Drywall 101: Hanging Wallboard By Yourself & Other Hard-Learned Lessons
Alternatively titled: I must Have a Screw Loose. Or seven. Hundred. Drywall is the easiest part of building a room in theory… in practice, let’s
Alternatively titled: I must Have a Screw Loose. Or seven. Hundred. Drywall is the easiest part of building a room in theory… in practice, let’s
The Story: In the last couple of weeks a few things happened in succession which made the two of us take a long hard look
I’ve been toying with the idea of adding video to this website for some time. I work with a creative bunch of people who have
Today I ate half of a bagel that landed cream cheese side down in construction-site dirt. I still had 3 more hours of walking up
I spent the better part of my waking hours today breathing the soup fresh-air of Summer and slogging around through this… … in a cracked work
It has been a long time since I have stepped in the shower at the end of the day and watched the water flowing to
I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.
Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.
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