Had an interesting day today. Had jury duty, got there at 8 AM. Sat all morning long, didn’t get picked until just before lunch. Met Steph for lunch then went back and waited to go to the court room. About an hour later they came in and told us that that jury selection had been canceled and Keep reading →
2009.11.17
Christmas Marquee
Yes we decorated a bit early this year but mostly because we were hosting a party for a friend this past weekend. Also we figure since it is takes so much time to put everything up, we might as well enjoy it for a good month or so. If you only put it up the week before Christmas and take it down the week after, what’s the point… I wouldn’t even bother. So since the theater marquee was done I had to come up with something for it. Keep reading →
2009.11.10
Home Theater Doors and Marquee
New doors and marquee as seen from the stairs. (click for large view)
Well it has been a while since I posted anything about the construction of our home theater. We finally got around to buying doors for the opening. (I think Steph was getting a little tired of the curtains. ) We ordered this nice set of etched pre-hung doors with a square pattern from Home Depot. It did take about two weeks longer than they originally told us for the doors to come in but we have them on 0% for 12 months and we got a really good deal on them so I guess I can’t complain too much. When they did finally come in I rented the Home Depot truck and my friend Matt helped me pick these up and bring them to the house. It was so convenient and cheep that I feel less motivated to buy a truck again considering how infrequently I need it.
We did have a hell of a time finding the correct lock sets and knobs to match the rest of the house. We eventually had to buy them online as both Home Depot and Lowes had stopped carrying them.
I put the doors up about two weeks ago and have been working on the marquee since then. I was able to get the marquee finished and put up just this past weekend. I have included a few more pictures including a close up of the faux burled finish I put on the underside and a picture of the marquee when it is lit up.
2009.10.04
What the hell happened to Time magazine?
About a year ago I traded in some about-to-expire airline miles for a bunch of magazine subscriptions. One of the options was Time and so I figured that would be a good choice. I’ve been getting Time now for a good 9 months and week after week this magazine continues to disappoint. It really amazes me what passes for journalism today. I won’t pretend that there was ever a time that journalism was impartial. I do not believe that that is truly possible. People will always interject their own opinion into what they write. However in this time of a billion blogs it seems that magazines like Time have fallen into the trap of passing opinion as a substantial part of their publication in order to attract readers. Keep reading →
2009.09.30
Guilt and Extortion courtesy of SmileTrain
So I get this request for a donation in the mail from SmileTrain and I am just a little taken aback by it. Keep reading →
2009.09.25
Ivar’s Undersea Billboards
If you live in the Seattle area you’ve probably seen the ads (these masquerade as a sort of documentary or news update) where the “mythical Ivar’s submarine billboards” are being pulled up from the bottom of Puget Sound. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can catch up on the whole thing on Ivar’s Website .
Personally I think this is just an absolutely brilliant marketing campaign. I was even taken in for a minute… but only for a minute… Keep reading →
2009.09.23
The Jackass-Reduction Plan – part deux – Beyond Open Primaries
I might be sharing a bit of a folie à deux with Newsweek blogger Jonathan Alter on the idea that we need to change the way our election and primary system works. (Article) However, before I go there I must point out a few errors in his post and make a few corrections. Keep reading →
2009.09.22
Free Speech for me, but not for thee
I was reading an op-ed piece in the Economist (article) earlier this morning. I went online a little later and perused through the banter of the posted comments attached to the online version of the story. Mostly the comments seemed like an overly hostile not-quite-on-topic argument between conservatives and liberals with a lot of baiting and name calling. I decided that instead of posting my comments there among the discord and rabble, I would keep my comments on my own blog where I could control the comments. See while I believe in free speech (mine, yours, everyone’s) I am not the government and I am not bound by the first amendment when it comes to restricting comments posted on my blog. And this is the point I think is being missed. Keep reading →
2009.01.19
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY … Monster Jam….
We went to monster jam on Sunday kids had a blast here’s the link to Picasa.
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