Mosquito's Swan Song

'Was recently sitting out on the dock at the Birdhouse and the Thermacell kept us from being eaten alive...again. Florida's Withlacoochee River can serve up the little biters with the best of 'em. A great first or second line of defense. There's just never enough of these special evenings with family and friends. No need to let them be ruined by the bugs.

Product data on their website says "repels 98% of Mosquitos". It's always that darn 2%! Yeah...we did have a second line of defense with the Cutters, and the pain level of a couple of bites suffered by the group was kept to a manageable level with good 'ole rum & coke.

Thermacell is packaging these "applicances" is several forms. They include the patio lanterns that have a little more aesthetic appeal to the ladies rather than the camo for the turkey hunters. About 12 hours of protection. Refills about $5 at WalMart.

Dynamic Duo

Pandora.com & the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. Pandora is a free internet music service that will serve up fresh-n-FREE music with artist and genre channels that you define. It was developed by the Music Genome Project. The Squeezebox Duet is a multi-room music controller that that will let you stream music from your hard drive, premium music sources like Pandora and Rhapsody, and internet radio stations.

There is an excellent YouTube video on the Squeezebox Duet that may be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64HwO6bxRro . The MSRP is about $400. Be advised that the setup can be challenging for the non-tech savvy and that the interface menus have been criticized and could be better. 'Suggest keeping a close watch on this product and wait until the next upgrade comes out. It's getting rave reviews now and the next iteration will be "THE ONE".
I set up a Jack Johnson station on Pandora.....'still wowed!