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First Birds, then Squirrels, oh My!

I posted the video of the Bird that was driving me crazy, after getting shot at by a few tennis balls every time he came to visit, I think the Bird has decided to bother someone else.  But, not that the Bird is gone, we now have a new problem, apparently some squirrels have decided to make a home in our attic.

Our pest control company recommended a local company, who came out, eyeballed the nest and decided it was going to cost us $4,000 to remove the squirrels and fix up our roof-line to insure that it wouldn't happen again.

Well, I wasn't so thrilled about the thought of paying $4k to remove some squirrels, so I went on to Angie's List, a service where you can find just about any service person and see unbiased ratings from others who have used the service. On Angie's List I found a company that was well recommended who is removing the Squirrels for $375. To be fair, they did recommend some other fixes to the roof, some needed now, and others as more future prevention. The other company only gave me one option, $4k.

So now there are squirrel traps on my roof and in my attic. They leave them open (un set) for a few days to let the squirrels get comfortable getting food from them for a few days, and then set them to catch them. I was able to get some pictures today, enjoy! (click on one to see it close-up).

This Bird is Driving me Crazy!!!

This Damn Bird is driving me crazy, it perches itself on the heat exhaust on my roof, and taps on it like a wood pecker. The noise reverberates throughout the house. Morning, Noon, and Night!!! I cought him on Video today!

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George Viener - Reading's Person of the Week!

My Dad, George Viener, was recently highlighted in Reading's local newspaper as the person of the week for his volunteer work as a YES mentor for "at risk" children.  Here is the article (click on it for a larger view)

Addison's First Blog - BobsGameBlog.com

It was a very special moment for me this weekend.   Addison approached me and asked me if I could show him how to program an online game.   Apparently he has been working on some designs for weapons for his game.& nbsp; I told Addison that I don't know how to program at this point, but I do know how to setup websites and blogs and he decided he wanted to launch a game blog where people could visit and play online games.

I walked Addison through the steps to setting up his own Blog, and taught him how to find game widgets and post them to his blog, the result is fantastic!  Addison (or I guess we should call him Bob now), has launched his first website / blog called Bob's Game Blog (www.bobsgameblog.com).

This morning before school we found that he had designed a flyer to pass out to tell his friends about the new site .  Take a look, and try some of the games, I am sure you will be impressed.   I actually found myself playing some of the games over the weekend.   The space invaders, asteroids, and pac man game brought back some very fond memories of my childhood, and the new Flash Element game is nothing less than addictive.

Take a look at the site, tell your kids and your friends, because I am sure Addison will be checking the stats often.   Play a few games and let him know what you think!   Also, don't forget to leave a present for the Pig!