I’ve spent time over the last two days perfecting my Wii Tennis spins and curves. They don’t confuse the computer guys, but they’re a valuable skill to have when playing a human opponent. Not that THAT ever happens, but still… good skill to have, right? I wish I wish I wish I wish there was [...]
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More brickwork
The weather here in southeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday was top shelf, grade A, #1 super terrific happy fun times. Sunny and clear, with a high around 70. We spent a good chunk of Saturday outdoors. The front walkway project came in many square feet less than we bought materials for, so I decided to lay [...]
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Hibiscus flower Originally uploaded by bbhart Flowering plants on our deck!
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There are other happenings besides paver walkway work. In no particular order: We have a new ceiling in our downstairs bathroom! A long, long time ago we had a plumbing problem that required us to tear down part of the ceiling. Greg started the fix a few weeks ago when he squared off the remaining [...]
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Photo: Yahoo!/AFP Photo An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City Bwahahahahaha!! I swiped this from Fark and had to post on it. WTF is wrong with this picture? There’s something odd about these bullets [...]
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It didn’t help that I was sore from day 1, but it’s done now. Day 2 started with putting down the landscaping fabric: Next I tried to figure out a pattern, finally settling on: Unfortunately, once I laid bricks down to the driveway, none of the bricks aligned quite right. To fix it, I put [...]
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The parents are in town. So what do we do when parents are in town? Put them to work on home improvement projects, of course. Greg & Ann dug up stumps, chopped down trees, and renovated a bathroom. Don & Mischele get to help put in a walkway and replace drywall in the ceiling of [...]
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We did more before noon today than we typically do in a month’s worth of weekends. This morning we: Were both showered and ready to leave the house by 8:30am on a Saturday Drove to Philadelphia, found kickass parking on the street, at a meter with 40 minutes left Dealt with a government bureaucracy Drove [...]
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A few notes on this Friday evening: I added this new little Share icon to the blog. Let me know if you use it or if it annoys you. Could be handy, right? Played Call of Duty 2 multiplayer with Mike and some other strangers tonight. I play these games so rarely that I don’t [...]
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Link: cracked: The 9 Most Typecast Actors of All Time Decent starting point for a list of typecast actors. Chris Cooper and Charles Napier should be appended. Other suggestions from a board I frequent include Robin Williams, Joan Cussack, Nicolas Cage, and Fred Thompson. Bonnie Hunt should definitely be on there, too. Who else?
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