{"id":12905,"date":"2012-05-28T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12905"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:56:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T23:56:23","slug":"kvetching-about-spuds-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/28\/kvetching-about-spuds-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Kvetching About Spuds No More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike the successfully rescued caterpillar named Houdini from a couple of days ago, this unfortunate Jerusalem Cricket (or Potato Bug) did not live to see another day of burrowing on the dirt. He was found next to the Tapias&#8217; pool during our Memorial Day barbecuing, a bit wet, but looking none the worse for wear. None of us could explain how he climbed out of the pool, crawled a few feet away and then just died upside down.\u00a0We knew it must have been recent, though, since it was still posable. I placed it in the dirt amongst some leaves just in case we were wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12905]\"><img data-attachment-id=\"12906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/28\/kvetching-about-spuds-no-more\/jerusalem-cricket-05-28-12-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338214006&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jerusalem Cricket 05-28-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12906\" title=\"Jerusalem Cricket 05-28-12 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jerusalem-Cricket-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike the successfully rescued caterpillar named Houdini from a couple of days ago, this unfortunate Jerusalem Cricket (or Potato Bug) did not live to see another day of burrowing on the dirt. He was found next to the Tapias&#8217; pool during our Memorial Day barbecuing, a bit wet, but looking none the worse for wear. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/28\/kvetching-about-spuds-no-more\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3m9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12887,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/28\/memorial-barbecue\/","url_meta":{"origin":12905,"position":0},"title":"Memorial Barbecue","date":"May 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Drove down to Sylvia and Rodrigo's house for a Memorial Day barbecue in their backyard. Sylvia's parents also came by for the meet and greet and eat. Rodrigo was, of course, in charge of the actual barbecuing while Sylvia took care of the saut\u00e9ed onions and mushrooms along with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Food&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Barbecue01-05-28-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1924,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/09\/23\/picking-up-pool-supplies\/","url_meta":{"origin":12905,"position":1},"title":"Picking Up Pool Supplies","date":"September 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Picked up some pool cleaning supplies with Rodrigo ahead of the pool party Sylvia will have tomorrow for her girlfriends and their kids. Then helped him clean the pool.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PoolSupplies-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1255,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/08\/15\/pool-and-nacho-birthday-party-at-the-tapias\/","url_meta":{"origin":12905,"position":2},"title":"Pool and Nacho Birthday Party at the Tapias","date":"August 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent the afternoon into the night at the Tapias' house for a pool\/nacho\/birthday party with Tommy, Alex, Jos\u00e9, Rosi and Lebhouise and Jay's family and friends.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2062,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/09\/27\/pool-party-at-the-tapias-on-the-hottest-day-of-the-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":12905,"position":3},"title":"Pool Party At The Tapias On The Hottest Day Of The Year","date":"September 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Rodrigo picked me up on his way home from working at a client's office in Sorrento Valley. Randy dropped me off at home on his way back to Orange County.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4731,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/02\/01\/back-to-the-hippo\/","url_meta":{"origin":12905,"position":4},"title":"Hippo Replacement","date":"February 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For my milestone 500th blog post, I took my mom to see the baby hippo, now six days old, at the San Diego Zoo. Got extremely lucky that Funani, the mother, decided to move out of the water \u00a0and onto the dirt. 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