Yeesh…I’ve been nutsoid-busy at work and painting some of the house like a fiend. That’s almost done, and then I can resume my regularly scheduled blogging.
And I’m working on something special, too…
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Painterly
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fade Away and Radiate
Monday, October 1, 2007
Here’s a happy update on my radiator moving extravaganza…
I almost broke my ankle!! Hooray!
I mean, ouch. Thank heavens it’s just a sprain that’s healing quickly. Let me just say that the dude at the scrap metal place was WAY off…some of these things weighed a LOT more than 400 pounds. And [...]
The Brute Squad
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
I’m a little anxious about a particular house-related task coming soon to a weekend near me…
This Saturday morning, my buddies Jake, Dave, and Chris are coming over to help me remove all the radiators from the house…
I’ve been borrowing a reciprocating saw (a genuine Milwaukee Sawzall, at that!) from my friend James, and just about [...]
Pungent cheeses, lamb, beef, and regret.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
It’s been a while since I perused McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, but I was glad to return today, especially after reading this hilarious entry from “The Lonely Sommelier.”
Lawn
Friday, June 8, 2007
Man, I hate mowing the lawn. I always have - since I started at the age of ten on a yard in Bayville NJ that was more gravel than grass. Imagine being marginally taller than the mower handle itself while round pebbles and debris shoot from the back of the mower. You’re [...]
A door.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Today, Jake and Nate were gracious enough to help me hang a new front door. The process took nearly twice as long as I thought it would, but after 3.5 hours, my new front door was up and swinging perfectly with it’s glorious oil-rubbed bronze hardware assembled.
Now I just need to put in some [...]
Ih Crimmis Tam!
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Just a quick note before I head out to a party…
Val and I got our Christmas tree today, and it’s all decorated now! It really feels like home!
Now we have to decorate the rest of the house!
Heat! Well…mostly…
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Woot! Val and I finally have heat in…well, most of our house.
The install finished up last week, and we turned on the system while we were away in Williamsburg over the weekend. We returned, however, to find that the downstairs zone wasn’t actually heating at all…
Long story short, there’s a bad part in [...]
It’s…well…soon to be gettin’ “Hot In Herre” or, “A Tale of Two Heat Pumps”
Thursday, November 2, 2006
So yesterday, Val and I found out we will in fact be able to get our new heating system!!!!
On Monday, November 13th, Goodman Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning will arrive at our house to begin installation work. We’ll be getting a two zone heat pump system with a 2 ton, 14 SEER Trane on [...]
Home and Hearth
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Alright…here’s the story…
Close to two weeks ago, I wanted to check out my furnace before turning the heat on for the first time of the season. So I went down to my basement to discover a small amount of moisture around one of the bottom corners of the furnace. Having had a small [...]
