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We survived

Snowcapped Home
Originally uploaded by Thom Slattery.

In case you couldn’t tell from the previous posts, we survived our first snowstorm in the new house. While I don’t mind a little physical labor, shoveling 20 inches of snow (no matter how short the driveway) is not a fun Sunday afternoon activiy [...]

LOW @ Bowery Ballroom

Last Monday night I went to the Bowery with one of my sisters (Maureen, if you insist on being so nosey) to see LOW. Aside from it being terribly late for a weekday night (I didn’t get back until 2:something) and terribly expensive to park (i.e. more than the ticket for the show itself), it [...]

That funny bump on my wrist

I’ve had a bump on my wrist for sometime. I believe it is the result of a curse some god has placed on me for once mocking carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injuries as if they were made up by lazy CAD people. I get it. I’m a convert. I, too, accept that growth [...]

Currently blowing me away

Musically speaking:
The Black Keys - 10 A.M. Automatic - Quite possibly the greatest blues/rock song since Led Zeppelin II hit the shelves. I just can’t get enough of the riffs or that soulful chorus. Get it from Fat Possum Records, and then rush out and buy all of their albums!
Feist - Mushaboom - Wow, what [...]

Let there be light!

We didn’t lose electricity or anything, but I am dealing with a 50+ year old house that only has two-prong outlets - the bane of computer geeks all over the world. Of course, once you start pricing out upgrading your electrical wiring, you look around and realize just how few appliances use grounding. And then [...]

It can’t rain all the time

Alrighty then, time for a quick rundown of the BIG MOVE. After all of the packing and painting and signings of last week, the day for us to get all of the furniture and actually start living in our new home came. Saturday morning, Lisa and I got up bright and early to get as [...]

Offline state of mind

A more indepth update will hopefully be forthcoming around lunch time, but the essential information is that although we got the majority of our crap into the new house (thank you family members (Dad, Laura, Carlos, Suzanne, and Alex) and Jeff and Sara) we have no means of communication. I still have to switch the [...]

Brokeback to the Future

As usual, you’ve probably all seen this magnificent parody already. But I still feel the need to mention because I am in awe of how well some of these guys can cut professional looking trailers for fun.

Holy hardwood floors, Batman!

Just a couple days from the big move, and work on the new house is moving along nicely. Saturday we had a lot of help from Bhavna and Ginny (co-workers of mine and Lisa’s, respectively) and were able to get most of the living room and the office done. We also discovered that the Chinese [...]