Jeremy Herndon Blog

I’ve always had a soft spot for our feathered friends.  I keep a pair of binoculars and a bird identification book close at hand so if I spot a bird I haven’t seen before I can get a closer look and try to figure out what it is.  From time to time I’m thrilled and blessed to spot a few American Bald Eagles near our house!  But sightings like that are few and far between.  I mostly see hawks, blue jays, robin red breasts, grosbeaks, woodpeckers, doves, nuthatches, finches and cardinals.  Once in a great while I see a Northern Bluebird – what a thrill that is to see that!  I see way too many turkey vultures and buzzards for my liking, though, if you know what I mean.  I understand that they are a protected species and I know that they have a job to do, but they give me the creeps! 

I’d like to put a few Quality birdhouses and birdfeeders in our yard to help care for the birds in our neighborhood.  I suspect that if I did that I’d see a lot more of them in the yard a lot more often.  I’m just not really sure what is the best kind of birdhouse.  I love the colorful and whimsical ones, but I’ve read that the plain ones are more attractive to the birds.  What do you think?

A friend of mine sent me a link to a video that shows how to extend the life of “dead” batteries!  I couldn’t believe it was possible – dead means dead, right?  So I went to the video and watched it – it looks like it really could work, although if used improperly could make the batteries leak, which could damage the flashlight (or whatever) they are being used to power.  I think I’ll give it a try myself on a cheap flashlight next time some batteries die! 

A couple of months ago I decided to buy a couple of tomato plants.  I’ve never grown tomatoes before, and I didn’t know what to expect.  I planted beefsteak tomatoes, and they are ripening at a good comfortable pace so that we are not overwhelmed with fresh tomatoes.  I never expected fresh tomatoes picked out of our garden and eaten the same day would have so much great flavor!  My wife is surprised that I’m eating them because whenever we go to a restaurant and get a salad I order it without tomatoes, proclaiming that I don’t like tomatoes!  Well, now I’ve decided that I like them a lot, but it will be hard for a restaurant to come up with tomatoes that taste as good as what I’ve got growing right outside my door!

My Dad found this online and sent it to me today. He is getting better with the computer with each passing week. I’m so glad that he and my mother are learning as well and as fast as they are. It took a good amount of nagging them until they finally caved in and took a class at their local community center.

I always wanted to be a spy while growing up. My favorite books and movies were spy movies, James Bond, Agent 007 was my hero and I have every James Bond made on tape and still enjoy watching them a couple times a year. I have found a really cool website brickhousesecurity.com that I have bookmarked and wanted to share here on my blog to other people that are interested in today’s security technologies and other goodies that they offer here.

I used to think that Key logger was a pretty cool idea, but wait until you see what they have here for their spy ware products. I would love to be able to see what other folks are doing on their computers, it would have to be pretty simple for me to figure out and their product seems to be just that.

They also have, stun guns, pepper spray, surveillance equipment, GPS trackers, child safety equipment and so much more that is just fascinating to a guy like me. So if you are interested in seeing what is out there this is a good site to visit and pass on to others. It’s all good.