Continuing where Part One left off…so, how about them patties?
Author Archive for Luke Abbott
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Kyle Makes a ‘Mac, Part One
Part one in a three-part series, documenting the creation of an imitation Big Mac burger.
Continue the adventure: Part Two
“Uhh… he’s not moving…”
Black Friday 2008: Meh.
In a shocking development, the Abbott Family slept in this morning! As Luke predicted, after scanning all the sales at the local stores last night, there was little that grabbed our interest (maybe $20 worth). So, to getting up at 5:00am, we said, “meh.”
Want to read last year’s account of Black Friday? Follow the link below…
This morning we experienced Black Friday for the fourth time. It became a family tradition quite by chance in 2004, when we happened to go in to OfficeMax on Black Friday for some paper clips and ended up… Continue reading ‘Black Friday 2007: An Abbott Tradition’
Gardener’s Wisdom, Vol. 182
A weed in time, saves nine. —Papa
Halloween, Blow By Blow
I’m not much of a party person—at least, when it comes to college parties. But, when the UCSC FPC (Film Production Coalition, a student-run club which I am a part of) invited me to a Halloween Night club party at one of the club leader’s houses, I said, “OK, adventure!”
So here’s how the night went on… Continue reading ‘Halloween, Blow By Blow’
Oh Death
- Turn up your speakers
- Turn off your lights
- Press the full-screen button (to the left of the vimeo logo) and press play
Happy Halloween. 
Still got some of the gas
Here’s a story from the archives. I wrote it to a friend back in…gosh, I think it was around May 2006 or something. This story took place the day after Kyle returned from surgery; they put him under and removed all four of his wisdom teeth. Everything went fine, but he was pretty much out of commission for a few days.
Kyle, with ice packs (or heating pads, not sure which) wrapping his head. No, he is not being mummified.
Early this afternoon the answering machine’s “pager” went off. I reached for the cordless but it wasn’t on the hook/charger, nor within eyesight, so I picked up the other phone.… Continue reading ‘Still got some of the gas’
Duck Enclosure
Poor duckies… the hawk danger has been present so when we’re not around to keep an ear out for their safety (which is rare) we put them behind this fence with lots of trees over them. They still have swimming water and plenty of room to forage around, but it’s not the wide open pastures they’re used to.
[Since this video was shot, we've taken down the wire fence; now we let them roam around a much larger (but still restricted) area of the yard, one with a relative abundance of tree cover. Fingers crossed, we've had no hawk attacks yet.]