http://www.theheals.org/ Karen and Jon's irregular account of their family's mundane existence. en-us http://www.theheals.org/media/images/rss_button.gif http://www.theheals.org/ Copyright 2010 Jon and Karen Heal. All Rights Reserved. Jon's Deluxe RSS Thing-a-ma-jig admin@theheals.org <br />I'm beginning to think I have a real black thumb when it comes to goldfish.<br /><br />Our fish, Jeff, died on Friday night. He had been going downhill for a week or so. I'm not sure what went wrong. I've been pretty ... http://www.theheals.org/journal.asp?type=2&id=399 Jon Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:22:55 GMT Jeff got a little surprise Saturday night when a visiting boy poured a teaspoon, or so (I think) of sugar into the aquarium. I did a 25% water change that evening, but there was still enough sugar in solution to feed a bacteria bloom. Now the water looks ... http://www.theheals.org/journal.asp?type=2&id=398 Jon Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:20:23 GMT We had much fun at Ocean City, NJ last week. Thanks Beverly and David!<br /><br />When we returned, we found that our snails had produced offspring. Don't know whether to tie pink or blue balloons to the front porch railing, though, as ... http://www.theheals.org/journal.asp?type=2&id=397 Jon Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:07:59 GMT A little over a year ago I bought a pair of M-Audio BX5a studio monitors. They're small, so they weren't terribly expensive, but they're considered "professional," so they weren't terribly cheap either.<br /><br ... http://www.theheals.org/journal.asp?type=2&id=396 Jon Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:55:44 GMT I have avoided travelling for work for 10 years. But this past weekend it finally caught up with me and I had to make a trip with about 10 coworkers to Kansas City, MO. USDA's data center is located there and we are attempting to move our servers ... http://www.theheals.org/journal.asp?type=2&id=395 Jon Wed, 5 May 2010 17:33:15 GMT