It’s been two weeks since I built my worm farm. Initially I kept them in our shed, but as spring approaches I have since moved them outside. The evaporation is faster outside, so now I have to “water” the cardboard that covers the bedding every day. I’m feeding them much less than I anticipated. Naturally [...]
I retired from my career
Published in March 16th, 2009
To whom it may concern: I resigned from my full time job and effectively retired from my career. The reasons, which could probably fill a book, have been adequately summarized by checking a few boxes in the exit-survey, where it will probably be aggregated and averaged statistically with other questionnaires to form some internal management [...]
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