next 2020/07 – Last year, my air conditioner stopped working. The huge propeller in the big metal box outside the house became jammed when carpenter ants built a giant nest. This year, the air conditioning stopped working once again. Could the carpenter ants be at it once again? An inspection around the propeller showed no […]
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Time for a Hair Cut
next 2020/06 – All hair salons have been closed for months due to COVID-19. However, Raymond’s hair never stopped growing. The time came for Raymond to take measures in his own hands. Scissors. Check. Bowl. Check. Snip! Snip! Snip! Voilà! The home-made haircut looks like hell but who is going to see him during a […]
Is Raymond … DEAD !!! ???
next 2020/04 – It sure looks like he has been decomposing for a while. Granted, he may be old but he is not dead yet! Look! he’s smiling. He just applied some rejuvenating Dead Sea mud, that he purchased when he was in Jordan, … and if you still don’t believe it, here is another […]
Chinese Characters
next 2020/03 – Ray is self-isolating because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he has plenty of time to revisit old hobbies and develop some new ones. For instance, he started reviewing his Chinese characters and he is brushing up on his Chinese calligraphy.
Ray gets African Charges
next 2020/02 – When Ray went to Africa, he did get a few charges on his credit card. That was expected. However, he was also charged by a rhinoceros and an elephant during safaris. Fortunately, these animals stopped abruptly in the middle of their charges. Could that credit card just be bluffing too?
Counterfeiting
next 2020/01 – Raymond drew some coins in a software called InkScape and printed them on acrylic using a laser printer. Ray printed a cent, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, a 1954 dollar and a 1935 dollar. Nobody will be fooled by these counterfeited pieces though; you can see right through these coins.
Fourteen Course Meal
next 2019/12 – Ray and Mayra went to the restaurant Atelier. They ate an exquisite 14 course meal. They were eating relatively quickly and the server was always ready with the next dish. Still, it took two and a half hours to go through all those courses.
Published: Crooked House
next 2019/11 – Ray published 2 books: Crooked House contains 46 pages and Crooked House 101 contains 155 pages. The books come with blue and red transparent bookmarks shaped like crooked houses.
Recovery
next 2019/10/21 – Jeannine seldom shies away from a good celebration. However, she was only a bit festive on Thanksgiving Day, here represented by the turkey that she is holding. She also kept a lower profile than usual on Philip’s birthday. This is because she was hospitalized for open heart surgery. Now that recovery is […]
North Korea
next 2019/08 – Ray and Mayra started reading Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden. It is the story of Shin Dong-Hyuk who escaped from a prison camp in North Korea. It reinforces my belief that Kim Jong Eun, leader of North Korea, is the worst piece of scum on the planet. Russia and China […]