Chez FLOG subordinate shill-in-chief Eric Reynolds notes a long profile of house genius Joe Sacco today in the Oregonian.
The Oregonian has a non-PII demographic thingy you click through, and at least for me, insited on throwing up a print dialog on accessing this page; you may wish to print, given that the article is seven pages long as broken up for web publication.
My final weekend count of Home Depot visits appears to be five.
It’s unclear if this should remain an index or a high point. I would prefer to plan the jaunts and execute them once per weekend on Saturdays at 8 am.
As I stood in the sun on our shaggy lawn yesterday, I thought, ‘Perhaps I should mow it today instead of Sunday – after all, it is the rainy season.’
I dismissed this as an idle thought which was distracting me from other chores and decided to stick to my plan.
I awakened this morning to the soothing sound of steady winter rain.
Today, I put my newfound knowledge to use in the service of self-pauperization, and now own one each of the appliances featured in the previous blog entry.
Also today, I found a child’s folding lace fan and the jawbone of a dog (?) in the yard. Pics to come, but I post via bluetooth from the porch. Which reminds me, Viv’s hard at work sterilizing the massive mold zone of one of the two inherited refrigerators – I should get to work!
This Yesterday evening, I have learned about washers, and also dryers, and furthermore, about lawnmowers!
One thing I have taken away from my studies is this: appliance prices appear to be tracking the housing market’s rise.
Things muses on relics and repositories, with a side of chocolates. The web is like a box of chocolates, you can’t stop until you realize you’ve had too much.
The Shemp Meditation Tape, from the longtime geniuses at WFMU, via one Dr. Alice Dee.
Alice, who loves ya, baby?
Oh man. It’s frickin’ spiritual, OK?
stacey’s finally done it – I am totally jealous of her brand-new very-old letterpress! All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid was set frickin’ type, and the goddamn computer blew the jobs right out of the water. Man! I can’t wait to play with this thing!
I’d better get some kinda insurance as a motor-driven letterpress is a great way to lose a finger or break an arm, and for some reason, I find myself drinking whenever I go over there. But damn! What a deal!
This weekend, Tom mentioned that Bloglines and NetNewsWire work well together. I had no idea. The key is that you read the bloglines-hosted (redirected?) feeds instead of the feeds directly from the original providers. Hm.
The online help topic at Ranchero, “How to Use Bloglines with NetNewsWire,” covers this. Imagine that! Reading the manual to learn how to use a softwares!
In other issues, did AVG can the free version? I cain’t lay hand to hide upon it.
Another day, another meeting at the house. This time the contractor, an electrician, did not show up. We walked Karel through the house as well and he will be giving us a painting estimate. We’re also waiting on a full-boat contractor’s estimate that includes all of the work we need done.
I have noticed that since Saturday, I have used over half a tank of gas. Normally a tank lasts me a month.