{"id":1429,"date":"2013-06-03T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2013-06-03T20:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T20:00:35","slug":"dark-matter-ajuga-time-machine-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/dark-matter-ajuga-time-machine-lawn\/","title":{"rendered":"dark matter, ajuga, time-machine, lawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like dogs. And children. I think both species are a lot of fun and I enjoy being an uncle to both &#8211; provided that I don&#8217;t have to have any real responsibility while they are in my care. Other than the standard &#8220;death\/injury prevention&#8221;. Along with this is a fairly strict &#8220;no-poop&#8221; clause that I&#8217;ve been able to maintain for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>However, having a pet of my own means that this no-poop clause is no longer viable.<\/p>\n<p>I am now responsible for someone else&#8217;s poop.<\/p>\n<p>Just like work.<\/p>\n<p>Ha! I kill me.<\/p>\n<p>And let me tell you, that cat can poop. I haven&#8217;t taken official measurements, but I&#8217;m pretty sure he is excreting more than he takes in. Which, I know, should be impossible.<\/p>\n<p>However, giving the staggering amount I find in his litter box, my only conclusion is that he is somehow tapping into an alternative dimensional source for this &#8220;dark matter&#8221;. I&#8217;ll post another update once I&#8217;ve done some SCIENCE!<br \/>\nIn other news&#8230; when I was a kid we had some really amazing ground cover in part of the yard. It had purple and green leaves and was very springy &#8211; especially on small bare feet. My mom always called it CPS &#8211; Creeping Purple Stuff. Turns out &#8211; not the official name. I&#8217;ve been looking for this since I&#8217;ve got my own yard and finally figured out what it is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajuga_reptans\">Ajuga reptans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Might make for an interesting experiment in my yard &#8211; provided I can keep it under control. Or I can try and mutate it so that it can pilot a giant fighting robot in the shape of a lizard. Hey, it&#8217;s not the weirdest idea I&#8217;ve come up with today.<\/p>\n<p>Work news&#8230; Much of the same, except that a couple of my colleagues started talking about a Time Machine function for the website. This would give us a snapshot of the whole website at set intervals. The cool bit was how they immediately defered to me on any Time Travel related decisions &#8211; since I&#8217;ve the resident Master of Space and Time. We aren&#8217;t far enough along in the project for me to request the proper permits, but I&#8217;m glad they included me.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, over the weekend, I mowed my yard. And while I guess I don&#8217;t really mind it, I apparently have developed some speculator allergies. I nearly knocked myself over sneezing a few times. I took some meds today and I&#8217;m alright now, but I wonder if &#8211; given the amount of mucus I was producing &#8211; I might be developing a super power. If I expose myself to more allergens I might be able to produce super-human levels of mucus &#8211; or convert INTO mucus. That would be awesome and &#8211; admittedly &#8211; really gross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like dogs. And children. I think both species are a lot of fun and I enjoy being an uncle to both &#8211; provided that I don&#8217;t have to have any real responsibility while they are in my care. Other than the standard &#8220;death\/injury prevention&#8221;. 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