Five Acres with a View

Crayola Crayons

Crayola’s Law: The number of colors doubles every 28 years.

illustrated by a chart at crayons « Weather Sealed.

We’ve recently discovered that our waffle maker does a good job of cooking thick cut bacon as well. (This is yet another Alton Brown suggestion.) Our maker turns out flat, crispy bacon in about six minutes. If you want more ways to use your waffle maker, go to the Waffleizer, a weblog devoted to alternate uses for a waffle iron.

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-16

Jack is cooking bacon in the waffle iron. #

APOD: Orion’s Belt

Orion’s Belt: Scenes from Two Hemispheres.

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier

Originally uploaded by truan

I believe I’ve seen one of these female Northern Harriers running errands recently and didn’t know what it was except that it didn’t look like a red-tailed hawk. Here is a shot that I just found in Flickr that looks very similar to what I’ve seen.

Help the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake

Charity Navigator – Help the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake has a list of highly rated charities and tips for giving to make sure that your money goes to helping disaster victims rather than scammers and con artists.

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-13

@wftl The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it? #

Morning Streaks

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Shades of Paula Dean

This weekend, Jack made an Alton Brown pasta recipe, Cracker Noodle Do, that incorporated two of Paula Deans four food groups: crackers and butter. It was very tasty with a little grated parmesan added. Jack has started watching Alton Brown’s show on the Food Network. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-11

!Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter 175 http://is.gd/628JY (via @andregondim) #