I got a new puter a couple of weeks ago so I have been busy with setting it up and learning the new features. As a result, I have spent very little time on NN these past couple of weeks.

I have a buyer for my old puter but it's essential to me to remove all my old data from the old one first. I trust the guy I'm selling it to but I don't want him to be able to retrieve my NN pics. Also, I don't want any subsequent user to be able to retrieve personal data about me. Deleting files and formating doesn't actually erase the data. So, I found a program that literally writes over all the data on the hard drive. Now the problem; after running the program the os is also erased. So I re-installed everything from the backup disks that came with the puter. But, it's obvious that some things are just not there. Do they install stuff at the factory that they don't give back up disks for? My main concern is the puter is unable to play cd's or dvd's because it's missing a dvd decoder and a "sound device". It makes me wonder what else might be missing.

That is what I want to know. I used to have a lawn service cut my grass. The price was reasonable and the crew did a very good job. There was only one problem; the billing. One year I got 3 bills throughout the cutting season and the final bill came in December. The next year pretty much the same except the final bill came the following February. Last year I received only one bill, which came in June and covered the remainder of the previous year and through May of that year.

This spring, I decided I would cut the grass myself and called the guy and cancelled. No mention was made of the bill although I knew I still owed. In the past when I complained about not receiving a bill he seemed rather unconcerned and mumbled something about a "new billing system" and it would be comming soon.

The bill for last year finally arrived yesterday. Except it is wrong. He included the part I paid last June as well as for services this year, which there were none. Now I have to go rattle his cage, grrrrrr!

But, this begs the question, how can you run a small business without timely collection of moneys owed to you? He had to pay his crews and cover other expenses in a timely manner.

I have never seen a white or black duck before. What are the odds of seeing them both together?

A couple more butterfly pics.

This isn't the best butterfly pic I have ever taken, but they are difficult subjects. The little buggers don't cooperate too much.

The toMALEto is very prolific and has many offspring



The toMALEto likes interacial sex



The toMALEto is a heavy cummer



This is probably more than you ever wanted to know about the toMALEto.

I think the Peacock is one of the most colorful birds. This guy walks around the zoo like he owns the place.

I have been growing tomatoes for a long time, I must know more about them then you would want to know. For instance, there is the tomato that wants to be a pepper, as is evident in this pic.


And then, there is the male tomato. Like all males, he walks around the garden with an erection. I don't know if you want to know more; I might tell you later.

My neighbor has these really huge sunflowers, you can see them from a block away.

I have a few tomato plants in the garden. I picked a few today. This is what I have left after giving away to neighbors.