We’re happy to announce that tonight at 8 PM we became Auntie & Uncle to Avery Lopez Moad. Agnes’ sister added the first grandchild to her side of the family tree.
Agnes’ sister was still recovering so we couldn’t get any pictures of her, but Sam just couldn’t get enough of his son!
Congratulations to Lee & [...]
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The holidays are upon us which means it’s time for Christmas lists. My list is relatively short, a little silly, and mostly centered around house stuff.
Let’s get to it!
0. World Peace
1. The Black & Decker Gecko Grip Level ($24.99)
2. Nordstrom Smartcare dress shirts, 16 1/2 - 33 (sale-priced only, please)
3. Westin Heavenly Bed (~$1500)
4. [...]
Busting chops on the NYT’s Dream Home Diaries
Published November 1st, 2007 in Blah and Links. 0 CommentsI can’t help it. I love busting chops. It’s my pleasure.
The home-building blog I love to hate, The New York Times‘ Dream Home Diaries, is in full swing. Ms. Davis and Mr. Brown’s home is framed, sheeted, and moving on to the next stages.
Some of the most recent posts have been pandering, bowing to past [...]
Agnes is a cool photographer. I’m her tech support nerd and photo equipment mule.
Sometimes I convince Agnes to do nerdy things with me, like see the latest comic book-derived movie, and I suspect it’s more of a spousal support thing.
Well tonight she’ll be with me as we wait in line to get our copy of [...]
…I’ll try to get driven in a stretch Prius.
To return the American Standard toilets we purchased and get the dual-flush TOTO ones.
I’ll have to see about getting a better price than $400.
From the NY Times: “Recycling the Whole House”
Published October 18th, 2007 in Blah and Our House. 0 CommentsI love stories like the one below because they inspire me to be more thoughtful about the building process. A lot of the things we’ve done to this point with the Dellwood house have been in the spirit of green-ness, but I won’t lie and say that some of those decisions to reuse old portions [...]
Stainless steel certainly has that cool “professional” look, but looking to the future I think going with a darker, less maintenance-needed style will fit our personalities a little better.
It will also save us around $200 per appliance. So that’s another plus.
For example, the Fridgidaire GLGF389G range below has five burners, a griddle attachment (hello pancakes!), [...]
I used to be a huge fan of new music. Sadly, nowadays I listen to more old stuff than new and don’t even know what’s coming out…except this:
Today I sent my pre-order in to Amazon.com for Argentine Federico Aubele’s Panamericana album, scheduled to be released September 18.
Here’s a blurb from his record label, Eighteenth Street [...]
A coworker of mine just pointed me to a tool that will be extremely useful in our next phase of reconstruction: trim & finishing.
The FINECUT Flush Cut Power Hand Saw from Bosch. $99 at Lowe’s.
3.5 amps
2,000-2,800 RPM
Blades mount on left or right side for excellent visibility and total versatility
Precision sawing, including flush cutting in wood, [...]
I read a story on Treehugger that showed a pretty stark image of where we’re at with our water conditions at the moment.
While many people feel it’s nice to have a big lawn but is it really worthwhile, cost effective, or even necessary?
Having a lawn: Pros
Provides a soft surface you can walk on.
Looks pretty.
Keeps dirt [...]
Now that the haze of the red-eye flight back has lifted I’ve finalized some impressions from the trip. Here they are (in worst to best order):
The Bad
US Airways is an awful airline. Don’t even try to complain because US Airways doesn’t even have a real person answer when you call!
The Imperial Palace is an awful [...]
The original article can be found here.
May 23, 2007
The Minimalist - For the Love of a Good Burger
By MARK BITTMAN
I’M sure you know how to make a burger. But do you make a burger you love, one that people notice, one that draws raves?
In a world where “burger” most often means a thin piece of [...]
Don’t worry. We’re not moving to a McMansion.
I saw an interesting list on Treehugger today. What do you think?
1. Sprawl development contributes to a loss of support for public facilities and public menities.
2. Sprawl undermines effective maintenance of existing infrastructure.
3. Sprawl increases societal costs for transportation.
4. Sprawl consumes more resources than other development patterns.
5. Sprawl [...]