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This weekend I spent a big chunk of time finishing my little hobby project, a 1910 Estey folding reed organ ( Read more... ) -
Not A Thinker
So, the piano and TV Lift have gone ( Read more... ) -
One More Thing
The latest home-improvement frenzy also includes a new chandelier in the dining room, to replace the one original to the 1931 house.
Before:
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New Family, Continued
So I’ve been discovering my new family, and their history ( Read more... ) -
Another One Bites the Dust
...another home project, that is!
With all the recent goings-on, I’ve forgotten to document the finished stairs/bannister, started last month (I think?)
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Cover Girl
So about a month ago, my good friend Bixxy asked me to be a cover model for the magazine that she’s the managing editor for. It was to be a remote shoot, illustrating the use of Ham radio equipment from the top of a mountain - the theme of the main article of that issue ( Read more... ) -
Stairs are Dangerous
I stabbed the shit out of my hand yesterday.
I was drilling into a piece of the railing that I was holding in my left hand and the drill bit broke - the drill slammed right into the side of my hand where my index finger meets my palm.
I bled like a stuck pig.
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I took apart a chunk of my house.
It started, innocently enough, with a discussion about how the carpet (which had been there since the 90s) was attached to the stairs. That led, as it naturally does (work with me here) to tearing all the carpet OFF the stairs.
It was filthy underneath.
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