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I am beginning to get knowledgable about wood fences. I believe I laid out the current dilemma, which is pay more for "my" fence guy to build a cedar fence, or a lot less for my neighbor's property manager's guy to build one out of treated wood. I bring you more of the continuing saga just in case anyone I know wants or needs to build a new fence ( Read more... )

Very interesting interview with Mary Beard, a British historian, on BLDG BLOG: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/wonders-of-world-interview-with-mary.html . She's editor of a series of books on wonders of the world, written for the ' ( Read more... )

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It was a very good day. The short version is I met up with kargashina and her youngest monkey to go to the art museum (my work has some free passes). One the way we realized it's Saturday andwe're in downtown, so after we went to the farmers' market for food. Then wandered a bit, then to the bus mall to go our separate ways. I needed to get ( Read more... )

Yesterday, slept waaaaay in, puttered around, slowly tidied/cleaned the kitchen, made a good veggie saute with yellow, green, and purple foods, then about 9 or 10 pm went after the bathroom with a vengeance. I was going to do it earlier, but... I figured at least it was the same day, and it would be done, leaving me free to do yardwork Sunday. I ( Read more... )

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Does this really, really surprise anyone? And really, I'm quite happy with this result.

I even change my shoes when I get to work. D'oh.

Your Score: Mister Rogers!

Our test has determined that you possess
20% Hellbentness, 19% Sanguinity, and 34% Creeps!
Well done!


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Some Japanese monks are reroofing their traditional temples with titanium tiles instead of the more traditional clay or copper ( Read more... )

I came home from work at a reasonable hour, went shopping, got and cooked yummy food - a salmon burger from New Seasons (mmmm) and a pretty simple veggie dish from my newest weight watchers cookbook: basically sauteed tomatoes, red onion, and corn, with some fresh basil and white vinegar added at the end with salt and pepper. The vinegar really ( Read more... )