September 28, 2006
Paranoia Parade
To web cam or not to web cam?
But first, the infamous Dead Man's Tulips:
Would anyone happen to know what these are called really?
But back to the web cam. I was thinking about surveilling my kitchen because the recent rash of burglaries featured kitchen ransacking. I thought that would be a good way to catch the burglar sort of red-handed, or at least make up for the lack of witnesses.
I did a little research, found a wireless web cam with good customer reviews (most have reviews to the effect that "This piece o' shit doesn't work!"), and procrastinated on ordering it because we got an alarm system and the web cam was kind of expensive. Then I ordered it anyway, because we were going out of town, and I even paid for shipping, as opposed to the free super-saver shipping option, so I could be sure to get it in plenty of time before we left.
Then I waited. And waited.
The stupid web cam got here a couple days ago. Three days after we came back from vacation and twenty days after I placed the order. So. I am not surveilling my kitchen. The web cam is sitting in its box on the couch and getting glared at. It cost just a little too much for a toy. Now that one burglar has been caught and the crime wave is slowing down, it doesn't seem likely that I'll be catching a thief with it.
I'm thinking about returning it. On the other hand, I could surveille my cats. But it's not like I have a monkey hot spring to point it at.
276 words | September 28, 2006 09:23 PM | WiredThose are what we in the Rocky Mountains call Indian Pipes, Genus Monotropa, possibly the species Uniflora, but maybe another, since it is hard to tell from a photo. They are in the blueberry family.
I see that in some places they are called Dutchman's Pipe too.
Cheers,
Carol
Thanks! I googled around and looked at some other pictures. You must be right, that's exactly what they look like. They are a very interesting plant too.
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