Downtime & Other Real Things
The thing I worry about most as a person who has been telling stories on the the internet for the past decade is… well, actually,
The thing I worry about most as a person who has been telling stories on the the internet for the past decade is… well, actually,
Here is one of the truths we hold to be self-evident about home renovation… that shit is going to get worse before it gets better.
This is the current state of my indoor workbench… It’s a pretty good metaphor for my life. Little bit of awesome, lot unfinished… I used
I’d like to make a public service announcement about sanding ceiling drywall without wearing safety glasses… Don’t. Also, the t-shirt-as-a-dust-mask is not recommended, but it
Yesterday was a really good day. Which may seem weird, because I woke up to two feet of snow blocking my driveway. My heat went
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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