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Progress on all fronts
Alright, news first:
For those who may be reading this and not on my Facebook account, my wife is a couple months pregnant! Due date is Oct. 19. We're having a human; that's all we know right now.
House projects have kicked into gear with the impending doom of my free time and sanity birth. I've finally cleaned up a totally useless-to-me sandbox ( Read more... ) -
Video Game Backlog - 2009 Year in Review
This year flew by at lightening pace. I don't even know where any of that time possibly could have gone. Working too hard, and free time was filled with things that are not video games OR updating Livejournal, I guess.
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Weekend Warrior, Part IV
The primary work space available was a horse barn. While being a very spacious area, it has absolutely no expectation of human inhabitance. While the sun in still in the sky, it can be seen clearly between every board along each wall. This boded poorly for my circulation during a harsh winter month that I was to be working ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Warrior, Part III
When last we left our intrepid hero, he was extolling the virtues of recycled building materials...As you might imagine, this was a coup in price and product. Where a custom frame and a piece of plexi-glass would run in time and materials upwards of eighty dollars each, these "lids" were found for less than one-hundred fifty dollars for eight of ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Warrior, Part II
A cold frame, in the most basic of terms, a small-scale greenhouse. Though a number of styles exist, it is typically a rectangular box made of wood. The box is slanted, higher in the back than the front, and angled to face the south in a spot that receives as much sunlight as possible ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Warrior
There is a community farm located near my house that I learned about through researching the Slow Foods concept. I have volunteered to help there a few hours almost every week. This is the fourth month I've been there, off and on due to weather and health. I decided to update with this space with those adventures to illustrate what I've done and ( Read more... ) -
DEFCON SQUIRREL - COMMENCE!
We have created a perimeter on the addition.
Traps are set.
We have an expert on the job.
He is paid by the squirrel.
We expect... results. -
Ironically, I wasn't trying to participate...
But then she mistook my devious comment as participation, so I felt obliged to answer.
Meme rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Do me next."
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. If I already know you well, expect the questions to be a little more intimate.
3. You will update your blog with the answers ( Read more... ) -
Vices... Vice-Grips? Coincidence, I think not.
I get a euphoric high from getting new tools. Construction tools, kitchen tools, painting tools, it makes no difference. Specialized equipment for various interests and hobbies are where it is at for me. That means I get the same buzz from Home Depot or Lowes Home Improvement as I do from Bed, Bath & Beyond, Crate and Barrel, or A.C. Moore Crafts ( Read more... ) -
In which I fulfill textual obligations
Post Christmas and depths of January I think we all need a bit of cheering up. So... Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.
From a few people already, so here's me passing along the love.
Edit- I'm super busy until Sat, so don't expect a reply until then. I want to ( Read more... )