Archive for June, 2008

Still Under Water Restrictions

Although much of Greenville has had its water restrictions lifted, the area in which I live is the only area still under a boil water order. This is getting old, fast.

Water, Water, Everywhere…

…But not a drop to drink. Greenville, NC is under a boil water advisory due to a bacterial contamination detected during routine water sample testing. For 48 hours, we cannot drink or wash ourselves, our clothes, or our dishes with the water coming out of our tap unless we boil it first. I’ve bought six gallons of water for the dogs, but I will be doing my part to get through the crisis by attempting to subsist entirely on Tullamore Dew. Actually, I already ran out of Tullamore Dew, so I will have get by on Jack Daniel’s Green Label.

More Geocaching!

Went looking for some caches along Charles Blvd. in Greenville after work yesterday. I took one of my dogs (Stella) with me, and we chased after four micro caches. Alas, we only found two of the ones we were looking for, although I think I might know where to find one of the ones we missed. Still, we were out in the fresh air instead of playing video games, and there is something to be said for that.

Geocaching – A Fun Way To Exercise

I’ve been trying to get out more and work up a sweat, but after many years of doing nothing more strenuous than GTA on the Xbox/Playstation I simply don’t enjoy exercise for its own sake. I need something to distract me from the fact that I’m sweating and uncomfortable. I was listening to a recent episode of Fat2Fit Radio about Geocaching, and decided to give it a try. I’ve got a very nice GPS, a Garmin Nuvi 680 that my wife gave me for MBA graduation, although admittedly, it’s probably better suited to road trips than to geocaching. I went to Geocaching.com, found a geocache in a park nearby, and headed off in search of my first geocache. If you’ve never done this before, read on for some things I learned from my first find. Read more…