P
Read the rest of “With apologies to Yeats”
posted 6 days, 12 hours ago on Tuesday, Dec the 30th 2008
Past Mumbling
I
n trying to do my part to
bail out our economy, I've graciously allowed my debit / check / bank / credit card number to be stolen and abused by a random person in Florida. They tried to buy something for $900 from a Wal-Mart...
Read the rest of “I am the Every Man”
posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago on Tuesday, Dec the 16th 2008
I
t's not as if there aren't
myriad other interesting things to blather on about, but I've become fairly bad at making the time to ramble about those things here.
Ah well. I posted a few photos of the construction work at the new office. ...
Read the rest of “Windows to my soul”
posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago on Thursday, Dec the 11th 2008
W
hen, in the course of human
events, one finds that opening the refrigerator at work presents them with the odor of a very fresh, very large Sharpie marker, one must breath deeply of the need to clean the fridge.
Or grab a Mt. Dew and back...
Read the rest of “Lettuce hope for the best”
posted 2 months ago on Wednesday, Nov the 5th 2008
I
'm not going to call it senility
-- maybe just diminished capacity. I had the toothpaste un-capped, raised, and was squeezing a nice dollop onto the palm of my hand before realizing I didn't want minty-fresh hair.
Occasionally I go in to the bathroom to take...
Read the rest of “AARP Poster Child”
posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago on Friday, Oct the 17th 2008
S
o last night I was leaving
work around 8:30 and meandering out of the parking deck when I saw a tiny beast dart under a parked van. The creature looked like it would make for a tasty snack on the drive home, so I...
Read the rest of “Support the Quartering Act!”
posted 3 months, 1 week ago on Tuesday, Sep the 30th 2008
J
ust uploaded a few photos
from our tiny flood the other day. The village survived relatively unscathed, and I rode my bike around taking pictures as I don't think I'll see this much rain again for a while. There were a lot...
Read the rest of “Flood Insurance”
posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wednesday, Sep the 17th 2008
R
ight now the gulf coast,
specifically the Texas coastline, is getting pummeled by hurricane Ike. I believe it was a Category 2 storm at landfall, which isn't historical, but the diameter of the thing is immense. Suffice to say, it's another reminder...
Read the rest of “Smaller states of emergency”
posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Sunday, Sep the 14th 2008
I
n a completely un-subtle
stretch to tie some photos I took last night to the work being done on the church ceiling, I managed to come up with a nicely hackneyed title.
I do it all for you.
This guy has been hanging out in...
Read the rest of “The Metamorphosis”
posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Thursday, Sep the 11th 2008
I
t only took me three years,
but the glacial pace of remodeling the church finally got me to cry "uncle." I've finished putting up maybe about 30-40% of the ceiling planks, and one night reached the Ralph Nadir of despair. I climbed off...
Read the rest of “Vindication! (maybe just validation)”
posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago on Tuesday, Sep the 9th 2008
T
his post is rated "G" for
"Guys Will Cringe." You've been warned.
I've told this story a few times now, and I find that I dress it up with a bit of drama and tension. I'm not sure I need to do that here,...
Read the rest of “The Sad Sack, or The Grapes of Wrath”
posted 4 months, 1 week ago on Monday, Aug the 25th 2008
T
here used to be a time, several
years ago when I had risen above the plebeian desire for television and only watched DVDs. It allowed me to snobbishly dismiss all the lowly folks who still needed their fix of mindless channel surfing. "Did you...
Read the rest of “Hang low, thy honorless head.”
posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago on Thursday, Aug the 21st 2008
I
just uploaded a new set
of photos, the second to last batch from our 2006 Spring Break driving bonanza. It's a batch that covers our day driving across Nevada on Route 50, which many maps refer to as the Loneliest Road in...
Read the rest of “50 is the loneliest number”
posted 5 months ago on Friday, Aug the 8th 2008
I
'm well on my way to becoming
a pirate. Due to an eye infection that took hold a few weeks ago, I can't get a new prescription for contacts or glasses, and instead have to wear my 483 year old Ben-Franklin era yellowed-lens spectacles. ...
Read the rest of “Adventures in mediocrity”
posted 5 months ago on Tuesday, Aug the 5th 2008
I
t's been a while since I've
spent an evening like this. I've wrestled with some mysterious stomach ailment for a number of years, but in the last two it's been somewhat under control. I'm sure I'm due to visit some sort of expert...
Read the rest of “Two cookies and call me in the morning”
posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago on Wednesday, Jul the 23rd 2008
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Why does something sound delicious at Kroger but repugnant at home?
In a similar vein ...
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2 weeks, 6 days ago
Did you know that only the Walmarts in Florida sell wheels and tires for Minis ...
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2 weeks, 6 days ago
Björked?
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3 weeks, 1 day ago
Comments are now... un-borked?
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3 weeks, 3 days ago
Clearly my writing has struck a chord with the Ascending Numeric demographic.
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3 weeks, 3 days ago
Ahhh...FOURTH!!
This is fun.
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3 weeks, 4 days ago
Fantastic.
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THIRD!!!
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3 weeks, 4 days ago
Do I need to tighten up my spam filter?
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FIRST!!!
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Caught on Film
Part of “Christmas!”
12 concerned photos
taken
on Dec. 28, 2008
During our Christmas with the in-laws, I took a nice between-meal nap. During the nap, it appears someone took my camera and abused it. They got some great photos, and ...
Part of “New Windows”
10 hefty photos
taken
on Dec. 30, 2008
It's getting down to the last bit of demo and removal work, and we're even seeing some things being built back up. Smells like... PROGRESS.
Part of “New Windows”
10 rebellious photos
taken
on Dec. 18, 2008
Work continues to tear out the old windows & framing to make room for the fancy new ones being delivered. It's been pretty cold work, and it's only going to ...
Part of “New Windows”
13 vague photos
taken
between Dec. 9, 2008 & Dec. 11, 2008
The first significant construction work on the new office. We're pulling out all the current windows and putting in larger edge-to-edge replacements. It should get things back closer to the ...
Part of “Eddie the Idiot (and other feline follies)”
13 sullen photos
taken
on Sept. 29, 2008
Last night I found a kitten running around the parking deck by my office. He was so tiny and cute and pathetic I called my wife to ask whether we ...
Part of “Exterior”
7 distorted photos
taken
on Sept. 18, 2008
We finally started some work on the old/new office. We're pouring a slab about 10 ft X 90 ft along the east edge of the building. Since there are cisterns ...
Part of “Church in Progress”
11 enticing photos
taken
on Sept. 18, 2008
Here's the first set of shots from the ceiling after several days of work by the Ceiling Ninjas, aka Wood Master Mike and his trusty sidekick Brock. Their work gets ...
Part of “Local Flavor”
25 offensive photos
taken
on Sept. 14, 2008
The Gulf Coast sent the remnants of Hurricane Ike our way. We didn't suffer much beyond flooded basements, but it made for a surreal bike ride around town.
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