Today was strictly a Home Depot day (ok, Lowes, but that’s because Big Orange didn’t have the shelf brackets we needed).
Amy’s been bugging me to put shelves up in the laundry room to store all of her (aways expanding) supply of cake making junk. Finally, over the course of the week Amy cleaned out the Laundry room so that we would have some room to work, and we set out for these brackets and a supply of 2×4’s to go along with them.
Assembly was surprisingly easy, and I’m happy with the finished product. As an added bonus, I was able to give Tony a valid excuse for not putting up the shelves that Erika’s been after for him to put up in their place, since he couldn’t use my saw this weekend (and actually buying one of his own is unthinkable).
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March 7th, 2009 | Category: Life | Comments (1)
With the end of even the crop damage season, it was the perfect time to go down to the farm and turn some trees into firewood for next year and do some cleaning/reorganizing. Of course, no trip down there is complete without fire and shooting things. (pictures after the break) More »
March 2nd, 2009 | Category: Life | Comments (1)
Remove BOTH plastic bags containing the innards before placing in the oven (details and pictures inside).
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November 27th, 2008 | Category: Life | Comments (2)
One of my earliest memories is going to Pointer Ridge Elementary school (I think that’s where we went? If I got the place wrong, I’m sure Mom will correct me – maybe she’ll also share who she voted for – my bet’s on Mondale) with my mother on election day to vote. The year was 1984 and I had just started Kindergarten 2 months before. I remember asking her when we were going to find out who won, and being positively amazed that they could count the votes for every single person in the whole entire country OVERNIGHT (!) and be able to tell us who won. I remember the Washington Post arriving at the house the next morning and marveling at the fact that, yes, it told us who the next president was going to be (probably not my first indication that there’s something to this “Your mother is always right” stuff).
Anyhow, 24 years and 4 Presidents later, I’m getting ready to leave the house and cast my vote for president in person on election day (I voted absentee in 2000 and 2004, being in Blacksburg and Norfolk those two years). Since that first Presidential election, the story has always been about the apathy of the American voter, and how turnout is always abysmally low. This year, things are going to change. I heard a story this morning while listening to WTOP that there were over 100 people in line at the polling place that they were at (30 minutes before their 0600 opening), and the first man in line had been there since 0330. So much for voter apathy!
Time for me to find a tie, put on my shoes and head out the door to VOTE. I heartily suggest that you do the same at some point today. Polls in MD open in 1 hour!
(My EC prediction: Obama 338, McCain 200 – make your predictions in the comments field, and the closest to the final results will win a prize)
November 4th, 2008 | Category: Life | Comments (2)
It’s been a while since I’ve updated.
Since 9/12, I’ve met with the State’s Attorney, and learned that someone that witnessed the incident called 911 and apparently confirms my side of the story (thank God for random strangers!).
Sadly, it goes downhill from there. Geico sent me a letter denying my claim, based on conflicting stories and “insufficient evidence”.
Details inside.
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October 14th, 2008 | Category: Stupid people | Comments (4)
So, headed to Costco with Alexander after work today, and traffic was locked up tight. I finally get to the intersection where I need to turn left, and lo and behold, there are 2 (two!) lanes turning left to choose from. I hang back a little bit, wait for the car in from of me to select his lane and when he chooses the left lane, I opt for the right. Unfortunately, Mr. Honda Pilot (hereafter referred to as MHP) behind me, didn’t like that as he was hoping to get one car closer to the front by passing me on the right. Thwarted by my selection of the right lane, MHP decides to swing out into the leftmost lane going straight and pull up beside me and berate me for my selection of lane. Mindful of the fact that I had a 5 year old on the car, and not wanting to cause trouble, I shrugged at the guy and proceeded to stare straight ahead…
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September 12th, 2008 | Category: Stupid people | Comments (4)
Pictures from camping with Jenny and Mark over Labor Day weekend at Susquehanna State Park near Havre de Grace, MD.
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September 12th, 2008 | Category: Life | Comments (2)
So, as is usually the case, when someone does me wrong, I write about it here so we can laugh at the foolishness of others.
Some of you may remember the miserable experience that Tony and I had selling our house in Norfolk back in 2005-2006. Part of my post I recommended that people not use Rande Mason as their realtor. Now, 2 years after the fact, a “Mike Mason” commented here and in further explaining my experience has now threatened to sue me for telling my side of the story.
Read the whole story here.
Edit to add:
I found Mike’s website – check it out, if you’re into blinding, headache inducing flash animations. Based on his resume starting in 2003, I’m going to guess that someone has a case of the sour grapes because I’m saying that his mommy is a bad realtor.
Also, I’ll drop a plug here for Brendon Spear, the greatest realtor in the universe here too. He helped us buy our house up here in Odenton, and we couldn’t have been happier. I guess I learned how to be a “good client” in the last 2 years.
August 24th, 2008 | Category: Stupid people | Comments (4)
So, with the oil consuption on Amy’s car reaching new highs, we decided to finally get rid of it before it died completely and replace it with something that was far less crappy. Since Amy didn’t want anything too big, and I wanted something that was comfortable enough for me to drive so that we didn’t have to take the Tahoe every time the 3 of us went anywhere, there was a very narrow window where our two desires overlapped.
Thus, I give you: the 2009 Toyota Matrix.
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August 20th, 2008 | Category: Life | Leave a comment
