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Author Archives: Phenix JiRa
Feeding Chickens & Cleaning the Coop
This two-part video series covers a wonderful morning with the chickens while I learned a lesson or seventeen. I left the water out all night and it froze up solid and they don’t eat cabbage very quickly and leaving it … Continue reading
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Tagged Chickens, Coop, Crazy Chicks, Video
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Passive Aggressive Supervisors Who Hate People
Have you ever worked with a passive aggressive supervisor that your employer would not or could not fire? That has happened to me along with other co-workers who all complained of an abusive relationship with our supervisor. In this particular … Continue reading
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Tagged Passive Aggressive, Supervisors, Video, Workplace Environment
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Weekend Chickens – March 6th
First Egg, New Perches, Pecking Order There were a few videos posted this weekend primarily because Spit Fire had her very own “first egg video” just like Trinity (spoiler alert… Miss Cloud’s video is coming out next weekend). In this … Continue reading
Existing Beyond Death
What happens to us after we die? Does our consciousness continue or do we face oblivion in a vacuum of nothingness? What about reincarnation? Just some random thought that popped into my head one afternoon and I thought I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness, Death, Life after death, Oblivion, Reincarnation, Video
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And They’re Off – Mlou Poem
The newest poetry video series focuses around animals and nature. The first video in the set to come out is calle And They’re Off.It is written by Mary Lou HealyRead by Phenix JiRA
Weekend Chickens – February 24th
Cooing Chickens & an Upside Down Day In the first video for this weekend, I did the morning ‘chicken chores’ backwards and the ladies took full advantage! I spent my usual relaxing morning trying to get them back into the … Continue reading
Making Great Tasting Beef Tallow
Michael shows us an easy method for rendering beef fat in order to make great tasting beef tallow. In another video he created bone broth which contributed to the creation of the tallow! In a future video, we create beef … Continue reading
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Tagged Beef Tallow, Cooking, Michael Mad Scientist, Video
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Choosing to Forget – Trauma or Pride
In this video I go over the way humans can ‘choose’ to forget day-to-day events or chores as well as things from the past. Sometimes we simply forget things but then there are moments when we block past events out … Continue reading
Paint n Roll – Yahtzee w/Buddies
In this 3-part series, I take us through an entire Paint n Roll season to the very end where we customize a new dice set. Check out the 3 videos for ‘how’ it’s done and see if you would have … Continue reading
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Tagged Paint N Roll, Phone Gaming, Video, Yahtzee with Buddies
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Crazy Chicks Meet Mr. Squirrel
… The Musical … Today we had a visitor who shook things up a bit. This video is all chickens, music and a little bit of a little squirrel that nearly had a chicken land on him.
Pecking Order Has Begun
Spit Fire is trying to get everyone in trouble today! It’s wet and slushy and gross but I find a lap chicken, record a video with my chin, watch Trinity fly at a squirrel, & get the flock block! This … Continue reading
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Tagged Chickens, Flock Block, Miss Cloud, pecking order, Spit Fire, Squirrel, Video
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Beef Bones for Chickens
Today I TRIED to introduced beef bones to the chickens and they weren’t all that happy about it. We also see some of the first ‘witnessed’ pecking order moments for the ladies. Miss Cloud is stepping up and giving Trinity … Continue reading
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The Derby – Yahtzee w/Buddies
This is the Derby section of Yahtzee with Buddies! What is a derby, you ask? Well, it’s a horse race… several of them! 😉 In this video, we play with and without commentary.
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All White Underwear Movie Scene
In this first video for That Thought, I bring up a movie scene I can’t seem to forget that was in a movie I can’t seem to remember. The absurdity of the scene still bugs me to this day but … Continue reading
Picture Cross Detailed Tutorial
In this video I go over the basic instructions for Picture Cross and even show how to complete an easy puzzle in the process. As we move along during the tutorial, we get into hard and ultimately super hard puzzles. … Continue reading
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Tagged BtS, Phone Gaming, Picture Cross, Tutorial, Video
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