Aboot
Swashbuckling, Atlanta-area, Technology Program Manager. I brew beer, play drums, run a little bit, and try not to under-achieve. I have people skills.
Vegas: Robbed
Spent last week at CES in Vegas. For those of you who don’t know, the letters CES stand for 35 Football Fields Of Flat Screens and/or Mobile Accessories. This story, however, is about what happened after I got home from CES.
Read More...146 Days Later
Russ arrived at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. As I had done nearly every single weekend since March, and Russ probably a dozen or more times himself, we set about working on the deck.
Read More...Premature deck announcement (aka – SINKHOLIO)
So … we\’re going to put a new deck on our house. I originally planned a big announcement (which really just means a long blog post with lots of capital letters), but I\’ve come to realize if I try to plan something to completion, I will spend the rest of my life in the planning [...]
Read More...Let there be light
This is part of the Home Improvening series. Several weeks ago, we purchased a new light for our entryway to replace the 1980s smoked-glass-and-brass nightmare that had been hanging there since, well, the 1980s. My plan last week was to devote all of Saturday to \”opening the yard,\” wherein I mow, edge, weed (and feed), [...]
Read More...Surprise Bender
Ever find yourself on an accidental bender? Not a planned bender like a bachelor party, or a music festival, or even an out of town wedding weekend. No, I\’m talking about a random series of parties / events / personal influences that arrange themselves, almost cosmically, in such a way that you suddenly find yourself [...]
Read More...Pre-gutter-installation: a footnote
Do you like how Gia and I are scheduled to get new gutters tomorrow? Do you like how Georgia will likely get just under five thousand inches of rain the day before tomorrow? DO YOU LIKE IT?! I know, I know. Georgia needs rain more than Atlanta needs public transportation. I\’d like to think Gia [...]
Read More...Fat garbage
On Saturday, I came very close to completing the front redecking project. It looks … marginal. It was a quick fix (despite the 14 month turnaround) for a quickly deteriorating portion of our house, and I accomplished my main goal, which was to reinforce the rickety steps. But, as with any home improvement project, it [...]
Read More...What is it called when you have ADHD, but you\’re also criminally lazy?
What is it with starting projects and letting them fester for a year before completion? Painting my office took me over three months. Painting the closet doors from said office took me almost two years. Just a couple weekends ago I went through the last couple boxes of junk in the garage that were put [...]
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