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After:
...And then we sold the house and moved away!
June 26, 2012
Kitchen, konkluded
I quit--okay, stalled maybe--blogging the kitchen remodel at the old house just about the time it got interesting ... so by way of finishing off the story, for the none of you who read this who didn't see the photos on Facebook, here they are.
Before:
After:
...And then we sold the house and moved away!
Before:
After:
...And then we sold the house and moved away!
June 25, 2012
Background Check
I'm having misgivings about this background. The outhouse wall motif may provide a welcome distraction from the actual words, and it's certainly in keeping with the overall conceit (ahem) of the blog ... yet it does seem a little overpowering. Your thoughts?
June 24, 2012
Confession: I Like Television
Yes, it's true. I like television.
Well, I actually seriously hate most television, and most of the television I don't hate I still don't love. I loved the British Life on Mars, and I still very much like Justified. Oh, and of course Breaking Bad, which it seems academic dudes must love. I have opinions of all of these shows that I'll perhaps share with you in coming weeks, but my opinions of the shows I love are, I think, a lot less interesting than the ones about the shows I think are okay.
Which brings me to Falling Skies. Fortunately, as the owner of a Tivo, I don't often need to choose which one television show to watch at a given time (and of course Ye Olde Internette makes it easy to catch something you missed). This is good in the case of Falling Skies, since I'm pretty sure I'd miss if it it were up against any of the many shows I like more, e.g. ... oh I don't know ... Wipeout or whatever. I watch it because it doesn't keep me from catching Impractical Jokers.
To watch science fiction on TV in this decade means getting past the standard objection of "I can't believe they cancelled Firefly while this show keeps on going (can you say Eureka?). At some point you just gotta let it go. Besides, if Firefly had lasted, we might never have gotten to see Castle.
That was a joke, mostly. But yeah, I watch Castle.
Okay, so Falling Skies. It has Will Patton, who was great in the highly underrated sans-gills Costner flick The Postman and also played the only interesting character in Armageddon (aside from William Fichtner, I guess). On the other hand, it has Noah Wyle in the lead, and I'm sorry, but I just don't find him credible. Am I alone in this? I keep waiting for Bob Newhart to show up and summon him back to the Library.
Another thing I kind of hate about the show is the My Three Sons rivalry thing (there are three of them, right? Most people under 25 pretty much look alike to me). These scenes frankly give off a Home Improvement vibe. That said, I do kind of like the premise, though on the other hand Ikind of hate all the CGI. So it's a tossup all the way around. I wouldn't pass up a good show to watch it, but watch I do, and will.
But I thought The River was better. And maybe Alcatraz.
Well, I actually seriously hate most television, and most of the television I don't hate I still don't love. I loved the British Life on Mars, and I still very much like Justified. Oh, and of course Breaking Bad, which it seems academic dudes must love. I have opinions of all of these shows that I'll perhaps share with you in coming weeks, but my opinions of the shows I love are, I think, a lot less interesting than the ones about the shows I think are okay.
Which brings me to Falling Skies. Fortunately, as the owner of a Tivo, I don't often need to choose which one television show to watch at a given time (and of course Ye Olde Internette makes it easy to catch something you missed). This is good in the case of Falling Skies, since I'm pretty sure I'd miss if it it were up against any of the many shows I like more, e.g. ... oh I don't know ... Wipeout or whatever. I watch it because it doesn't keep me from catching Impractical Jokers.
To watch science fiction on TV in this decade means getting past the standard objection of "I can't believe they cancelled Firefly while this show keeps on going (can you say Eureka?). At some point you just gotta let it go. Besides, if Firefly had lasted, we might never have gotten to see Castle.
That was a joke, mostly. But yeah, I watch Castle.
Okay, so Falling Skies. It has Will Patton, who was great in the highly underrated sans-gills Costner flick The Postman and also played the only interesting character in Armageddon (aside from William Fichtner, I guess). On the other hand, it has Noah Wyle in the lead, and I'm sorry, but I just don't find him credible. Am I alone in this? I keep waiting for Bob Newhart to show up and summon him back to the Library.
Another thing I kind of hate about the show is the My Three Sons rivalry thing (there are three of them, right? Most people under 25 pretty much look alike to me). These scenes frankly give off a Home Improvement vibe. That said, I do kind of like the premise, though on the other hand I
But I thought The River was better. And maybe Alcatraz.
June 20, 2012
The 'Shed is on fire
Most of my recent blogging energy has, for good or ill, been devoted to my Official Work Blog, meager though it be ... but this morning I decided to take a look at the dashboard for the ol' Wordshed, and lo and behold, people keep visiting. Apparently there's this Google thing? It's like Bing, only people use it? Perhaps you've heard of it.
[Am I wrong about this? Am I the only one not Binging (bingeing, and whingeing, are different stories entirely)? Am I the only one still in possession of his/her Bing cherry?]
Well.
A veritable handful of people are visiting the Wordshed daily, it turns out.
Many are looking for advice about self-disclosure, inappropriate or otherwise. (Or maybe they're just hair-triggering "inappropriate selENA GOMEZ" in the Google suggestions.) Personally, I'm above such tempations (though not above these ones).
And the other day a visitor from Latvia visited the 'Shed to learn about "old empire style dresses." We're not on the first page of hits for that search, though this is. Which is a shame, because I think everyone agrees that this blog is a great source of fashion advice.
The point of all this simply this: I now realize that I have to blog. I owe it to the people. Stay tuned.
[Am I wrong about this? Am I the only one not Binging (bingeing, and whingeing, are different stories entirely)? Am I the only one still in possession of his/her Bing cherry?]
Well.
A veritable handful of people are visiting the Wordshed daily, it turns out.
Many are looking for advice about self-disclosure, inappropriate or otherwise. (Or maybe they're just hair-triggering "inappropriate selENA GOMEZ" in the Google suggestions.) Personally, I'm above such tempations (though not above these ones).
And the other day a visitor from Latvia visited the 'Shed to learn about "old empire style dresses." We're not on the first page of hits for that search, though this is. Which is a shame, because I think everyone agrees that this blog is a great source of fashion advice.
The point of all this simply this: I now realize that I have to blog. I owe it to the people. Stay tuned.
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