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The Mystery of Dawn Dishwashing Soap
Jun. 15th, 2020 09:15 amSpent all yesterday feeling sick, sick, sick with some kind of creeping intestinal crud.
Naturally, this meant I had covid-19!
True, I had no fever, I wasn’t coughing, I could taste stuff, but in .04% of all covid-19 cases (specious statistic I just made up), creeping intestinal crud is the main symptom.
Now, that I knew I was gonna die, it was time to make a list of all the people who would miss me!
Not my children! I mean, yeah, sure, they love me after their fashion, but they don’t actually have a clue who I really am. My death would merely mean toppling that commemorative, 12-foot, bronze-cast statue of Mommy the Destroyer, which sits right on top of their amygdalas oppressing them, into the River Lethe.
I decided that the only person who would really miss me was my cat. And she’s not even a person.
Still, I gave her an extra handful of treats.
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Else?
Since I was sick, I stayed pretty close to home, venturing out only a handful of times, once to the garden and once to buy cat litter. (Gotta keep that cat happy or she won’t miss me!) My cucumbers have developed mildew! That mildew destroyed my entire crop last summer, so I need to be proactive.
I sprayed their leaves with a blend of baking soda, Dawn dishwashing soap, and water. Theoretically, raising the pH should kill the mildew since mildew prefers slightly acidic environments.
If that doesn’t work, Claude has some poisonous Stuff That Kills Everything in the shed.
I wonder what the deal is with Dawn dishwashing soap? Every gardening site on the Internet mentions it by name! Is there something special about Dawn dishwashing soap that sets it apart from every other dishwashing soap on the planet? Or has Proctor & Gamble paid off every gardening site on the Internet?
I took a bunch of really bad garden photographs.
My basil!
My tomatillo!
My thyme!
Where the bee sucks, so suck I.
Couple of days ago, I made an Instagram story about my trip to NYC, and it was fun to do. I was vaguely thinking of making Instagram story about the garden.
The problem with Instagram stories, though, is that apparently, there’s no way to change the duration of the individual slides. I kinda imagine looking at individual, three-second slides of vegetables would be boring.
###
After I finished my scut work for the day, I watched Birdman. I’ve seen Birdman at least half a dozen times now. That’s a film that never disappoints.
Naturally, this meant I had covid-19!
True, I had no fever, I wasn’t coughing, I could taste stuff, but in .04% of all covid-19 cases (specious statistic I just made up), creeping intestinal crud is the main symptom.
Now, that I knew I was gonna die, it was time to make a list of all the people who would miss me!
Not my children! I mean, yeah, sure, they love me after their fashion, but they don’t actually have a clue who I really am. My death would merely mean toppling that commemorative, 12-foot, bronze-cast statue of Mommy the Destroyer, which sits right on top of their amygdalas oppressing them, into the River Lethe.
I decided that the only person who would really miss me was my cat. And she’s not even a person.
Still, I gave her an extra handful of treats.
###
Else?
Since I was sick, I stayed pretty close to home, venturing out only a handful of times, once to the garden and once to buy cat litter. (Gotta keep that cat happy or she won’t miss me!) My cucumbers have developed mildew! That mildew destroyed my entire crop last summer, so I need to be proactive.
I sprayed their leaves with a blend of baking soda, Dawn dishwashing soap, and water. Theoretically, raising the pH should kill the mildew since mildew prefers slightly acidic environments.
If that doesn’t work, Claude has some poisonous Stuff That Kills Everything in the shed.
I wonder what the deal is with Dawn dishwashing soap? Every gardening site on the Internet mentions it by name! Is there something special about Dawn dishwashing soap that sets it apart from every other dishwashing soap on the planet? Or has Proctor & Gamble paid off every gardening site on the Internet?
I took a bunch of really bad garden photographs.
My basil!
My tomatillo!
My thyme!
Where the bee sucks, so suck I.
Couple of days ago, I made an Instagram story about my trip to NYC, and it was fun to do. I was vaguely thinking of making Instagram story about the garden.
The problem with Instagram stories, though, is that apparently, there’s no way to change the duration of the individual slides. I kinda imagine looking at individual, three-second slides of vegetables would be boring.
###
After I finished my scut work for the day, I watched Birdman. I’ve seen Birdman at least half a dozen times now. That’s a film that never disappoints.
