Archive for the 'life' Category
Steaming Pile
There is a steaming pile of filth in my backyard and I could not be happier.
That’s because the steaming pile isn’t a giant turd: it’s a heap of compost, and the steam indicates the lawn and leaf waste, along with vegetable scraps and coffee grounds I throw in every week, is beginning to cook down. [...]
Overheard in Philly
Last week I got a lesson in stereotyping AND experienced some of the best overheard in Philly ever. Let me set the scene:
Sam and I were on a packed 13 trolley last week. It was standing room only, and even then when new passengers boarded, we had to suck in our guts and try to [...]
A Valentine’s Day Shower
I don’t know why I’m up so early this Sunday morning. Maybe it was the cat jumping on my head at 7:15. Maybe it was the sun streaming in my window.
Or maybe, just maaaaaybe…. it’s the fact that we finished tiling the shower yesterday, and all that’s left is for me to grout the tile, [...]
Light at the End of the Tunnel
We’ve finished about 75% of the tiling. I have a single course to lay out, some tile to chisel off (design change, not structural), and then we finish the wall the spigots poke out of. With luck, I’ll get to shower in my own house for the first time since last Thursday, February 4. [...]
Read More..>>Bring. It. On.
We’re in the beginnings of Snowpocalypse: The Return right now, but frankly I’m ready to be underwhelmed. Yeah, Philadelphia finally has a right to complain about the snow (Philly generally panics when as little as an inch is predicted), but as a native New Englander, I’m kinda used to big snowfalls. And while Philadelphia [...]
Read More..>>Man Yells At Dog
We have a snow day here in Philadelphia, so I’m home from work, as I no doubt will be by Wednesday as well if the prediction of Blizzard: the Return is accurate. By any standard, two feet and change in a single storm is a pile, and with an extra foot or more on [...]
Read More..>>Real Life
Sorry for the paucity of postings. I generally don’t blog on the weekend, and I have been much too caught up in real life to pay all that much attention to the frivolousness that we call “US politics.”
But let me give you a quick update.
We finished our bathroom floor, and we’re now collecting [...]
Apologies…
I just fired up the blog for the first time in a few days and saw Kinmo’s posting hoping that I’m OK. That’s what happens when you stop posting for awhile. I apologize for dropping off the face of the internets, but I’ve been pretty busy doing things in the physical world.
I’m fine [...]
4:30 at the ER
I have chronic asthma, and yesterday I made the stupid mistake of leaving my inhaler at work. I knew I should have turned around and grabbed it before leaving, but I was pretty sure I had enough in the extra one I have at home. Big mistake.
So I called up CVS and tried to [...]
It’s My 39th Birthday
Tim Kelly sent me this one, which pretty much captures how my head felt at 3:00 AM this morning. What’s weird is I didn’t really drink a lot last night, so maybe I had a pre-hangover?
Here’s what the birthday card I made for myself:
