http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Out standing in my field en-US 2009-08-07T17:54:18-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/08/sting-operation.html T’was a glorious morning in Candiland. I gazed out the window at the verdant fields, lush green trees, and family of bunnies nibbling on pompoms of clover, grateful for the low humidity and cheeky sun. I sighed a “life doesn’t... Candi Byrne 2009-08-07T17:54:18-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/08/food-fright.html One of the perks of working for the American Conservation Film Festival is that I get to see a lot of films that will almost never make it to your neighborhood multiplex. Some may see limited release, may even make... Candi Byrne 2009-08-01T11:52:50-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/kitty-litter.html I awoke this morning to the sounds of the undead clawing their way out of the confines of earth. I stumbled to the kitchen ready to do battle with any poltergeist unfortunate enough to float between me and Mr. Coffee's... Candi Byrne 2009-07-19T18:49:54-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/dog-house.html I've always wanted to be an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile driver, tooling around the country in an iconic and enormous replica of a tube of processed smoked animal parts. It's a hugely competitive position, with a rigorous series of essay-writing and... Candi Byrne 2009-07-18T10:56:23-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/bill-collector.html "'Bank of America" is false advertising--it should be "Bank of America Except for West Virginia". I hope they use some of their TARP money to build a branch that I don't have to cross state lines to patronize, because I... Candi Byrne 2009-07-06T15:44:48-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/front-and-center.html I hope you are never in a situation to see either one of my children at work; my son is a DC fire department rescue squad guy, and my daughter a patient care technician at a Johns Hopkins hospital. They... Candi Byrne 2009-06-23T17:11:56-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/cluck-u.html I am going whole hog with this farm thing; I'm fixin' to get me some chickens. Not just your average KFC- bound birds, but funky chickens like the Silver Polish which had to be the inspiration for some of Dr.... Candi Byrne 2009-06-08T17:07:17-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/garden-of-weedin.html As I was tending my garden of indigenous plants--a particularly virulent form of Virginia Creeper...more like Virginia Sprinter, and a bumper crop of weedus giantus--I bent down to pick up a piece of mottled plastic wrapper that I just knew... Candi Byrne 2009-06-01T05:01:09-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/turducken.html "What is that?!" That's usually the first thing visitors to the farm say when coming face-to-ugly face with Ralph. I thought he was an escapee from the Jurassic Park set, with his pterodactyl-like wing span and reptilian feet. You see... Candi Byrne 2009-05-26T17:40:29-07:00 http://candiland.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/machine-shop.html Silly former city slicker that I am, I thought that the Tractor Supply Store sold, um, supplies for tractors. The non-ambiguous name along with a parking lot full of John Deere gear helped fool me. Turns out they're hiding all... Candi Byrne 2009-04-15T16:56:32-07:00