I was actually shaved and dressed before 12 noon today! It is Labor Day, so not at work. I want to try and shave from now on. Although I have jowls, the clean-shaven look is at least more youthful than the white facial hair betrays ( Read more... )

Finished wiki reorg, presentation creation, two training sessions and changes for specifications on a script I support. Worked longer days to do this, but it is finished. One demo ran into some bug, so need to look into that today ( Read more... )

We have a pocket door now: a nice unfinished fir door with a recessed handle and small latch. It is well-balanced and Paul Marteeny did a great job making sure the wall was structured well ( Read more... )

Even though the backroom Laundry Room is in use, we still have related activities ( Read more... )

Yesterday ordered ( Read more... )

I finished my task at home at around 9 p.m. and sent pictures to Paul Marteeny. He arrived this morning: he had seen the photos and felt it was good enough to start working. He said (and I agree) that it is not a load bearing wall but he will make sure the structure has good support when he puts in the pocket. He may be able to keep the drywall ( Read more... )

Yesterday Marisa and I did the preparation for today's operation of removing the drywall (3/8 inch thickness I estimate) that had been layered over the plaster and buried the baseboard ( Read more... )

[x] heavy 3mil plastic bag to put plaster/lath ( Read more... )

This morning read that yet another creative talent around my age has died ( Read more... )

Spent most of the day on Tuesday soaking in what I could from a super fast series of presentations about a new "thing" at work. All of the speakers were difficult to understand (they were all Chinese, from Taiwan) and only seconds were spent on each image. Nevertheless I got to meet with people. Traffic there and back was good because the ( Read more... )