The last couple Sundays I've had to pop a combination of Claritin and Tylenol just to get through the first half of the day. Rolling boulders around the yard and breathing in a toxic measure of pollen can really do a number on this ol' boy anymore.

Saturday's main project was to build another raised flowerbed on the north side of the house, and to ( Read more... )

I couldn't have ended my day on a more satisfying note.  My body is sore, and aching, but I have a lot to show for it.

My yard has been nothing but a shitty mess since the day I moved in.  Eroding clay shoved in by the excavators I contracted to dig my basement.  Before planting seed, I've wanted to have a load of topsoil delivered so I could spread ( Read more... )

I'm sitting outside at the picnic table enjoying one last cigarette before the start of my day, when out from the warehouse comes this obnoxious lizard of a woman (by which I mean "obese lesbian") who starts ranting on about a personal dispute regarding a couple of fish.  Her voice echoes inside my head as she blabbers on and on to the girl at the ( Read more... )