So yeah, haven't done much serious posting ANYWHERE of late. And i guess there's a reason for that: for many years, I hated the self-aggrandizing crowing of people online, from the "FRIEND ME!" nonsense of Facebook and Twitter (the former then becoming more oppressive with the trivial minutia of these so-called 'friends' day to day life) plus the ( Read more... )

Great googly moogly ( Read more... )

It occurred to me last night that I don't really have a whole lotta Irish in me.  Just a bit from my Dad.  But Mom always made sure we wore green on 3/17, so I blame her for my mindless devotion to the date ( Read more... )

Today I decided I wanted to hit a Tandy Leather store, to buy some leather for my upcoming hat project.  So I checked my directions and headed out.  Then, before I got very far, I thought "Hm, better call ahead & check their hours".... Got Directory Assistance, got connected.... no answer ( Read more... )

Really.  Nothing going on.
We had a window guy in on Wednesday.  fancy ass windows.  But jerk didn't leave us with anything written down.  So eff him.

Two window people coming today.

Why are the window people way more responsive than the paint people?   I asked for paint people to come... no-one has.  The one scheduled one never showed (and none of ( Read more... )

Why is it, every damned time I turn around, I find something that needs to be fixed? Tonight we set off the fire alarm, because there is no vent hood over the stove, and the one in the wall has been dead for a good 20 years, I'm sure ( Read more... )

So, first, we'd gotten a notice that our water meter needed repair. At 8:15 I called the DPW to find out the deal. She said she'd call back. Instead, at 9am, a DPW electrician guy showed up. He crawled underneath, checked it out, and had the repair done in 10 minutes. The little transmitter wasn't transmitting ( Read more... )

Things to NOT use your sewing machine on ( Read more... )

The problem with the internet is that you have no idea the age of the people you're talking too ( Read more... )

I haz a happeee!

Old shelves with ugly contact paper in linen closet were removed. Pretty clean white melamine boards were cut to fit and put into linen closet. Thus allowing THREE MORE BOXES TO BE UNPACKED!

And the Ranger wondered why replacing the closet shelves were on my Must Do list....

TWENTY MINUTES LATER....Well, things WERE going very ( Read more... )