by the soap, needs to back out to breathe or what? Theories, please. We know you bug nerds are out there. Take a chance. Comment. Be imaginative.
A clean solution...
Why did God give us the beautiful outdoors then populate it with man-eating bears, sneaky snakes, and those awful disease-carrying ticks? Ughhh...those ticks really suck! Well, here's a possible solution for getting them off of you:This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on it's own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This technique has worked well consistently and frequently, and it's much less traumatic for kids, e.g., than unrooting them with currently known methods.
Sounds good but you need to know where they're on you first. Do you think the tick is smothered by the soap, needs to back out to breathe or what? Theories, please. We know you bug nerds are out there. Take a chance. Comment. Be imaginative.
Monday, July 10, 2006
THE BREWPUBS OF ASHEVILLE
Is there a future for "Pub Pointing"?
Previously, for an after-summit amber reward, we mentioned PubQuest (See blog post Jun 15) as the primo info/location source for watering holes featuring locally-crafted beers. If you're attending the NC HP Konvention, here's the brewpub info for the Asheville area:
http://www.ashevillepizza.com/ http://www.frenchbroadbrewery.com/ http://www.highlandbrewing.com/ http://www.jackofthewood.com/ http://www.pisgahbrewing.com/.Additional Asheville pub info: http://www.classiccitybrew.com/asheville.html
For a comprehensive Asheville guide: http://www.asheville.com/.
Is there a future for Pub Pointing? According to julie@pubquest.com, there are no organizations for brewpub collectors that she knows of. 'Nuff said....
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