Comments for Erstwhile Luddite

Comment on Transparent Motives by mrynelson

mrynelson — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:21:40 +0000

This is the stuff come on keep writing!

Comment on Charmingly Discharming: An Interview with Denise Sweet by johnewordslinger

johnewordslinger — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:48:25 +0000

Thank you for this, she is one of the best Poets I have ever read…

Comment on Transparent Motives by tangman01

tangman01 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:40:05 +0000

Abso-Floggin-Lutely. The Super Committee concept is an admission by Congress that its current (and recent previous) members have broken the system so badly that it no longer functions as designed. This depite the fact that it was designed by Greater men. Much greater men. It’s also a victory for the dark forces which whisper into the ears of our Congress-people that their highest and best course is to adhere unalteringly to their individual or constituent Principles and to align themselves to their Parties, rather than to find the best way forward for the Nation as a whole, via compromise, statesmanship, vision, and Bravery. These people have now driven as far down the road of small-minded allegience as the the pavement allows, and here it dead-ends, over-looking revolution, secession, and national atrophy. These are weiners. And I’m afraid they were Elected by weiners as well.

Comment on Worms and Potatoes by erstwhile luddite

erstwhile luddite — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:49:32 +0000

Thanks! Mine too had often grown off shoots, though some also grew right off a parent spud. I’m going to take another look in my worm bin in another and see if there are any new developments. And thanks for the tip on training the worms to separate themselves!

Comment on Worms and Potatoes by Martha Gruelle

Martha Gruelle — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:48:34 +0000

I did some digging on this–in our compost! Found a similar tater & tater tot. Don’t know dry weight of potato when it went into the compost, but I’m pretty sure the current tater + tot would be no more! What I noticed with the sample in hand was that the tater tot had grown off a shoot (not directly off the parent potato). It looked like the eye produced a shoot that found no sunlight and produced a tuber.

So what are the primary decomposers for potatoes, and why aren’t they more common in garden soil and worm bins? Dunno.

Btw, I use a more passive (easier) method to harvest worm castings: shove the old medium, worms, castings, etc to one side of the bin. Add fresh medium and food scraps to the other side. Wait a few weeks, and you can dig out the castings with most of the worms having moved to the fresh-food side.

Comment on Worms and Potatoes by Thomas Fortune Work Centre Gardening Group

Thomas Fortune Work Centre Gardening Group — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:03:28 +0000

Fascinating. I look forward to reading about any updates.

Comment on Killer Author by Marjorie Doering

Marjorie Doering — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:14:24 +0000

Donna White Glaser is a joy to know personally, and as a writer, her work is a genuine joy to read. In The Enemy We Know, the humor, mystery and human condition all combine to give readers a tense, but truly enjoyable fly-on-the-wall look into psycotherpist Letty Whittaker’s life as she becomes the target of a murderous admirer. The humor, skillfully woven into the story, keeps the smiles coming, but like a fine condiment, it only helps to season the mystery at the heart of the novel. I highly recommend The Enemy We Know.

Comment on Anti-Government Activist Targets Labor Studies by erstwhile luddite

erstwhile luddite — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:50:26 +0000

This one made me laugh out loud! Thanks!

Comment on Anti-Government Activist Targets Labor Studies by erstwhile luddite

erstwhile luddite — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:50:07 +0000

Looks like you are headed for a bright career at Fox…

Comment on Anti-Government Activist Targets Labor Studies by erstwhile luddite

erstwhile luddite — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:43:08 +0000

A friend recently wrote a song for his mother, and she cried when she heard it. Here is what one friend told him:
“This song is not half creative!”

(She really said, “THIS SONG IS wonderful. Any mom would have cried. My dad cries reading my notes and they are they are NOT half as CREATIVE.”)